About a month ago we visited Historic Oak View County Park for an Easter Egg Hunt with our Stroller Strides friends. Lucky for the group, the weather held off until after our event and we had a great morning of eating breakfast treats, hunting eggs, feeding goats, and running around like maniacs. Renting the Bluebird Shelter was a great idea and such a great spot for nearby egg hunting and visiting with the goats.
After the egg hunt, we quickly explored some of the areas that we hadn’t seen much of during our last visit: the large barn, Carya shelter, restoration of the Tenant House, the pecan grove, and the Farm History Center. The barn has several interactive exhibits for little ones to learn about farm animals and is the home to the Nubian goats. The Carya shelter has four picnic tables and a nearby charcoal grill. The Tenant House restoration project began in September 2012 to help tell the history of tenancy and its role in North Carolina’s agricultural past. The pecan grove was planted in the early 1900s to diversify the crops on the farm and even though it has suffered major damage over the years due to weather it is a beautiful site. The Farm History Center is a non-historic building at the park that has several NC agricultural exhibits, restrooms, a place to rest, and the super interactive Farmer’s Corner for kids.
Oak View County Park also has a temporary exhibit, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” that will be on display until May 26 that I hope to check out. To see our previous post about Oak View County Park, visit here. For more information about programs and visiting Oak View County Park, visit the Wake County website.
Thumbs up: rotating exhibits, Farmer’s Corner, visiting with the goats
Thumbs down: lots of geese (and geese poop) near the pond (don’t feed the geese!)
What an interesting park, combining history with fun for the kids and adults.
Raleigh is fortunate to have that kind of park, and they are also lucky to have Kris to bring it to everyone’s attention so well. It’s also such fun for me to see Ashley growing so independent and courageous.
We’d love to visit! The Nubian goats are so cute. 🙂