Events

Please join us for our first ever Three Rivers Land Trust hosted paddle at Crystal Lake! This is a gorgeous lake located near Vass in Moore County. It is a flat water lake at the put-in but as you paddle across the lake you end up in the headwaters of a stream, which is a flooded black gum swamp. It’s a really neat place to explore. We expect water lilies and spatterdock to be blooming, and we are likely to spot lots of great birds including kingfishers, great blue herons, great egrets and more.

Address: 216 Camp Easter Road , Lakeview, NC, 28350

Time to start: Arrive by 8:30am, on the water by 9:00am. Expected duration of 2 hours to complete the 3-mile roundtrip paddle.

Please bring: kayak or canoe, paddle, lifejacket (all participants must wear their lifejackets while on the water), hat, bug spray, sunscreen, water, snacks, water shoes, dry bag for keys/phone.

If you have any questions, contact Crystal at crystal@trlt.org or 704-647-0302.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Join TRLT and the Friends of Plant Conservation on June 7th for a hike at the Suther Prairie to see the rare Canada Lily in bloom! This free event is sponsored by the North Carolina Native Plant Society. The rain date for this event is June 21st.

Three Rivers Land Trust will host a hike on National Trails Day, on Saturday, June 1, 2024. We will meet at 8:00am at the Joe Moffitt Trailhead located at 998 Thayer Rd in Troy, NC 27371. We will hike to the top of Little Long Mountain where there are views of the surrounding Uwharrie Mountains, and take a rest break at the trail shelter located on top. Then we will hike back down. Three Rivers Land Trust acquired the Little Long Mountain Property in 2011, and then transferred it to the Uwharrie National Forest in 2015, to expand the Uwharrie Trail. TRLT and volunteers built the approximately 1.5 miles of trail located on this property in 2012 and 2013. This is an approximately 2 mile hike of moderate difficulty. Please wear good hiking shoes and bring drinking water and any snacks you might want. You may like to have trekking poles and a hat for this hike.

Join us for our annual Naturalist Day bird walk! This will be an approximately 3-mile hike on trails at our Smith property located at 222 Lost Lake Drive in Troy, NC 27371. Expect to see warblers, vireos, tanagers, waterthrush, and more on this great walk through the woods.
Limit to 20 people.

This is an approximately 3-mile hike and is of easy-moderate difficulty.

Bring binoculars and a camera!

Three Rivers Land Trust is excited to announce we are hosting our 15^th Uwharrie Trail Thru Hike event! This is a 4-day, 40-mile backpacking trip on the full length of the historic Uwharrie National Recreational Trail. The Uwharrie Trail is known for its cultural and natural significance, including unique features such as gold mines, rare plants and wildlife, ghost stories, and more. Join us for an awesome backpacking trip through some of the oldest mountains in the world. The thru-hike will go from south to north, starting at the Highway 24/27 Trailhead and ending at the Tot Hill/Talbott’s Branch trailhead on Tot Hill Farm Road.

No dogs on the hike, please.

No alcohol will be permitted other than what the trail angels provide. We are also requiring a quiet time of 9 pm when noise should be kept to a minimum. Most people will be winding down and finding their sleeping bags by that time anyway, so as a courtesy to others, we request that you limit noise after that time.

The hike is four approximately 10-mile days with camping at established camps: Yates Place, Jumpin’ Off Rock, and Walkers Creek Trailhead. We will send a more detailed map of the route closer to the date along with some final information and details. Youth must be 12 or older and accompanied by an adult. All participants must sign a liability release form.

This includes filtered water, snacks, clean camp amenities, a large cookout the last night, a commemorative tee shirt, and a one-year membership to Three Rivers Land Trust.  Your registration fee makes conservation and trails like this possible.

We are also in need of trail angels to help out with logistics. You’ll receive a free tee shirt for helping. Contact Emily Callicutt at emily@trlt.org for more information.

Registration for this event will be $150. There are no refunds for this event and registration is non-transferable.

Please plan to hike the full 40 miles, there is not a partial hike registration option.

If you have any questions, please contact emily@trlt.org or call (704) 647-0302.