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Hix Recreation Park

5.0 (1 review)

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Wilson Recreation Center

Wilson Recreation Center

3.9(11 reviews)
29.4 mi

This is Duke! It's old, prestigious and has a gorgeous campus. My visit was late Summer of 2019 for…read morea swim recruiting visit that my son attended. The Wilson Rec Center is pretty central to campus and has student recreational activities. The pool is in the rear and is the only thing I saw. You can enter in front or rear for the aquatic complex. The building itself looks like "Duke". The brownstones are spectacular. Parking is reserved pretty much all around the building I found the visitors lot which is about a 3/4 mile walk. The area was clean and impeccably maintained. The aquatic complex is not as old as the building dating to possibly turn of the century. However it's no spring chicken either. Possibly built in the late 60's, not ruling out 70's. The pool and deck are maintained. Only faculty, staff and the swim and dive are permitted to use outside of special permission. My son enjoyed the pool. Although not a new pool it has underwent a couple of renovation projects over the decades. The most recent was around 11 years ago. The 25 yard pool with diving well is a nice set up for competition. Duke competes in the ACC Conference. The complex offers a compact spectator area on one side. Most reading this review will never get the opportunity to use the pool and probably never even see it. My son absolutely loved his time on campus and who knows could be a Blue Devil.

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Go Ape - The Treetop Journey course is for participants of all ages. A perfect introduction to aerial adventure.

Go Ape

4.7(41 reviews)
23.9 mi

This is a great place to go with a few friends or for a fun date. It's also good for family outings…read more-- from what I observed of the other families, the bravest ones were actually the little 13 year olds who were impatiently waiting for their moms to hurry up so that they could move on to the next station. I don't know that I would bring younger kids along though, because throughout the whole course, you are in charge of making sure that your safety harness is clipped onto the rope correctly and safely, and that you always are connected to one of the ropes (aka don't mindlessly unhook both of your belt buckles at once). Your progress is based on you. You can go as fast or slow as you want. There's an instructor who walks you through the safety training at the beginning, and then you're off! I appreciated that the training wasn't slow and boring. There are plenty of staff walking around the different stations if you ever need help or feel stuck. Some of the stations have "harder" and "easier" options to get to the next station. The harder ones are definitely difficult. There's also a giant zipline at the very end of the course! As for what to bring/wear: tennis shoes and pants you don't mind getting dirty if you're not an expert zipline-hit-the-ground-running-on-your-feet person. Don't bring sunglasses along unless you can secure them; the treetops offer enough shade so that there never was a need for me to use my sunglasses. I brought along my cellphone for pictures, but was only comfortable doing so because I had a secure pocket. At the bottom of some of the stations, you can put stuff down, but you might not want to walk all the way back to that station to get it. They have water available at lots of stations, so no need for a water bottle. I had a lot of fun, and would enjoy going back!

I had a great time crossing this zipline off my bucket list! I felt very safe and secure through…read morethe obstacle course and on the zipline, and it was very pretty. The GoApe staff was informative, courteous, and encouraging. I did the shorter course, and look forward to returning for the longer course.

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