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North Carolina is an outdoor paradise. From the mountains to the sea, this beautiful state really does have it all!
We recently picked up our North Carolina State Parks ‘passports’. These little booklets are free and challenge you to visit all of the state parks where you can stop by the visitor’s centers to get your passport stamped. For every 10 stamps, you earn prizes, such as stickers, hiking socks, bug spray, bandanas, and t-shirts. If you receive all 42 stamps in one year, you win a free annual pass and a special prize package!
Visiting 42 parks spread across the state seems nearly impossible to do in one year. However, the challenge is made a little easier by Fort Liberty’s central location.
More than half of the parks in the Amazing Adventure Challenge are located within a 2.5-hour drive from Fort Liberty! That means 23 state parks are easily in reach!
North Carolina State Park Map GuideNorth Carolina State Parks: A NC State Park Log Book, Journal, Notebook, Memory Book, Travel Bucket List, and Review Guide
North Carolina State Parks Near Fort Liberty
Less Than an Hour Drive
1) Carvers Creek State Park (16 minutes)
2) Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve (33 minutes)
3) Raven Rock State Park (42 minutes)
4) Jones Lake State Park (59 minutes)
1-Hour Drive
5) Jordan Lake State Recreation Area (1 hour 4 minutes)
6) Singletary Lake State Park (1 hour 12 minutes)
7) Lumber River State Park (1 hour 13 minutes)
8) William B. Umstead State Park (1 hour 21 minutes)
9) Cliffs of the Neuse State Park (1 hour 23 minutes)
10) Falls Lake State Recreation Area (1 hour 29 minutes)
Hiking North Carolina: A Guide to More Than 500 of North Carolina’s Greatest Hiking Trails (State Hiking Guides Series)Bucket Journal North Carolina State Parks
1.5-Hour Drive
11) Eno River State Park (1 hour 36 minutes)
12) Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area (1 hour 38 minutes)
13) Morrow Mountain State Park (1 hour 44 minutes)
14) Lake Waccamaw (1 hour 47 minutes)
15) Haw River State Park (1 hour 50 minutes)
2-Hour Drive
16) Mayo River State Park (2 hours 6 minutes)
17) Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (2 hours 10 minutes)
18) Medoc Mountain State Park (2 hours 14 minutes)
19) Pilot Mountain State Park (2 hours 15 minutes)
20) Fort Fisher State Recreation Area (2 hours 19 minutes)
21) Carolina Beach State Park (2 hours 20 minutes)
22) Hammocks Beach State Park (2 hours 29 minutes)
23) Hanging Rock State Park (2 hours 31 minutes)
Our family began the Amazing Adventure Challenge last month and I can’t wait to see how far we get! I’m not sure if we’ll make it to both the mountains and the outer banks in the same year, but I definitely plan on visiting these 23 State Parks near Fort Liberty.
Happy trails!
