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New Hope Corridor Open Space Master plmi <br />Component 6. Hallow Rock Access Area <br />Jurisdiction: Orange County, Durham County and City of Durham <br />Existing land Use and Ownership: <br />• Duke University; and <br />• One privately owned parcel immediately south of Duke Forest. <br />Future land Use: <br />The Duke University land is part of the Korstian Division of Duke Forest. In the <br />Duke Land Resource Committee's report (December, 1988), .the area below Erwin <br />Road is classified as Residual Endowment Lands (Class 4), which means that the area <br />will "no longer be considered part of Duke Forest .... The priority use of [this] <br />land will be to generate financial return or other benefits to ... the University. " <br />Duke Forest immediately above Erwin Road is classified as permanent Research <br />Forest (Class 1) land, which is "most intensively used for academic and research <br />purposes. These lands will be dedicated to academic purposes for a period of 50 <br />years. " <br />IF The lands in private ownership southwest of Erwin Road are zoned in Orange County <br />as rural buffer (permitting 1 dwelling per 2 acres) and in Durham County as R -20 (1 <br />dwelling per 1/2 acre). <br />Significant Resources: <br />North of Erwin Road, New Hope Creek flows east and south through the Carolina <br />Slate Belt, creating narrow, deep, twisted valleys. A short distance southeast of <br />Erwin Road, the Creek flows onto the Durham -Deep River Triassic Basin, <br />characterized by broad floodplains. This portion of the floodplain, in which it is <br />recommended that a natural area be established, is of considerable interest in that it <br />displays the interactions that exist among geologic formations, the flow of water, <br />plants and animals, and human activity. <br />Pickett Road has significant historical value because it is the path of the Old Stage <br />Coach Road. The west end is gravel and retains the rural flavor of by -gone days. <br />It crosses a tributary of New Hope Creek. <br />44 <br />