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Blue Clay Bike Park North Carolina

Walking through the longleaf pine forest at Blue Clay Bike Park.

Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve is a tiny forest oasis in the middle of a busy campus, in the middle of a busy city.

Old-growth longleaf pine forest cut down by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW).

Carolina Beach State Park is where you can see it all: forests, swamp, savannah, pocosin, beach, butterflies, birds, snakes, and deer.

Hiking the trails at Brunswick Nature Park. Whippoorwill, woodpeckers, dogwoods, longleaf pine. A poetic nature walk.

A Nature Walk in Holly Shelter Game Lands. Hiking, venus flytraps, longleaf pine, wildflowers, butterflies, turtles, bullfrogs, alligators.

A picturesque garden of venus flytraps, sundew, and a wonderful variety of colorful pitcher plants.

The experience of walking in Ev-Henwood, a wild forest of hardwoods and ancient bald cypress in Brunswick County.