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About
Blackwood Fora Park Blackwood Farm
Saturday, June , 2015 Orange Counter acquired this
property as a future park,
10 : 00 a. . through its Lands Legacy
(4215 NC 86 South) Program.
The Master Plan approved in
Property Features 2010 caIIs for a park with
Approximately 152 ar-res located between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill low impact recreation
(traits, picnic areas, etc.),
Historic farmhouse. barn. smokehouse,corncrib, and other outbuildings while retaining cornponents
of the natural, scenic,
Historic Old Chapel Dill-Hillsborough Road still visible in Front of farmhouse agricultural, and historic
PiGnir, $helter-Four Mi€i�s of Hiking Trails- Fishing -Open Fields character of the farm.
Two streams flaw through the property, eventually flowing into New Hope Creek ift
Limited Opening flan: Friday—Sunday. rtment ofEnwr,
Hours vary, please check: Oran-gecountyrrc,gov lculture,Park$&