The centerpiece of the park is of course, the Historic Yates Mill. The Mill and the property surrounding it were purchased in 1963 by NC State University.
The Yates Mill Pond Trail is a 0.8 mile moderately trafficked loop trail and perfect for families and all fitness levels, and is accessible year-round.
The other trail we walked was the Creekside Trail. We continued on from the Millpond Trail at the Wetlands boardwalk bridge (about three miles in total to combine both trails).
We liked that the Creekside Trail took you deeper into the forest and over wooden planks through the “swampy” area along the Steep Hill Creek floodplain, and past the open fields of NC State’s 329 acre dairy farm.
We’ll have to go back and do this trail which travels along the ridges above the pond through mixed old field pine, hardwood forests and north-facing bluffs.