Holly Point VI

Put In - Located in Holly Point State Park on New Light Road. Take Six Forks to 98 and cross 98 which becomes New Light Road. Stay on New Light Road until you see the park on the right. Shinleaf park you will pass on the way on the right. I camped in site 130, which has a 50 yard trail down to a nice sandy cove. Cost is 20 dollars for a non-electric/water site.
Distance/Time - 5.7 Miles/3 hours, 4 Miles/1 1/2 hours
Difficulty - Average/Easy
Trip Directions - Made 2 trips, the afternoon was to the B.W. Wells Homestead(Rock Cliff Farm). Did a night trip to the New Light Bridge area after a thunderstorm. The next morning it was raining cats and dogs, so packed up early and headed home. It was a nice night sleeping, cool with rain noise all night on the tent.
Scenery - Weather was iffy with thunderstorms around. Sunday had many people camping and lots of boats. By Sunday evening the place was deserted, so had the whole area to my self. The B.W. Wells area now has very nice graphic displays of the homestead. Worth the trip just to read about the history of the place.
Hazards - Motor boats were out in force on Sunday.