Oct 243 likesToday’s the day!Join us for live music, dinner and drinks at Umstead’s 92nd Birthday Bash. Jazz, folk, and bluegrass at the historic Sycamore Mess Hall, with dinner from Clouds Brewing and Sassool, birthday cake, and a flannel shirt contest. Wear your best flannel! Beer and root beer from Clouds Brewing, wine, and free lemonade. When: Today, 4–7pm (doors open 3:30pm) Where: Sycamore Mess Hall, #UmsteadStatePark (US-70/Glenwood Ave entrance) Tickets: $25 · Kids 12 and under free with an adult At 7pm, we’ll draw the winner of a Blackstone outdoor griddle. You don’t need to be present to win. All proceeds support the park. Get tickets at the link in our bio. #RaleighNC #CaryNC #DurhamNC #NCNonprofitsGet involved
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Oct 243 likesToday’s the day!Join us for live music, dinner and drinks at Umstead’s 92nd Birthday Bash. Jazz, folk, and bluegrass at the historic Sycamore Mess Hall, with dinner from Clouds Brewing and Sassool, birthday cake, and a flannel shirt contest. Wear your best flannel! Beer and root beer from Clouds Brewing, wine, and free lemonade. When: Today, 4–7pm (doors open 3:30pm) Where: Sycamore Mess Hall, #UmsteadStatePark (US-70/Glenwood Ave entrance) Tickets: $25 · Kids 12 and under free with an adult At 7pm, we’ll draw the winner of a Blackstone outdoor griddle. You don’t need to be present to win. All proceeds support the park. Get tickets at the link in our bio. #RaleighNC #CaryNC #DurhamNC #NCNonprofits
For nearly 40 years, through the original 1981 Wake Stone mining permit and…♥ 158 · Dec 4, 2025
The Umstead Coalition is happy to announce a series of monthly Sunset Hikes…♥ 76 · Jan 27
Sunset Clause Court Case Update: The current Wake Stone Triangle Quarry…♥ 40 · Dec 1, 2025
Have you experienced the abundance of serviceberry?♥ 39 · Sep 27
I want to thank you for being a valued part of the Umstead community.♥ 32 · Dec 31, 2025
SAVE THE DATE for our Fall Native Plant & Umstead Merch Sale!!♥ 31 · Sep 16
For nearly 40 years, through the original 1981 Wake Stone mining permit and…
♥ 158 · Dec 4, 2025
The Umstead Coalition is happy to announce a series of monthly Sunset Hikes…
♥ 76 · Jan 27
Sunset Clause Court Case Update: The current Wake Stone Triangle Quarry…
♥ 40 · Dec 1, 2025
Have you experienced the abundance of serviceberry?
♥ 39 · Sep 27
I want to thank you for being a valued part of the Umstead community.
♥ 32 · Dec 31, 2025
SAVE THE DATE for our Fall Native Plant & Umstead Merch Sale!!
♥ 31 · Sep 16
Butterfly Wildflower GardensWe installed two butterfly wildflower gardens to provide habitat or “Monarch Way Stations" for migrating Monarch butterflies.
Forested Rain Gardens / Bioretention AreasWe installed innovative stormwater BMP of forested bioretention cells (rain gardens) within a 210 space parking lot median at William B. Umstead State Park.
Cedar Ridge Trail ReroutingThe Cedar Ridge multi-use trail at William B. Umstead State Park is open again with upgrades and re-routing.
- Triangle I-40 Bikeway (along I-40)
The Triangle I-40 bikeway will connect the Trenton Road Greenway to RDU Forest and Davis Drive (RTP- Triangle Park Center).
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Today’s the day!
Oct 243 likes
Pop-up sale this Sunday 10/18 11am-2pm in Umstead State Park for leftover plants!
Oct 1718 likes
Fall Native Plant Sale 🍂🐝 Saturday, October 17, 12–3 PM at Umstead State Park (2100 N Harrison Ave, Cary…
Oct 107 likes
Have you experienced the abundance of serviceberry?
Sep 2739 likes
SAVE THE DATE for our Fall Native Plant & Umstead Merch Sale!!
Sep 1631 likes
On August 14 at 6pm, Clyde and Catherine Edgerton will delight us with a concert of old traditional tunes and…
Aug 122 likes
Ever find yourself on a walk wondering, "What is that plant?
Apr 2014 likes
What a day in Umstead!
Apr 1814 likes
Our plant sales draw hundreds of people every year, and they happen because of volunteers who show up and…
Apr 1513 likes
About
The Umstead Coalition was founded in 1968 and is a volunteer-led, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of individual members and 16 partner conservation organizations.
Our mission is to preserve the natural integrity of William B. Umstead State Park and the surrounding open space
Since Margaret Nygard founded the Umstead Coalition, we have repeatedly risen to protect William B. Umstead State Park from threats such as quarries, a proposal to sell the Park, a dry-dam flood control structure on Turkey Creek, RDU airport runways that would have taken Park lands and a plan to build a major highway that would have taken Park land and disrupted the Richland Creek Corridor.
The Umstead Coalition is active in service projects, Park land acquisition environmental education activities, trail maintenance, restoration of the 120 historic cabins and mess halls (recently accomplished with over 7,000 volunteer hours) and preserving the cultural history of the rural community that once lived in the lands that became William B. Umstead State Park. Learn more about our projects to help the Park>>
Become a member: Please consider becoming a member of the Umstead Coalition . These consistent, annual dues bring stability, help us maintain our support of William B. Umstead State Park and plan for future projects.
NC
- Based in
- NC
- Founded
- 1995
- EIN
- 56-1792624
- Website
- umsteadcoalition.org
- @Umstead_Coalition
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