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The Triangle Land Conservancy will opened a new nature preserve Saturday in northern Wake County near Falls Lake.<\/p>\n

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The 65-acre Old Creedmoor Nature Preserve is covered in mature forest and laced with cycling and hiking trails. It becomes the nonprofit Triangle Land Conservancy\u2019s eighth preserve open to the public<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The property, just north of N.C. 98 between Wake Forest and Durham, had been slated for a housing development. It\u2019s in an area gradually filling with large-lot subdivisions in the watershed of nearby Falls Lake, Wake County\u2019s largest source of drinking water.<\/p>\n

The land was also prized by cyclists who had blazed trails through the woods. One regular trail rider happened to be a civil engineer who worked with the men planning to develop the property and suggested they consider protecting them.<\/p>\n

The conservancy worked with two local groups, Triangle Off-Road Cyclists or TORC<\/a> and Engineers Without Borders<\/a>, to reroute and renovate trails in erosion-prone areas and build bridges and other features to both improve the ride and protect the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, we were able to conserve land that filters water for Falls Lake and provides critical habitat area, while also saving and enhancing the community-built trails,\u201d said Sandy Sweitzer, the conservancy\u2019s executive director. \u201cFrom lizard\u2019s tail plants, to mountain bikers, to dog walkers, to orb weaver spiders, we are excited everyone will have a home at the TLC\u2019s Old Creedmoor Preserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

The land conservancy paid $1.6 million for the property, with money from two government funds: the City of Raleigh Watershed Protection Program<\/a> and the Wake County Open Space Program<\/a>. Another $312,000 came from TORC, the state\u2019s Great Trails grant program<\/a>, The Caterpillar Foundation and The Barnhill Family Foundation to improve the trail network and build a gravel parking lot.<\/p>\n

At a ceremony Friday, city and county officials said the preserve will help protect drinking water and provide people with much-needed space to relax and connect with nature in one of the fastest-growing counties in the country.<\/p>\n

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\u201cConserving land that was already used recreationally by so many members of the community is a win for everyone,\u201d said Wake commissioner Shinica Thomas.<\/p>\n

Nearly four miles of trails loop through the preserve. They are shared by hikers and cyclists, though TORC is developing some alternate routes just for bikes. On shared trails, hikers and cyclists are asked to go in opposite directions, so they can see each other coming.<\/p>\n

Tom Hankins and Stephen Eastman had planned to build houses on 75 wooded acres off Old Creedmoor Road. When their civil engineer, Todd Meissner, mentioned the trails, they began thinking about preserving them.<\/p>\n

They ended up building homes on six lots along Old Creedmoor Road and sold a seventh for the preserve\u2019s parking lot. Hankins said the 65 acres they sold to Triangle Land Conservancy at a bargain price would have become another 20 to 25 house lots.<\/p>\n

Hankins can still picture how nice the lots would have been on the property, but he\u2019s glad he had a hand in saving it. Three times a week he walks these trails with his dog Buddy, an 80-pound Newfiedoodle.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, you do your career and you look back and say, \u2018OK, what did I do that I am proud of?\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cSo we gave up money to preserve this. But I am still personally getting some benefit, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

The preserve is free and open dawn to dusk. For more information, go to https:\/\/triangleland.org\/preserve\/old-creedmoor-nature-preserve<\/a><\/p>\n

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This story was originally published May 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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