It features iindividual and group picnic areas as well as boat rentals, two playgrounds, hiking and nature trails and playfields. The lake offers fishing opportunities from the bank, a fishing platform and a pier for the physically challenged. See NCNaturals' Hiking The Triangle page for info on hiking and bike trails at Lake Crabtree. Lake Johnson offers rental jon boats and paddle boats but has no boat ramps. A paved greenway path rings the 135-acre lake, located off Avent Ferry Road in southwest Raleigh.
Admission is free.
Athletic Fields, Picnic areas, fishing, amphitheatre, bathrooms. Admission is free. Boat rentals available. The Haw River begins north of Burlington, NC and flows into Jordan Lake. There are three sections that are good for paddling.