The 75-acre Hollow Rock Nature Park sits at the northern end of the New Hope Creek Preserve and offers a 1.5 miles of hiking trails, an open play field, and trail connections to Duke Forest. Opened to the public in 2016, the park is the result of extensive collaboration between governments, organizations, and citizens, including Durham County, the City of Durham, Orange County, the Town of Chapel Hill, Triangle Land Conservancy, Duke Forest, the State of North Carolina, the Erwin Area Neighborhood Group, and other local residents. Today, Hollow Rock Nature Park is co-owned and co-managed by Durham County and Orange County. 

Click here for Orange County's Hollow Rock Nature Park website.

^{The "Hanging Rock" along New Hope Creek. Courtesy of Orange County.}

Hiking Trails

Hollow Rock Nature Park includes two natural-surface hiking trails. Click here for a trail map.

The easy 0.8-mile Headwaters Loop Trail begins at the main parking lot, crosses Pickett Road, and meanders through a scenic upland forest surrounding tributaries of New Hope Creek. This trail can also be accessed via spur trails from the Starling Woods and Solterra neighborhoods. 

The easy 0.6-mile Hanging Rock Loop Trail begins at the main parking lot and takes visitors through an open play field before descending towards New Hope Creek and the northern end of the low-lying New Hope Bottomlands. A wetland next to New Hope Creek provides excellent opportunities for birding and wildlife viewing.