page_title: Alamance County, North Carolina
section_title: Parks
hierarchical_section_title: Alamance County, North Carolina / Arts and recreation / Parks
caption_attribution_description: English: Dam at Cedarock Park, Alamance County, NC. Image Created by Alamance County and released under Creative Commons Licensing.
context_page_description: Alamance County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 151,131. Its county seat is Graham. Formed in 1849 from Orange County to the east, Alamance County has been the site of significant historical events, textile manufacturing, and agriculture.
  Alamance County comprises the Burlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Combined Statistical Area. The 2018 estimated population of the metropolitan area was 166,436.
context_section_description: Alamance County, Burlington, Graham, Elon, Haw River, Swepsonville, and Mebane all have small parks that are not listed here.  Major parks include:
  Cedarock Park, located 6 miles (10 km) south of the intersection of Interstate 85/40 and NC Highway 49.  The park is home to the Cedarock Historic Farm, an old mill dam, and two disc golf courses.
  Great Bend Park at Glencoe, located 4 miles (6 km) north of the intersection of US Highway 70, and NC Highways 87, 62, and 100 in downtown Burlington. Great Bend Park contains parts of the Haw River Land and Paddle Trails and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, along with picnicking, fishing, and other opportunities.  The park was built around the site of the Glencoe Mills, an area that is currently under renovation with an old mill that has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
caption: Old Dam at Cedarock Park
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