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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.