Hagan-Stone Park — Local services in Greensboro

Hagan-Stone Park is a wonderful and fun park, whether you’re by yourself or with your family.

When you enter the park, you’ll notice a small white adorable little chapel on the left side of the road. This chapel can be rented for weddings.

The park grounds are well-maintained year round and kept clean.

There are lakes and ponds throughout the park. You may fish from these areas as long as you have a valid NC fishing license.

There is a small marina toward the front entrance with a wooden pier. A small area with sand is also at the marina, perfect for small children wishing to play in the sand.

Throughout the park are picnic tables and large picnic shelters. Stationary grills are available at these locations.

One of the popular playgrounds in the park is Bradley’s Fun For All playground. This feature is one of the park’s newest playgrounds. The playground has a solid rubber surface, helpful for cushioning any tumbles that may take place. There is a paved walking path encircling the playground. Benches are placed around the playground as well so parents can sit and relax while watching their little ones play. The playground has different sized slides, swings, a climbing wall, a ropes course, and activity panels for different age levels.

Across from Bradley’s Fun For All playground is the newest attraction, the Aquatic Center. For a small fee, $5 for adults, you can enjoy the sparkling swimming pool and the 21-ft water slide. Even grownups will have lots of fun on the water slide! Lifeguards keep a watchful eye of everything going on. One thing I especially like about this pool is that it is ADA designed (Americans With Disabilities Act). There is a lift-chair that can easily assist disabled individuals into the water that may not be able to do so themselves so that they too may have fun.

There are a total of 9.1 miles of hiking and biking trails throughout the park. The longest trail is the Chatfield Trail, which is 3.4 miles long. The trails are well-maintained and clean.

Throughout the park are large open areas, perfect for volleyball games, baseball, frisbee, etc.

This is a pet-friendly park and dogs are welcomed as long as they are on a leash.

There is a campground inside the park with sites available for RV’s, campers, and tents. Unfortunately I have not utilized the campground personally so I can’t give a review. I have, however, driven through the campground and from what I saw, it looks like a nice quiet camping area.

Hagan-Stone Park is a great park to visit. Whether you wish to have a picnic, go hiking, fishing, swimming, relax and enjoy the surroundings, or let your little ones expel their energy on one of the playgrounds, you’ll find that this park will...

Where should I start? The beginning is where it first went wrong so let's start there. We called and were told we could come check out the campgrounds. We could stop by the office to get a map with available sites to help us pick one. This is exactly what we did in person in the office. We reserved our site and paid that day. We arrived, set up and saw our site wasn't marked reserved. So APPARENTLY it wasn't entered correctly. The site was requested and paid for as I said in office but I had to call them to find out why our site wasn't marked reserved. I explained that we had set up and was told it was ok we could stay there. Well that WAS the one we paid for so why wouldn't we. Duh! FYI the one next to us was marked reserved from fri til we left on Sunday morning. No one was there at any time during the weekend so why was it marked reserved? Also there were at least 4 other sites said reserved and no one was there. These btw were sites we had asked about. SMH! Wait it gets better! There was trash around the fire pit and a broken off 4 inch metal canopy stake sticking up that some genius hammered into the tree root. I mentioned the trash and the broken stake when I called the office. I was told someone would come to take care of it. Apparently no one was told so I flagged down the park man who was passing my site...he was very nice. He was upset by the possible tree damage and went to let the appropriate person know. This was Friday round 3 and we didnt see anyone else before we left Sunday morning. So there is a stake there...in the tree root...broken off waiting for someone to step on it and it be rammed thru their foot. I tied a piece of paper towel around it to try to ensure it will be seen. Ok so finally the last thing...the bathhouse/bathroom. The showers continued to run with noone in them. The toilets were dirty and the floors needed to be swept. There was paper towel pieces on the floor. And to my disgust there was a white bag of trash on the sink when we arrived on Friday and was there when we left Sunday morning. I did not touch it because it smelled bad. So my final thought on this small vacation is that I will not return to the park and I plan to find out who I need to talk to about this. I had read how Hagan-Stone Park came to be before our stay. I would think the families of Anne Hagan who fought to save the trees and Joseph Stone who fought to conserve the land would be very disappointed in the folks in charge of...

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As you enter the park the office will be on your right. There is a large map/sign here as well as paper maps available. Thanks for the paper map and I wish other Guilford County parks would do this. Thanks to the ranger who spoke to me (at the map/sign) in detail regarding the hiking/biking trails.

A lot at this park by way of amenities that I have never used and can't speak much about other than what is actually here. Shelters, pool, playgrounds, hiking/biking trails, campsites , a chapel, RV camping, picnic areas, full bathhouse, outdoor amphitheater, baseball field, volleyball, a marina, pond fishing, and bathrooms placed throughout. Exhaustive to say the least. All of these are detailed on the map/paper maps.

What I can speak for are the trails, particularly the Chatfield. The Chatfield Trail is a loop around the park and is almost 3.5 miles in length. It can be accessed at several spots but "starts" at the left of the office near pond #2. I say it starts here in that there are quarter-mile markers on the trail that begin here. But it is a loop so you can walk this however you want. The trail is mostly easy, wide enough for a vehicle, and mostly flat with occasional easy hills. Varying canopy at the beginning with some webs but quickly becomes wide with zero webs. Some roots and rocks but mostly dirt. It isn't scenic but I am impressed how well marked and blazed it is. Intersections are clearly marked and color coordinated. With a paper map, it is easy to make sense of where you are. This trail is geared for beginner hikers, families, and perhaps folks who are out of shape (it is easy and moves fast). For the seasoned hiker, I would use this for speed/wind workouts but don't expect to be challenged. This is a great trail for the cross country type runner.

There are other trails off of the Chatfield that are similar in difficulty and make up. Again, well blazed and easy to find. Honorable mention is that the southeast end of the park the Chatfield Trail can connect to Company Mill Preserve crossing Hagan-Stone Park Road. So the potential is there to...