So I've heard about this forest from a lot of people. Supposedly somewhere near the art museum. Can anyone give me directions to it? I'd really like to check it out.

Thanks!!

8/12/2007 9:43:47 PM

from State get on wade ave westbound at the 440 exit or blue ridge rd, exit onto edwards mill rd, take a right on it, should be the first left thats a gravel rd going towards the woodline behind the pastures on your left. Literally across the highway from the RBC center. It has a hiking/horse? trail the connects up into umstead park.

google it for more details

8/12/2007 9:51:26 PM

No horses...or dogs either.
Too bad about the dogs, but thats what happens when people won't pick shit up.

8/12/2007 11:42:48 PM

Is it Shenk? I googled it and came up with very near nothing.

8/13/2007 2:36:36 AM

It's Schenck Forest

http://www.ncsu.edu/sci-link/studysite/data_files/schenckforest.html

[Edited on August 13, 2007 at 7:14 AM. Reason : ]

8/13/2007 7:13:21 AM

i don't know if it's technically part of the same system, but I've always thought of it as an extension of Umstead. You can park at Schenk, go through the trails there, then go up the greenway beside Reedy Creek to enter Umstead.
here's a google maps with Schenk in blue and Umstead in green
http://tinyurl.com/2o3c2r

8/13/2007 7:30:08 AM

Thanks everyone for your help!

8/13/2007 8:21:09 AM

Schenck is owned by NCSU and is a research forest for the Natural Resources Dept.

8/13/2007 8:41:57 AM

^^^no, it is owned by NC State University. it is an educational forest (they take the forestry students there) and they're nice enough to share it w/ the public. Umstead is just a state park.

yeah, what ^ said

[Edited on August 13, 2007 at 8:48 AM. Reason : ]

8/13/2007 8:47:57 AM

They also use it for Soil Science. They have a few pits dug out there to show different types of soils. Its right across from the old Beef unit.

8/13/2007 11:06:18 AM

dont drive your car past the iron gates if they're open. they will lock your ass in their



/personal experience

8/13/2007 11:24:20 AM