A 13,900-acre reservoir with 150 miles of shoreline. Recreation facilities for boating, swimming, sailing, picnicking, camping. North Carolina Weather Links , including stream guages. Lake Wheeler Road, Raleigh, NC 27603 Ph. This park offers fishing, canoeing, sailing, rowboating, pedal boating and hiking.
Admission is free.
Boat rentals available at the park. Lake Crabtree is a 520-acre lake. 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.