On Saturday October 18, 2025, Friends of DuPont Forest will host the 8th annual DuPont Forest Festival, an event celebrating the adventure and beauty of DuPont State Recreational Forest. 

WHERE: DuPont State Recreational Forest, Guion Access Area

WHEN: Saturday, October, 18, 2025 10am–3pm

The DuPont Forest Festival is a free, family friendly event open to the public. It is hosted by Friends of DuPont Forest and sponsored by Howard Hanna Beverly-Hanks and Cognative MTB. 

The DuPont Forest Festival is a celebration of all the adventure and history found in DuPont State Forest. 

We’ll have a mix of drop-in activities, demonstrations, group tours, and hikes, all perfect for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages. Our number one goal for the Forest Festival is to teach people to love the Forest. Along with having fun, the activities will weave in education about  reducing impacts to the Forest, waterfall safety, trails that serve multiple types of recreationalists and Forest conservation. Each event will be led by an expert volunteer and representative from our partner organizations.

Morning Activities

10:00 AM

• Smokey Bear

• Mushroom Hike – N.C. Forest Service

• Doggy Walk – Almost Home

10:30 AM

• Women’s Intermediate Ride – Cognative MTB

• History Hike – Don Jordan

11:00 AM

• Earth Walk – Earth Winds

• Children’s Yoga – YAM

• Adults Yoga – YAM

11:30 AM

• Hike with High Country Hikers

Midday Activities

12:00 PM

• Smokey Bear

12:30 PM

• Orienteering – Al Beers

• Co-Ed Intermediate Ride – MTB Skills Factory

1:00 PM

• Grassy Creek Falls Hike – Greenville Natural History Association

• Women’s Beginner Ride – Cognative MTB

2:00 PM

• Smokey Bear

Food Trucks (All Day)

• Runaway Cafe

• Wagyu Wagon Burger

• Pilican’s Snowballs

Drop-in Activities (10AM – 3PM)

• Pony rides – Rusty Spurs

• Kids Obstacle Course – MTB Skills Factory

• Mini Horses – Pisgah Trailblazers

• Bookmobile & Crafts – Transylvania Library

• Fly Fishing Demos – Headwaters Outfitters

• Doggies – Almost Home Dog Rescue NC

• Blue Ridge Humane Society

• N.C. Forest Service

• Water Conservation Education – Henderson County Soil & Water

• Hemlock Restoration Initiative

• Live Music Apple Country String Band

• Share the Trails – Trail Partners Foundation

• Coloring Activities – Eagle’s Nest Camp

• Piedmont Wood Carvers

• Massage – YAM

• Nature Tattoos – Waterfall Keepers of NC

• Friends of DuPont Forest Trail Crew

• Leave No Trace

Want to volunteer at the Festival? Sign up here. 

We are again thrilled to partner with the iDaph Events and welcome the Tree Tops Trail Race.