Track Trails
How Do I Start?
TRACK Trail Adventures can be picked up at one of our TRACK Trail trailheads or they can be downloaded from the TRACK Trail Adventure link below. Once you complete a TRACK Trail, be sure to log back on to our website and tell us about your adventure. By answering a few questions about the trail, you can join the Trail TRACKer Team and earn valuable prizes that will help you explore nature and become a better Trail TRACKer.
The first TRACK Trail, with four different self-guided adventures, officially opened August 29th 2009 at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor's Center - Milepost 384. Since then, we have opened two more TRACK Trails in Chimney Rock State Park and Pisgah National Forest. Plans are currently underway to open two more TRACK Trails by the end of the summer, Wytheville VA and Mt. Airy, as well as expand the TRACK Trail program all along the Blue Ridge Parkway and within communities surrounding the Blue Ridge Parkway within the next few years.
Visit this webpage often to find information about the newest TRACK Trail adventure available to you.
TRACK Trail Adventures
Blue Ridge Parkway TRACK Trail Adventures:
(All brochures are in PDF format)
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Nature's Hide & SeekThe Nature's Hide & Seek brochure is designed so that kids of all ages can walk along the trail and discover common things that are often overlooked in nature. Some of them are hard to find, others are easy. Best of all, the adventure never ends because every time you walk the trail you will discover new things hiding in nature.Download now |
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Nature's Hide & Seek
The Nature's Hide & Seek: Winter Edition brochure is similar to our original Nature’s Hide and Seek brochure led adventure except that the items you are looking for are common things that are often overlooked in nature during the winter. See if you can help TRACK find all of the items on his checklist. Some of them are hard to find, others are easy; but, best of all the adventure never ends because every time you walk the trail you will discover new things hiding in nature. |
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Tracking Tree TreasuresThe Tracking Tree Treasures brochure was designed to introduce you to the various tree treasures found along the trail. Follow the riddles to find the next tree and discover the natural, cultural and historic tree treasures.Download now |
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Nature's Relationships - Everything's ConnectedIn the Nature's Relationships brochure you will discover how everything in nature is connected... even us. As you walk along the trail, the brochure will tell you a story about a few of the relationships that can be found. Many more relationships exist, so keep your eyes and heart open and you will discover many of nature's relationships - even yours.Download now |
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Ferns - A Sketchbook GuideThe Ferns - A Sketchbook Guide brochure is our most challenging adventure. Follow the illustrations and clues to find as many of the ferns as possible. You're going to have to be a nature detective to find them all.Download now |
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Fall Foliage: Nature's Painted LandscapeIn the Fall Foliage: Nature's Painted Landscape brochure, you will discover about the natural processes that cause the leaves of deciduous trees to change color every fall. From greens to yellows to deep reds, you will learn what pigments leaves use to paint the Parkway into an unforgettable autumn landscape. So, get out there along the Parkway (or anywhere outdoors really) and enjoy the colors of fall.Download now |
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Buds become BlossomsThe Buds become Blossoms brochure was designed to help you identify a few of the most common trees found along the Blue Ridge Parkway based on the tree's buds and blossoms. Simply match the pictures of the buds and blossoms found in the brochure with their proper description. Then, use the pictures and descriptions to help you find as many buds and blossoms as you can as you walk along the trail.Download now |
Chimney Rock's TRACK Trail Adventures:
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Nature's Hide & SeekThe Nature's Hide & Seek brochure is designed so that kids of all ages can walk along the trail and discover common things that are often overlooked in nature. Some of them are hard to find, others are easy. Best of all, the adventure never ends because every time you walk the trail you will discover new things hiding in nature.Download now |
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The Need For TreesBy following the picture and textual clues found in "The Need for Trees" brochure, you will discover six of the more common trees found in Chimney Rock State Park. During your adventure, you will learn about the need we, and other animals, have for trees and about the roles they play in the forest.Download now |
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Bug OffThe "Bug Off" brochure is an investigation into the creepy crawlies of the forest. This adventure will help you learn how to identify the difference between insects, spiders and other arthropods... as well as learn about them. Because some of our insect and spider friends can be dangerous, be sure to read the back panel before beginning your adventure.Download now |
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Tracks and TracesEvery animal leaves "Tracks and Traces" of their presence when they pass through an area. From footprints, to scat (poop), to other traces like food scraps, animals leave clues of the presence everywhere. The "Tracks and Traces" brochure was designed to help you identify the various tracks and traces animals leave behind.Download now |
Pisgah National Forest's Andy Cove TRACK Trail Adventures:
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Nature's Hide & SeekThe Nature's Hide & Seek brochure is designed so that kids of all ages can walk along the trail and discover common things that are often overlooked in nature. Some of them are hard to find, others are easy. Best of all, the adventure never ends because every time you walk the trail you will discover new things hiding in nature.Download now |
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The Need For TreesBy following the picture and textual clues found in "The Need for Trees" brochure, you will discover six of the more common trees found in Pisgah National Forest. During your adventure, you will learn about the need we, and other animals, have for trees and about the roles they play in the forest.Download now |
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Nature's Relationships - Everything's ConnectedIn the Nature's Relationships brochure you will discover how everything in nature is connected... even us. As you walk along the trail, the brochure will tell you a story about a few of the relationships that can be found. Many more relationships exist, so keep your eyes and heart open and you will discover many of nature's relationships - even yours.Download now |
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Birds of the Blue RidgeThe Birds of the Blue Ridge Mountains brochure is an illustrated field guide containing some of the more common birds found along the trail. Each illustration contains the bird's common name, Latin name and phonetic spelling of their call. Having trouble locating birds? Use the back panel illustration to identify their preferred location within the forest.Download now |
Wytheville's Crystal Springs Recreation Area TRACK Trail Adventures:
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Nature's Hide & SeekThe Nature's Hide & Seek brochure is designed so that kids of all ages can walk along the trail and discover common things that are often overlooked in nature. Some of them are hard to find, others are easy. Best of all, the adventure never ends because every time you walk the trail you will discover new things hiding in nature.Download now |
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Tracks and TracesEvery animal leaves "Tracks and Traces" of their presence when they pass through an area. From footprints, to scat (poop), to other traces like food scraps, animals leave clues of the presence everywhere. The "Tracks and Traces" brochure was designed to help you identify the various tracks and traces animals leave behind.Download now |
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Nature's Relationships - Everything's ConnectedIn the Nature's Relationships brochure you will discover how everything in nature is connected... even us. As you walk along the trail, the brochure will tell you a story about a few of the relationships that can be found. Many more relationships exist, so keep your eyes and heart open and you will discover many of nature's relationships - even yours.Download now |
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Birds of the Blue RidgeThe Birds of the Blue Ridge Mountains brochure is an illustrated field guide containing some of the more common birds found along the trail. Each illustration contains the bird's common name, Latin name and phonetic spelling of their call. Having trouble locating birds? Use the back panel illustration to identify their preferred location within the forest.Download now |
Mountain Meadow Farm Corn Maze Adventure:
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Corn "Maize"The Corn "Maize" brochure was designed for the Mountain Meadow Farm Corn Maze in Meadows of Dan, Virginia. As you get lost in the maze, you will stumble upon signs with information about corn that corresponds with questions in the brochure. Answer as many questions as you can. Have fun and don't get too lost!Download now |
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
- John Muir
- John Muir
