Families with children in grades K-8 are invited to hike the lower Haw and learn about the ecoEXPLORE Program. e
coEXPLORE is a citizen science program for kids. Developed by The North Carolina Arboretum, the program encourages kids to explore the natural world, record observations with phones or tablets, and submit them to the
ecoEXPLORE website. Kids learn about what they are seeing and can earn badges and great prizes.
Our hike leader, from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, will explain what it means to be a citizen scientist, how to participate in ecoEXPLORE, and then lead a short hike to practice making scientific observations. Be sure to bring a device for taking pictures. Note: there are no restrooms at this site.
You can enroll in the program at the ecoEXPLORE website before the outing, or get help doing it at the time.
DIRECTIONS: From US 15-501, turn onto Durham-Eubanks Road. If coming from Pittsboro headed north, it will be a right turn after crossing the Haw River. If coming from Chapel Hill headed south, it will be a left turn before crossing the Haw River.
* Follow Durham-Eubanks Road to the stop sign. Go straight across Bynum Road and head uphill on Bynum Church Road.
* Follow Bynum Church Road uphill and around the curve past the Methodist Church, then downhill to the State Parks paved parking lot at the bottom of the hill on the right.
* Turn right into the paved parking lot.
