The beautiful heart of North Carolina bustles with an impressive number of parks, trails, and greenways, all waiting for you to get outside and discover! Each of the following locations, perfect for hiking and exploring, is located within a relatively short distance of The Forest at Duke:
- American Tobacco Trail
- Battle Park
- Blackwood Farm Park
- Bolin Creek Trail
- Briar Chapel
- Carolina North Forest
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
- Duke Forest
- Earl Thompson Park
- Ellerbe Creek Watershed Urban Nature Reserves
- Eno River State Park
- George and Julia Brumley Family Nature Preserve
- Hillsborough Riverwalk
- Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trail
- Horton Grove Nature Preserve
- Johnston Mill Nature Preserve
- Jordan Lake State Recreation Area
- Leigh Farm Park
- Little River Regional Park and Natural Area
- Lower Haw River State Natural Area and Bynum Hill
- Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park
- Mason Farm Biological Reserve
- Morgan Creek Trail
- North Carolina Botanical Garden
- Northeast District Park
- Northwest District Park
- Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area
- Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve
- Pumpkin Loop Trail
- Seven Mile Creek Natural Area
- Southwest District Park
- The Park at Briar Chapel
- Town Lake Park
- Vista Point Blue and Red Trail
- West Point on the Eno
- White Pines Nature Preserve

Eno River State Park