Price Lake Picnic Area TRACK Trail for Kids
in North Carolina · centroid 60 mi from Asheville
The Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area TRACK Trail uses a portion of the Boone Fork Trail beginning at the bridge by the picnic area restroom. The TRACK Trail portion of the Boone Fork Trail is a kid-friendly 0.7-mile walk (1.4 miles round-trip) and concludes at a rock overhang. At the rock overhang, turn around and return to the picnic area.
The entire Boone Fork Trail is a 5-mile loop and includes several strenuous sections that may not be suitable for young children. The hike begins in an open field area scattered with picnic tables, trees, and rhododendron. Behind a restroom building, a small wooden foot bridge crosses a gentle creek and a dirt path winds around through the open field and parallel with the creek.
Vegetation continues to thicken and in many places the creek has eroded its sides very near the trail. At the conclusion of the Track Trail section, a huge boulder juts out providing a roof type structure over the trail. For additional information about the Kids In Parks TRACK Trail program and to download activity brochures for Price Park, visit kidsinparks.com.
- States
- North Carolina
- Trail type
- Parkway trail
- Centroid nearest city
- Asheville, NC · 60 mi · ~1.7 hr drive
- Centroid coords
- 36.1397°, -81.7274°
About Blue Ridge Parkway
This trail is inside Blue Ridge Parkway, a parkway managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/price-lake-picnic-area-track-trail.htm
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/blri/index.htm
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Price Lake Picnic Area TRACK Trail for Kids and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
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Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.