Beth

We need your help – to plan a better park! Please complete this quick survey…. mostly check boxes! Form Link at We have general park counts – 200 on weekdays and 400 on weekend – but knowing more will…

A feasibility study has been completed for the Wilderness Gateway State Trail Trailhead and sidepath leading into Valdese Lakeside Park. Friends of the Valdese Rec secured funds to hire Destination by Design to recommend the best use of space at…

Usually, we have our New Year’s Resolution Runs on New Year’s Day. However, January 1, 2023 fell on a Sunday. So, we gave Saturday, December 31, 2022 a chance and it was the biggest race yet!! Even in the rain.…

Challenge yourself in 2023 to get out on a Valdese Trail!! #FVR365 (Registration Closed) Walk. Run. Hike. 365 Miles in 365 Days. $10 Registration Long Sleeve t-shirt at beginning Prizes for completing 365 miles Everyone will be able to see…

Friends of the Valdese Rec President Beth Heile presented to the Valdese Planning Board on Monday, November 21 to share information about the State and Regional Trails coming through Valdese, the importance of embracing the trails and branding Valdese as…

As a part of Bimbo Bakeries’ Good Neighbor Program, natural rock steps were installed at McGalliard Falls Park.

Reception Held at McGalliard Falls Park on Wednesday, October 5 at 1:15 with cake, punch and great stories to honor those responsible for saving the Falls. In 1979, after a semester of studying McGalliard Falls, science teacher Don Brittain’s sixth…

Plein air event for oil, acrylic, watercolor, and pastel painters held at Valdese Lakeside Park Up to 35 painters may register for this event – but no later than August 15th. Artists will create artwork from September 10th through September…

On a humid July morning, trail supporters gathered to celebrate the connection of Valdese Lakeside Park and McGalliard Falls Park with a new 160-foot bridge creating a 2 mile greenway trail.

Dogs can now run free in Valdese – at least in the new quarter acre Dog Park. At the park’s grand opening, sixty dogs frolicked freely in the grass as more than 100 people watched. The opening was the culmination…