The Yadkin Valley Rotary Club is hosting a pancake breakfast during NC Trail Days to benefit the Children's Center of NW North Carolina. Save time at the event, and pre-purchase your tickets now!
Pancake Breakfast includes: Short Stack of Pancakes, Sausage Links, Choice of Coffee, Water or Juice.

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Explore the Yadkin River with one of these great local outfitters:

Rocky Forest River Run (http://rockyforestriverrun.com)
Hometown River Co. (https://hometownrivercompany.com)
Roaring River Canoe Rentals (https://www.visitnc.com/listing/tbqS/roaring-river-canoe-rentals)
NC River Riders (https://northcarolinariverriders.com)

Visit the Yadkin Valley Heritage & Trails Visitor Center to find out more about the Yadkin Valley, Elkin, our trails and local businesses. You can also purchase NC Trail Days merch all weekend long! Lockers, Showers, Bathrooms, and Parking all available on-site at this location.

Stop by the Heritage Center during NC Trail Days to view beautiful quilts made by local artists!

Enjoy the Jonesville Greenway Trail with a golf cart ride. Support local vendors - music, shopping, eating, games & more!

Take a hike just less than a mile in distance but with amazing views of Carter Falls and the Elkin Creek Gorge. View the remnants of the old power house in this section of the Elkin Creek. View the future site of the Bridge of Dreams, a suspension bridge that will take the MST across the Elkin Creek. Enjoy the views of Carter Falls from the base (for those that choose) and/or the views upstream from the falls. This guided hike is offered on Saturday and Sunday.

Enjoy a hike with Dr. Bill Blackley on the E&A Rail Trail and learn some interesting history along the Elkin Creek!

Join Bill Griffin for a naturalist walk to observe, notice, discover, and learn on the Forest Bathing Trail. This will be a slow walk, so it is kid-friendly. Expect to stop along the way to look at bugs, birds, and buds. The size of this group is limited to 10, so get your spot early. Kids Welcome. Bring water & insect repellent. Optional: field guides, binoculars, magnifying glass, sketch pad, camera.

Walk along the E & A Trail across the Big Elkin Creek and enjoy reading the picture book story posters on your stroll. This activity is offered throughout the weekend.

Tour de Trail is a 40 Mile bicycle road ride from Elkin High School to Stone Mountain State Park. Following some of the MST trail back to Elkin, the tour includes a stop at Carter Falls. Gather at starting point (Elkin High School Parking Lot) from 8:00am-8:55am, departs at 9:00am. Free Event, donations support the Elkin Valley Trails Association.

While shopping at Elkin's market, you are helping to support our local farmers by purchasing their goods each weekend, as well as supporting healthy eating habits for your family. Come down and see what our market has to offer and meet our friendly farmers and artisans. You'll be pleasantly surprised. Plenty of parking is available and we're handicap accessible, children and pet-friendly, too. 

Hike along with Laura Gaylord, Elkin’s Main Street Manager, as she shares numerous points of interest, hidden treasures, fun facts, and the history of Elkin’s downtown and its buildings, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Plan for approximately 2 hours of exploring; comfortable walking shoes recommended. Rain or shine. This is an easy 1-2 mile hike. This event is offered on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Free Live Music at the Heritage & Trails Center

Stone Painting & Scavenger Hunt - Fun for the whole family!

Take a guided tour of Iron Bluff Mountain Bike Trail. Bring your bicycle and helmet - join the fun!

Visit vendors and non-profits from across the region.

Live Music, Local Craft Beer & Wine available for purchase.

Follow the story to discover animals and nature at the river end trail by creating your own nature masterpiece.

Just got an email from Bill Blackley about Saturday.

RG Absher, for entertainment, will be playing colonial music on his fiddle and telling history and stories of the Overmountain Victory Trail that the David Allen History Marker sits on. We'll have several tables set up with 18th century items as well as iron ore slag that's been found in the waters of Big Elkin Creek from David Allen's 18th Century Iron works.

Re-enactors be dressed in 18th century clothes that would have been worn during the time that the Jonesville and Elkin areas were known as Allen's Settlement.

This will be a "low impact" visitor site for those with kids or non-hikers or those who came just to shop our downtown stores. We can educate the visitors about the historic trail that Elkin has to offer. For those who are unfamiliar with the Muster Field or the Overmountain Victory Trail section that runs through this part of Elkin there will a few of us who can take short hikes to point out this unique trail that our community offers.

Hike from Grassy Creek Vineyard (just outside of Elkin) to Carter Falls. A glass of wine makes a great post-hike treat.

In the 1960's an aerial tramway crossed overhead from Mahagony Rock on the Blue Ridge Parkway to Scott Ridge. At the two launch points and along this hike, you will see remnants from the aerial tram. This hike will explore both sides on Scott Ridge and Mahogany Rock as well as the beauty of the trails that now connect them. This hike packs some tough elevation gain in spots, so be prepared to feel the burn as you ascend to the top of Scott Ridge.

Books for kids of all ages.  A fundraiser for the Friends of the Elkin Public Library. This event is offered Friday and Saturday.

Bring your family two and four legs alike to enjoy the relaxing trails of the Jonesville Greenway and run leash free at Happy Paws Bark Park.
Let your furry family member dress up and enter the pet costume contest. Prizes for best dressed, funniest and most original costume will be given.

7 Steps to a Backyard Rain Garden
Rain Gardens are a delightful solution to standing water problems in your yard and excessive runoff to the storm drain. A rain garden is typically a shallow depression that is planted with deep-rooted native plants and grasses. The garden holds the water for a short time allowing it to be absorbed into the soil. Plants are selected based on their ability to withstand the extremes of moisture and concentrations of nutrients. And there is no reason your rain garden cannot do double duty as a pollinator friendly habitat. Learn 7 easy steps to building your own rain garden.

Bio
Wendi Hartup has educated the public about stormwater issues and solutions for 16 years in North Carolina. She has conducted national webinars and regional hands-on train-the-trainer workshops; co-developed the statewide, NC State Extension Rain Garden Certification program for landscapers with a complimentary how to guide for installing rain gardens; developed the statewide, NC State Extension Backyard Stream Repair program with a complimentary citizen guide for small-scale solutions; and provided hands-on experiential learning for more than 2150 volunteers to install 63 rain gardens, 187 cisterns and stabilize 6303 linear feet of streambank. As the Town of Kernersville Stormwater Manager, she works to find ways to improve water quality and acquired a $400,000 grant for a stream restoration at Ivey Redmon Sports Complex that was completed in May. She moonlights on the side designing rain gardens. Wendi has a master’s in fisheries conservation and bachelor’s in marine biology.

Sign up for the Forest Bathing Guided Hike- NC's first "Forest Bathing" Trail, at Grassy Creek Vineyard & Winery today! Forest bathing involves immersing oneself in nature to improve mental, physical and emotional well-being- while unplugged from electronics. Meet behind the Grassy Creek Vineyard Tasting Room.

Curious about how to hike the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, all of it, most of it, a little of it? Come meet completers Jeff and Debra Rezeli, completer and trail angel Mary Stewart, and maybe a few more!  Discussion will be moderated by Julie “Jester” Gayheart, AT completer, MST 40 Hike Challenge Completer, and lively podcaster.

Amanda Spears and Carolina Del Moral built a teardrop camper in their backyard. Learn how they did it and tour their camper. 

Local and regional conservationists and outdoor recreation advocates will discuss ongoing efforts to expand recreational opportunities and improve state and local trails in the Tri-County Region, including the Yadkin RIver State Trail. Panelists will highlight positive developments and trends and address potential environmental challenges faced by this growing sector of the local economy.
Charlie Brady, Blue Ridge Conservancy
Adam Lowe, Watershed NOW
Leslie Schlender, Elkin Economic Development
EVTA Representative

Edgar Miller, YRK - Moderator

This strenuous 3 mile hike goes up and over Wells Knob as part of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Although only 3 miles will be hiked for this Trail Days hike, this trail gains 650 ft in elevation over a very short period. That earns this hike the strenuous rating.

A Different kind of trail - unwind after a long day outdoors by stopping by multiple restaurants and bars in Downtown Elkin. Live music by earleine at The Wisdom Table.

A Different kind of trail - unwind after a long day outdoors by stopping by multiple restaurants and bars in Downtown Elkin. Live music by Luke Mears & Robert Holthouser at Harry's Place.

A Different kind of trail - unwind after a long day outdoors by stopping by multiple restaurants and bars in Downtown Elkin. Live music by The Intoxicadas at Fruition.

A Different kind of trail - unwind after a long day outdoors by stopping by multiple restaurants and bars in Downtown Elkin. Live music by Abbey Elmore Band at Southern On Main.

Bring a chair & enjoy an evening of family fun - dance & sing to live music, food, cornhole, bounce houses for kids & more!

A Different kind of trail - unwind after a long day outdoors by stopping by multiple restaurants and bars in Downtown Elkin. Live Music by Joe's Cousin at Angry Troll Brewing.

Reliably Bad is an eight-piece Funk-Pop band based out of Greensboro, North Carolina.

This performance is presented for FREE as part of NC Trail Days. No advance sales or seat reservations. Email info@reevestheater.com with accessibility inquiries.

A Different kind of trail - unwind after a long day outdoors by stopping by multiple restaurants and bars in Downtown Elkin. Live Music by Mike Ramsey at Fruition.