Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve
Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve is a beautiful and peaceful natural area offering wide open meadows, winding trails, and lush forest scenery. It is wheelchair accessible with parking and entrance accommodations. The park features hiking, picnic tables, and restrooms (outhouses), making it great for families and kids. Visitors appreciate the picturesque settings and photoshoot opportunities as well as the shaded forest trails, although mosquitoes can be a nuisance. The preserve has ample seating and a pavilion near the parking lot for picnics, but some trail areas are unpaved and may be challenging for wheelchairs beyond certain points.
Reviews
Bike riders here. We were going to start our Neuse River trail rides at the Milburnie entrance (closed), then farther north at the Abington entrance (closed), so then just decided to start here. You can only ride north from this park (however, I did note some bike riders circumventing the fence–on a well-worn path–to ride south on the paved greenway thru the construction zone.). The path north has a few inclines, but lots of shady forest. We only rode up as far as Bedfordtown and back. Great ride!
Absolutely beautiful location. My only wish is that they make the lower meadow area paved so we can walk on it with our daughter’s wheelchair. The Neuse River Greenway is wonderful but would love to be able to do a big loop here without having to turn around while still being able to take her chair.
As a family and high school senior photographer in Raleigh, Horseshoe Farm is one of my favorite hidden gems. The expansive meadows, winding trails, and wispy grass offer a variety of picturesque settings for photo sessions!
Lots of wide open space and overgrowth. There are benches throughout and a pavilion for a picnic near the parking lot. The forest trail was beautiful and we found some unique mushrooms. The bathrooms are outhouses with no running water which isn’t too great if you need to clean yourself up after walking. The mosquitoes are really bad whenever we have come here but I suppose I should expect that from a nature preserve.
So beautiful and peaceful. Loved how there are few trails to do that are level. Would love to come back in spring or fall