GREENSBORO, N.C. — A new repavement project is set to get underway at the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.

What You Need To Know

  • The project will be done in phases, with completion expected in the fall

  • This will be the largest investment in the park since its bicentennial in 1976

  • Two miles of trail at the park will be repaved

“March 15, 2024, is the 243rd anniversary of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse,” park superintendent Aaron LaRocca said.

While celebrating the anniversary of the Revolutionary War battle, LaRocca is also taking the opportunity to announce a major rehabilitation project.

“Next week will start a project to replace all of our asphalt pathways to remove some of the safety issues, but also to increase accessibility throughout the park,” LaRocca said.

Repaving the two miles of trail comes with a $2 million price tag. That bill will be paid for with money collected from entrance fees of state and national parks around the country.

“If you go to a park anywhere in the country and you pay to enter that park, that home park gets to keep a percentage of your entrance fee and then another percentage goes to a nationwide pot, where parks like Guilford Courthouse without a fee program can compete for some of that funding to fund projects in their parks,” LaRocca said. “Visitors to Guilford Courthouse might have gone on a summer trip out west to Yosemite or to the Grand Canyon, pay the entrance fee. And those entrance fees paid at the Grand Canyon are coming home here to Guilford Courthouse to help us with our trail project.”

This will be the largest investment in the park since its bicentennial in 1976.

“So one of the things we're going to do as part of this trail rehabilitation project is strip away some layers of asphalt and then put new asphalt on top to remove some of those tripping hazards and inconsistencies in the asphalt trail,” LaRocca said.

Repaving the trails will help make them safe for visitors.

“So that's one of the goals of this project, is to make the asphalt trail network much safer to walk,” LaRocca said.

The project will be done in phases, with completion expected in the fall. Visitors can go to the park's website during the process to see which sections of trail are closed.

What You Need To Know