Day 1:
Morning:
- Start your day early and head to Jones Lake State Park, which is about 20 minutes away from Elizabethtown.
- Once there, take a leisurely stroll on the 0.8-mile Jones Lake Trail that circles the lake.
Located in Gates County 10 miles south of North Carolina's northeastern border with Virginia, Merchants Millpond State Park centers on a 760-acre millpond more than 190 years old.