When we first moved to the Triangle, we were lucky enough to live right down the street from the beautiful, 160-acre Apex Community Park. Greenways and fitness paths wind through this park, along playing fields, passing tennis courts and playgrounds, and around 2 miles around lovely Lake Pine. It’s a great place to practice all sorts of sports; from volley ball courts to batting cages, even a fenced court for roller hockey, Apex’s gem of a park has it all. There’s a relatively new obstacle-type fitness course with all sorts of strengthening and climbing equipment, sized for teen to adult. There are two children’s playgrounds, one of them is fenced for safe play. We love wandering the paved trail around the lake, with all sorts of benches, picnic tables, and pathways to the waterside, as well as a sandy boat launch area and a fishing dock, my kids and I can spend several hours observing turtles and herons, looking for frogs and collecting pine cones. It’s an amazing place to spend the day! Hope you and your family get to spend some time there soon!
With love,
Turtle Dove
Know before you go: There are 2 parking area entrances for this park, Lake Trail entrance and the Community Park entrance.
There are restrooms at the playgrounds, as well as the Lake Trail parking area.
Lots of people take their dogs for walks at this park. There are doggy clean up stations located along the trails.
The fitness areas are recommended for teens to adult, and most of the equipment is not sized for little children.
Poison ivy is rampant along the trails, especially the pathways to the water.
There is no swimming allowed in Lake Pine.
With Love, Turtle Dove 