NC’s Outdoor Playground

 

Nestled in central North Carolina, the NC Triad is a year-round playground for outdoor lovers, daring foodies, and adventurous families. Discover cultural delights in our major cities – Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point – natural wonders at our state parks and beyond, and charming small towns brimming with hospitality.

Full of major attractions and hidden gems, the 12-county region is the perfect place to find the adventure you seek – on our 200-plus trails and countless lakes or rivers or a brewery tour or wine country excursion. Our region includes the counties of:

Alamance
Forsyth
Rockingham
Caswell
Guilford
Stokes
Davidson
Montgomery
Surry
Davie
Randolph
Yadkin

No adventure is too big or small. Be bold. Try something new. And discover the NC Triad Outdoors that await you. 

 

Enjoy an interactive map experience of the NC Triad outdoors. Simply use your mouse to meander through the map below and start your exploration!

NC TRIAD Outdoors HIGHLIGHTS

 

Uwharrie National Forest

Covering more than 50,000 acres, the Uwharrie National Forest south of Asheboro preserves everything that makes nature in the NC Triad…

 

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State Parks

The natural splendor of the NC Triad is evident everywhere in the region but truly preserved in North Carolina’s four state…

 

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Rivers

Three of North Carolina’s major river basins—the Roanoke, the Cape Fear, and the Yadkin-Pee Dee—traverse the NC…

 

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