Sunday, February 20, 2011

Country Park and Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

While in Greensboro, we visited Country Park and Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.

I used to walk around Country Park's paved trail during the few months I lived in Greensboro several years ago. The paved trail is hilly and winds around man made lakes.

Many families, walkers, dog owners and bikers use this trail. There are paddle boats, fishing, playgrounds and picnic shelters.





What I consider the main entrance is north of the Natural Science Center's parking lot on Lawndale Drive, so it was a nice addition to our trip to the science center. (There's also a second entrance located south of the science center. The park runs behind the center.)

From Country Park, we walked along a trail that connects to the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. This national park has a paved walking, biking and driving trail and some dirt trails through woods on the property.

Throughout the park there are monuments, grave stones and interpretive signs commemorating the Revolutionary War battle here. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse weakened Cornwallis' army and he surrendered several months later in Yorktown, Va.






1 comment:

  1. There is a Bark Park there too where you can take your dog off the leash and let them run around with the others. They even seperate the fenced areas based on the size of your dog. We used to go here on nice days to let the dogs run around and play.

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