The Trevathan TRACK Trail in Fountain is an approximately 0.5 mile walk through the woods and around a pond. On your hike, keep an eye out for wildlife like dragonflies, frogs, turtles, and birds.
The TRACK Trail brochures will help you explore this environment and learn about the things you may find on your hike. Fishing is allowed in the pond only with permission.
Have fun as you travel the trail, exploring the pond and discovering its wonders.
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Location Details
Recreational Features: Picnic Tables, Fishing, Birding
Amenities:
ADA Compliant:
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Adventures for Trevathan Pond
Hiking
Pond Life
Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.50
Ponds may seem quiet, but they are actually teeming with all kinds of life. With the Pond Life brochure, kids will learn the difference between producer and consumer organisms, and how to identify where a plant, animal, or insect fits into the ecosystem of a pond. This brochure will have kids keep an eye out for 12 common pond residents, and teach how these plants and animals use the pond.
Hiking
A Quest for Dragons
Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.50
There are over 300 species of dragonflies in the United States. They can be found soaring and swooping over ponds, rivers, and swamps across the country. Use this brochure as a guide on your quest to discover the incredible world of dragonflies.
Hiking
Animal Athletes
Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.50
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.
Hiking
Nature's Hide & Seek
Difficulty:
Easy
Trail length:
0.50
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.
Directions
3447 Lynch St
Fountain, NC 27829
Latitude: 35.678300000000
Longitude: -77.643211000000
Longitude: -77.643211000000
From town center, travel north on Lynch Street for about 0.25 miles. The entrance is on the left about 300 feet north of the intersection of Lynch Street and 4th Street.
Partners
This TRACK Trail was made possible through a collaboration with Pitt Partners for Health, a program of Vidant Health.