Stone Mountain State Park

Map of TRACK Trail at Stone Mountain State Park

The Stone Mountain State Park TRACK Trail is located on a portion of the park’s Stone Mountain Trail. The portion of the trail that is being designated as the TRACK Trail runs from the Lower Trailhead parking lot to the Hutchison Homestead.

The hike is an easy 0.4-mile (one way) trail that leads visitors to the historic homestead. Along the way, hikers will be treated to hardwood forests, glimpses of wildlife, and views of the massive granite formation called Stone Mountain.

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Collectible sticker for Stone Mountain State Park

Location Details

Recreational Features: Picnic Tables
Amenities: Restrooms
ADA Compliant: No
Seasonality: Open all year
Bull thistle
Stone Mountain at peak fall foliage
Young white tail buck in the forest
Stone Mountain
Rhododendron flowers
Stone mountain from the Homestead
Cabin at the Hutchinson Homestead
Sunlight illuminating fall foliage in the mountains

Adventures for Stone Mountain State Park

Hiking

Let's Explore - ecoEXPLORE

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.80
Scientists need your help! Use this brochure to learn how to be an ecoEXPLORER and share your nature observations with real scientists.
Hiking

Flower Power

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.80
Many flowers depend on relationships with pollinators to reproduce. Use the clues in this brochure to see how a flower’s size, shape, color and smell have the power to attract unique pollinators.
Hiking

Nature's Relationships

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.80
In the Nature's Relationships brochure you will discover how everything in nature is connected... even us. As you walk along the trail, the brochure will tell you a story about a few of the relationships that can be found. Many more relationships exist, so keep your eyes and heart open and you will discover many of nature's relationships - even yours.
Hiking

Salamander Safari

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.80
Use this brochure to learn about the unique life cycles of salamanders (and newts) and how to take field notes to identify a salamander.
Hiking

Decomposers of the Dead

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.80
When plants and animals die, an important type of organism takes care of the mess. Scavengers and decomposers feed on dead things and return the energy to the ecosystem. Use this brochure to learn about the great and gross world of decomposers.
Hiking

Fun With Fungi

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.80
Fungi can be found in many forms. Molds, mildew, yeast and mushrooms are all fungi. From under the water to on your toes, fungi grow almost everywhere. Use this brochure to identify some of the various fungi that call the forest home.
Hiking

The Need for Trees

Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.80
By following the picture and textual clues found in "The Need for Trees" brochure, you will discover six of the more common trees found in Stone Mountain State Park. During your adventure, you will learn about the need we, and other animals, have for trees and about the roles they play in the forest.

Directions

3042 Frank Parkway
Roaring Gap, NC 28668
Latitude: 36.381157000000
Longitude: -81.024295000000

Stone Mountain State Park is located in Wilkes and Alleghany counties, six miles southwest of Roaring Gap. From I-77 North, take Exit #83/Hwy 21 North/Sparta/Roaring Gap (you will exit from the left lane). Go north about 13 miles to Traphill Road/ State Road 1002, (you will see a brown state park sign) and turn left. Go about 4 miles to John P Frank Parkway (you will see a brown state park sign) and turn right. Follow the parkway to the park.

From the west, take NC 16 to NC 18 in North Wilkesboro and then turn right onto Hwy 268 East. Go about 3 miles and turn left at Airport Road. Go about 4 miles and turn left this becomes Traphill Rd (SR 1002). Follow Traphill Rd to  John P. Frank Parkway about 11 miles and turn left, follow the parkway to the park.

The Stone Mountain State Park TRACK Trail begins at the Lower Trailhead Parking Lot near the historic Hutchinson Homestead.

Park Map - http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/stmo/directions.php

Partners

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