Finding Birds in Guilford County © 2018 Dennis Burnette
IV-C6. Northeast Park
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3441 Northeast Park Drive, Gibsonville, NC 27249
(For GPS purposes use 4010 High Rock Rd.) 336-641-2070 http://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/county-parks/northeast-park Administrator: Guilford County Parks, 301 West Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 336-641-7275 http://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/county-parks Hours of operation: Open every day at 8:00 a.m. except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Years Day. The park closes between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. depending on the season. Contact the park for exact closing time.
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Directions
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GPS coordinates: N 36° 09.989’ W 079° 36.614’
Directions: The park is in rural northeastern Guilford County near the town of Gibsonville. From I-40 in Greensboro take US 29 north about 8 miles to Hicone Rd. Take the ramp to the right and go right (east) about 5 miles to the intersection with Huffine Mill Rd. Bear left and continue east about a mile to High Rock Rd. Turn left and look for the park sign on the right. |
Description
Northeast Park is a 374-acre recreation and sports park. There is a wide variety of outdoor recreation opportunities available including an aquatic center, athletic fields, picnic shelters, a merry-go-round, and playgrounds. In addition, the birder will find more than 10 miles of trails, some of which are designated for biking and equestrian use in addition to strictly hiking trails. About 5 miles of trails are exclusively for equestrians.
The park is at the confluence of two streams, Reedy Fork Creek and Buffalo Creek, and where the park hasn’t been developed for sports, has extensive hardwood forests and a few meadows. Consequently, the variety of habitats attracts many species of birds as well as a great variety of native wildflowers.
The park is at the confluence of two streams, Reedy Fork Creek and Buffalo Creek, and where the park hasn’t been developed for sports, has extensive hardwood forests and a few meadows. Consequently, the variety of habitats attracts many species of birds as well as a great variety of native wildflowers.
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This is a relatively new park that hasn’t been thoroughly explored by local birders at the time of this writing. All of the expected common upper Piedmont birds are likely to be here. It will be fun to discover the bird species that occur in the park as birders become familiar with it.
Finding Birds in Guilford County © 2018 Dennis Burnette
Finding Birds in Guilford County © 2018 Dennis Burnette