Address: 301 Little River Park Way Rougemont, NC 27572 Hours: November to February 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March and October 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. April and September 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. May to August 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day Website Park Map The Little […]
Mountains to Sea Trail
Hours: Dawn to Dusk Address: Various, check website for entry points Website MAP The NC Mountains-to-Sea Trail stretches 1175 miles across North Carolina from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains to Jockeyβs Ridge on the Outer Banks, stopping at many of our stateβs most beautiful places along the way. One of those places, at […]
Occoneechee Speedway
Hours: Dusk to Dawn Address: 320 Elizabeth Brady Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Occoneechee Speedway was one of the first two NASCAR tracks to open and is the only track remaining from the inaugural 1949 season. The site is now heavily forested in 40 year old pines and sycamores. Visible still are the grandstands which once […]
Hillsborough Riverwalk
Hours: 8 AM until a half hour after sunset Address: Main entrance is by the Eno River Parking Deck at the end of Nash and Kollock Street, adjacent to the Gateway Center. Website The Riverwalk is a paved, accessible, urban greenway located in downtown Hillsborough that stretches about 1.8 miles along the Eno River between […]
West Point on the Eno Durham City Park
Address: 5101 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27704 Hours: 8 a.m. to dusk. WEBSITE MAP TRAIL INFO This 404-acre park is located along a two-mile stretch of the scenic Eno River, six miles north of downtown Durham. You can enjoy a leisurely picnic and stroll around the grounds, or take a hike through the woods […]
History of the Packhouse at West Point on the Eno
The tobacco packhouse is one of a cluster of outbuildings situated behind the McCown-Mangum House at West Point on the Eno. Only two of the original work buildings, the tobacco barn and the packhouse, remain as reminders of the intensive farming that once went on at this location. This was the working heart of an […]
Hugh L. Mangum, 1877-1922
Hugh Mangum. The photos featured on this page (plus many more) by Hugh Mangum are in the collection of Duke Libraries and may be browsed at their website. Hugh Leonard Mangum was born June 3,1877 on Main Street in Durham where the Alexander Ford Building stands today. His father, Presley J. Mangum, an early Durham […]
Camping
Camping is available only at select locations across the Eno River basin. Eno River State Park offers 13 backcountry campsites, including three group sites. Fannyβs Ford Campground at the Fews Ford Access β Five sites good for families, small groups, and individual camping. Piper Creek Campground at Cole Mill Access β Five sites good for […]
Picnicking
From a snacking on a rock in the river to a festive family reunion in a covered pavilion, the Eno River provides lots of options for dining al fresco. Here are some of our recommendations: Eno River State Park Fewβs Ford Access Area has 20 first-come-first-served picnic sites, 10 of which are handicapped accessible. An […]
Fishing
Wet your line in one of the best fishing streams in the Neuse River Basin. From the river banks you can catch largemouth bass, bluegill, chain pickerel, crappie, and bullhead catfish. The river is also home to the Roanoke bass, known as red-eye, which is found only in the Eno-Neuse, Tar, Chowan, and Roanoke rivers.Β […]
Paddling
Paddling is a great way to explore the Eno River. Opportunities for both flatwater and whitewater paddling are available. View this PDF with more details and suggested trips for paddling the Eno River. Check the Eno River levels before you go: Hillsborough gauge Cole Mill Road gauge Roxboro Road gauge Park staff have established a […]
Mountain Biking
Little River Regional Park and Nature Area boasts 7-miles of rolling single track mountain biking trails. Good for all skill levels; singletrack is mostly intermediate. Get some hot tips from Triangle MTB. Little River Regional Park
Geocaching
Geocaching is an exciting outdoor adventure game that uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) to find hidden items at different locations around the world. Within the Eno River State Park, there are 4 caches for you to find. At each location there will be a container (a βcacheβ) that contains a logbook for you to […]
History & Culture
From the rich, pre-Colonial Native American settlements along its banks, to the first European exploration of the Carolinas, to NASCARβs inaugural season, and through the present day, the Eno River has been central to the development of our local cultures. Anothy(sic) Cole and Susan Browning Cole. ca. 1875. Portrait of the owners of Cole Mill […]
Fish Dam Road
Route researched and map drawn by Joe Liles Click here to view a map of the route of Fish Dam Road. It has a fair degree of detail. For larger maps, significantly more detail (and larger downloads) click here for the map key. Logo The Search for Fish Dam Road Fish Dam Road began as […]
Catharine Link Dunnagan
By Dave Southern & Denny OβNeal October 2011 On the Dunnagan Trail in the Eno River State Park, hikers encounter a small graveyard, and it frequently piques the interest of the curious. Chris Graham, History PhD candidate at UNC-G who keeps the blogsiteΒ Whig Hill, wrote in 2005 of walking there, accompanied by his border collie […]
The Cole Family
excerpted from the January 1986 Calendar Anothy(sic) Cole and Susan Browning Cole. ca. 1875. Portrait of the owners of Cole Mill photo courtesy of the Durham County Library. All rights reserved. In the hard times after the defeat of Culloden in 1746 many family groups, even whole villages, left Scotland for America. In the shipping […]
Festival for the Eno
The Festival for the Eno began⦠Visit Festival Website
Formation of the Eno River Association
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the wild, picturesque, and historic Eno River was threatened: the city of Durham planned to dam the river and create a new reservoir for its growing population. The Eno had already been used as a water supply for the city once before at the turn of the century. […]
Mission, Vision, and Programs
Established in 1966, the Eno River Association is an accredited land trust and conservation nonprofit driven by a mission to conserve and protect the natural, historical, and cultural resources of the Eno River Basin. Our vision is that the natural and human communities within the Eno River basin thrive and are resilient. The Eno River […]
Mill Moving
Volume 3, No. 1 -Excerpted from an article in Bo-watersβ fall-winter 1974 issue of Crossbow 1975 Whatβs 18 feet across, weighs two tons, is over one hundred years old, and takes the National Guard and four two-and-a-half-ton trucks to move? Would you believe a grist mill? Yes, when Bowaters Carolinaβs Woodland company, Catawba Timber does […]
A Community of Men and Mills
Eno Journal VOLUME 7 SPECIAL ISSUE Papers from the seminar on Water Wheels and Windmills JULY 1978 By Jean Anderson Watermills filled a unique position in rural America before the 20th century. As industrial, commercial, and social centers they touched the lives of people at many points, becoming interwoven not only with the economic fabric […]
An Occaneechi Tale
ENO Journal Volume 4, No. 2 1976 This local story is another of the traces left to us of the Occaneechi on the Eno. Among the members of the tribe was a beautiful maiden, the daughter of the chief. Her name was Ulalee, which means wood thrush. She was fond of birds, and wherever she […]
1733: Meeting with Shacco Will
ENO Journal Volume 4, No. 2 1976 Many have identified Byrdβs Shacco-Will, a guide, with Eno Will, Lawsonβs guide, and have pointed to this incident as symbolic of the demise of the noble savage and of the Siouan tribes. β¦ we sent forβan old Indian called Shacco-Will, living about seven miles off, who reckoned himself […]