Pettigrew State Park

Walk boardwalks among old cypress trees on the shore of Lake Phelps and watch tundra swans that spend the winter on the lake.

2252 Lake Shore Road, Creswell, NC 27928 · Creswell, NC

About Pettigrew State Park

Pettigrew State Park covers the shores of Lake Phelps and the Scuppernong River in Washington and Tyrrell counties, about 75 miles northeast of Greenville. Lake Phelps is a winter home for tundra swans, and its clear water has preserved dugout canoes up to 4,400 years old. Trails and boardwalks lead through cypress trees with hollow, arched trunks. The park surrounds Somerset Place State Historic Site, a former plantation worked by hundreds of enslaved people. Day use is free.

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