Medoc Mountain State Park

Map of TRACK Trail at Medoc Mountain State Park

The Medoc Mountain State Park TRACK Trail follows the Stream Loop Trail, and easy 1 mile loop through a mixed hardwood forest, along a creek and through an open field.

At Medoc Mountain, the urban refugee finds a welcome tranquility, a chance to embrace the outdoors. Trails beckon as light filters through branches overhead and falls on paths that hold the promise of new frontiers. The peacefulness gives the opportunity to refresh. The silence of the forest is broken only by bird songs and the occasional drumming of the pileated woodpecker. Grab your hiking boots. Load your camera. Spend some time at Medoc Mountain State Park and let nature renew your spirit.

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Location Details

Recreational Features: Picnic Tables
Amenities: Restrooms
ADA Compliant: No
Seasonality: Open all year
Leaf covered trail in the forest
Rustic wooden building
Open grassy lawn
Trailhead sign with brochure
Bench overlooking stream
Picninc shelter
Leaves floating in the creek
Trail winding through the trees

Adventures for Medoc Mountain State Park

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Animal Athletes

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
1.00
The Animal Athletes adventure challenges kids to exercise with the animals. This brochure gives kids eight different animal exercises they can do along the trail. From hummingbird hand-swings to frog hops, kids are sure to have fun getting in shape with the animals during their outdoor adventures.
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Track Adventure
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Hiking

Birds of the Piedmont

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
1.00
The Birds of the Piedmont brochure shows kids where to look for different birds along the trail. The brochure contains illustrations of some of the more common woodland birds and information on how to identify them through various clues.
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Hiking

Nature's Hide & Seek

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
1.00
The Nature's Hide & Seek brochure is designed so that kids of all ages can walk along the trail and discover common things that are often overlooked in nature. Some of them are hard to find, others are easy. Best of all, the adventure never ends because every time you walk the trail you will discover new things hiding in nature.
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The Need for Trees brochure
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Hiking

Medoc Mountain: Need for Trees

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
1.00
By following the picture and textual clues found in "The Need for Trees" brochure, kids will discover six of the more common trees found along the trail. During their adventure, kids will learn about the need that people and other animals have for trees and about the roles trees play in the forest.
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Hiking

Let's Explore - ecoEXPLORE

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
1.00
Scientists need your help! Use this brochure to learn how to be an ecoEXPLORER and share your nature observations with real scientists.
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Directions

1541 Medoc State Park Road
Hollister, NC 27844
Latitude: 36.246255000000
Longitude: -77.888783000000
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Medoc Mountain State Park is located in Halifax County, 21 miles southwest of Roanoke Rapids, 23 miles north of Rocky Mount and 26 miles northeast of Louisburg. 

Partners

This TRACK Trail was made possible through a partnership formed with North Carolina State Parks, Medoc Mountain State Park, and with funding provided by the BlueCross and BlueShield of North Carolina Foundation.

 

   

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