Overview
Raven Rock State Park is 4,667 acres around the Cape Fear River and is best known for its wide variety of wildflowers and salamanders. Raven Rock is unique because it is the only North Carolina State Park that sits along the fall zone, the area where the foothills gives way to the coastal plain. Visitors can go picnicking, hiking, camping, fishing, canoeing, and horseback riding.
Trails
American Beech Trail (0.5 mile, easy)
Campbell Creek Loop (5.0 miles, moderate)
East Loop Horse Trail (3.5 miles, easy)
Fish Traps Trail (0.6 mile, easy)
Group Camp Trail (0.4 mile, easy)
Lanier Falls Trail (0.2 mile, easy)
Little Creek Loop (1.5 miles, easy)
Northington Ferry Trail (0.9 mile, easy)
Raven Rock Loop (2.6 miles, easy)
West Loop Horse Trail (3.5 miles, easy)
Wildlife
White-tailed deer, beavers, muskrats, raccoons, opossums, weasels, rabbits, mice, shrew, squirrels, fish, crayfish, salamanders, snakes, turtles, frogs, toads, lizards, anoles, eastern six-lined racerunners, bats, hawks, owls, woodpeckers, songbirds, ducks, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, damselflies, grasshoppers, and crickets.
Plant Life
Mountain laurel, rhododendron, ferns, mushrooms, cardinal flower, sandy-woods chaffhead, french mulberry, wildflowers, elm, red maples, river birch, beech, sycamore, dogwood, sourwood, oak trees, hickory trees, pine trees.
Landmarks
Lanier Falls, Fish Traps, Northington Lock and Dam, Overlook, and Raven Rock
External Links 
Official Site
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