The museum experience in Whiteville is modeled after proven interactive programs at the Museum’s main location in downtown Raleigh. Experience interactive exhibits including: Investigate lab: Use real scientific tools, including microscopes, to measure and observe the natural world. Naturalist Center: Get a hands-on, behind-the-scenes look at a research collection. Touch and learn about NC wildlife. Discovery Forest: Our youngest learners can explore interactive materials with an adult, including building blocks, a nature puppet theater, and science reading nook.
Topics Related to Hiking/Trails
A base camp for exploration of the New River, a National Wild and Scenic River that winds through some of the best North Carolina mountain scenery.
Our first state park, centered around a dramatic summit that is the highest point east of the Mississippi and the spruce-fir forest that surrounds it.
Rising abruptly to more than 1,600 feet above the surrounding landscape, Mount Jefferson State Park's namesake peak is a national natural landmark with a rich history.
Whether it’s hiking, camping, paddling, fishing, horseback riding, swimming or just taking in scenery or just taking in the scenery, Morrow Mountain State Park offers a different adventure for everyone.
Serenity seems to pervade this park, enhanced by gentle Fishing Creek and a scenic open meadow that spreads from the picnic grounds and majestic Medoc Mountain.
A historic and prized community gathering place flanked by picnic grounds, small fishing ponds and a growing network of hiking trails.
Situated on the banks of North Carolina's largest manmade lake, this park boasts one of the region’s more popular mountain biking networks among many other amenities.
Though its namesake may be its defining feature, Lake James State Park also offers 15 miles of mountain biking trails and the opportunity to explore a segment of the historic Overmountain Victory Trail.
A collective of eight access areas scattered around the shoreline of a 50,000-acre reservoir that stretches from Henderson into the southern part of Virginia.