Roads End Naturalist

Exploring the natural world as we wander at the end of the road

Tag: Merchants Millpond State Park

  • Song of the Swamp

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    If prisons, freight trains, swamps, and gators don’t get ya to write songs, y’ain’t got no business writin’ songs. ~Ronnie Van Zant As part of our “farewell tour”, we drove up to Merchants Millpond State Park last weekend. When I was working with state parks, I fell in love with that place and its amazing Read more…

    Written by

    Mike Dunn

  • Return to Merchants Millpond

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    Paradise is just a paddle away. ~Author unknown When I worked as a District Naturalist for the state park system oh-so-many years ago, one of my favorite parks was Merchants Millpond State Park in northeastern North Carolina. It is a true natural gem of our state and remains one of my favorite spots to spend Read more…

    Written by

    Mike Dunn