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<br />Orange County – Parks and Open Space Landholdings Without Public Access (February 2018) <br />Headwaters Tract (60 acres) <br />(formerly part of Greene Tract; south of <br />Eubanks Rd.; landlocked) <br />Old roadways as <br />informal trails, other <br />volunteer trails. <br />North & east <br />boundary marked; <br />no signage abutting <br />Greene Tract <br />• Signage (allowed uses, <br />directions, hazards) <br />• Remove known hazards <br />(home site, barbed wire?) <br />• Complete assessment of <br />volunteer trail system that <br />has been created over <br />the years, delete <br />unsuitable trail portions <br />and realign unsafe <br />sections <br />Posted new “at own <br />risk” signage at entry <br />points. <br /> <br />Develop plan for site. <br /> <br />Survey underway for <br />pedestrian access <br />easement from Lizzie <br />Lane across Greene <br />Tract as per prior <br />direction. <br /> <br />Seven Mile Creek Nature Park <br />(Upper Eno Nature Preserve - 306 <br />acres) (between Mount Willing and <br />Dimmocks Mill Roads) <br />Loop trail and <br />benches in place for <br />eastern section of <br />the property only <br />Boundaries marked, <br />trail signage in place <br />• Parking area (to be <br />constructed winter/spring <br />2018) <br />• Add gate near parking <br />area <br />• Friends of Moorefields <br />MOA <br />• Trailhead sign w/ map <br />Complete plans <br />underway to allow <br />access near <br />Moorefields. Install new <br />signage, protective <br />buffers for sensitive <br />areas from trails. <br /> <br />McGowan Creek Nature Park (Upper <br />Eno Nature Preserve - 63 acres) <br />(US 70 west of Hillsborough) <br />Unimproved trail <br />roughed out for <br />eastern section of <br />the property only <br />Boundaries marked; <br />no trail signage <br />• US 70 access <br />improvements <br />• Parking area <br />• Trailhead sign w/ map <br />• Directional signs <br />• Remove known hazards <br />(home site, chimney) <br />Posted new “at-risk” <br />signage in advance of <br />construction / opening <br />(to occur after US 70 <br />access improvements). <br /> <br />New Hope Preserve (50 acres) <br />(South of Hollow Rock Nature Park <br />along New Hope Creek) <br />Unimproved trail <br />only <br />Boundaries marked; <br />no trail signage <br />• Bridges and boardwalk in <br />flood prone areas <br />• Directional signs <br />• Coordination with Trinity <br />School & Durham County <br />Posted “at-risk” signs <br />and denote private <br />properties south of <br />Hollow Rock (narrow <br />County lands). <br />2