Parks officials consider new Umstead access via Graylyn Drive

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1) I believe that restoration of parking along (now paved?) Graylyn Dr. in concert with Alternative A, i.e., no action within the park, is the best alternative, albeit apparently not one being considered by DPR or NCDOT.

2) Absent consideration of 1) above, I support a proposal made by a poster on the N&O blog: that DPR move the existing gate at Graylyn about 250' into the park (along the existing trail), leave the gravel trail, build head-in gravel or permeable-surface parking on the west side of the trail (the area is clear of large trees) for about 25 cars. This would maintain the trails, roads, and park systems as they currently stand, minimize increases in impermeable surfaces, reduce vehicular traffic through the park, and would likely cost less than alternatives B or C.

3) If DPR will consider ONLY the three alternatives posted on their website, then I support Alternative C, which would provide access to many folks who wish to avoid the extra mileage and dangerous traffic encountered accessing Umstead via the US 70 main entrance.

Option A. There is adequate parking inside the park for hikers, runners, bikers, etc. They only lost a convenience that was facilitating the regulations of the park operating hours to be broken anyways. Graylyn was a convenience for a lot of people to get away with using the park when it was actually not within operational hours. DOT made their decision and it makes the park operate more as it was intended for wildlife protection and natural resource impacts.

Please consider Alt C ! I would really appreciate the opportunity to park along Gralyn or at the Sycamore parking area. I certainly am not in favor of paving any of the surfaces but if the gate were moved back to allow access to the other Sycamore gravel/grass lot. Thanks for having this discussion.

Here is a quick look at the amount of driving INSIDE the Park required to park at the Bridle and Bike Trailhead.

Plan A: 4.9 miles (roundtrip)
Plan B: 4.6 miles (roundtrip)
Plan C: 1.1 miles (roundtrip)

The Graylyn gate is also much closer than the US 70 gate for some, and about the same distance for about 3/4 of Raleigh.

Personally, I would love to get my tax money's worth out of that new asphalt on Graylyn.

Option C is obviously the best. We definitely need trash and recycling bins wherever the parking ends up being located. The suggestions to push the gate further into the park and simply allow road side parking is also a great option.

ALT-C if we have to vote for one, but I still say just move the gate back to the grave yard. and allow some type of parking along Graylyn inside the park. The families of the Grave yard would also appreciate being able to drive to the site as well.

Oh and by the way they can go ahead and take down the 50 or so NO PARKING signs that they put up. We get the message.  For what those cost us tax payers they could have already moved the Gate and made a gravel parking lot!

I have to say that my vote is for Alternate C. Park users need more & easier access to the park.

I liked Alternative C, but now I agree with Ken. I don't want to see that whole gravel road opened to traffic, just far enough to get into the I used to use Graylyn all the time for walking myself and my dogs. It's super inconvenient to access my favorite areas of the park from the main entrance, and I frankly no longer use the park much because of that. Which is a shame. So please, park officials, listen to the people who use it.
And pugchewtoy... I don't think there is any danger of Umstead being overused or lacking in tranquil places. In my 8 years of going there, often 2-3 times a week, I saw very few dogs offleash and none ever bothered my dogs. No big deal.
If people don't use it, we could lose it, and I want to USE it.

I am very excited to see ALT C as an option. I used these trails daily prior to the closing of the Graylynn access. It has caused alot of grief for me to fight traffic to cross Hwy 70 to enter the park and drive another 5 or more minutes to the bridle parking lot. Plus the lot was hardly used, remote, and alittle intimidating for a single female runner. I have since found other illegal parking areas that aren't so difficult to access the park - sorry, lucky landowners! ALT C does interrupt the sycamore trail so there will need to be a footbridge or something to avoid potential accidents. Having no change (ALT A) would be a huge disservice to 1000s of users. ALT B is better but a rather "bandaide-type" fix to this issue. Raleigh has grown tremendiously since the park entrance was created in 1966. New users are constantly finding the park and wanting easier, convenient locations. The Graylynn entrance is an ideal location for an access point because park housing is located near this gate. I, as well as many of my friends, would greatly appreciate an access here.

Alternative A......No Changes Please

I am a regular user of the park who walks his dogs, runs, & mountain bikes.

1. Paving more roads will lead to more speeding in the Park.

2. People being able to drive into more areas of the Park will lead to more littering, more human impact, and more violations of Park regulations.

If you're looking for something to do, how about ......:

1. The Park leash laws......you've got unleashed dogs running around all over the place with arrogant/brainless owners (I've witnessed several dog fights over the years).

2. Getting the mountain bikes off the hiking trails.

I am in favor of more perimeter parking, but all efforts should be made to keep Umstead as the peaceful, tranquil oasis it currently is.

I am VERY familiar with these trails because I use them for running all the time. In addition, I am a Landscape Architect and I think there is an additional alternate to these. I offer a less expensive version to Alternate C; move the existing gate at Graylyn about 250' into the park (along the existing trail), leave the gravel trail, build head in gravel parking on the west side of the trail (the area is clear of large trees) for about 25 cars. This maintains the trails, roads, and park systems as they currently stand, does not dramaticly increase impermiable surfaces, reduces traffic into the park, and I think the cost would be considerably less than the proposed scope of work.

I vote for Alternative C. It is nice to be able to access the trails from Graylyn as well. I used to trail run out there all the time before they prohibited parking along that entrance. I also utilize the Glenwood Avenue main entrance but typically only when I want to use the trails on that side of the park.