Piedmont Greenway Master Plan - Town of Kernersville

Segment 12: Moore's Creek Corridor
The Moore's Creek corridor will start at Northwest School Road, will follow the eastern boundary of
the school property and terminate at the confluence of Moore's Creek and Reedy Fork Creek at the Pleasant
Ridge Road Trailhead. This segment is approximately 3.5 miles in length and has some of the most beautiful
views along the Piedmont Greenway Trail. There are four known areas that will require pedestrian bridges.
These areas could also provide access to the neighborhoods to the north of the primary trail. One existing
gas pipeline crosses the trail and creek near Timber Peg Road. It is not known at this time if a bridge or
another type of crossing over the pipeline will be needed.
As the trail continues on the north side of the creek, it will merge with an existing farm road west of
Stanley Huff Road. This farm road parallels the creek for 600 feet more or less, and its use should help
reduce overall trail costs. The farm road continues to Stanley Huff Road where the trail will cross-at-grade.
Upon crossing Stanley Huff Road the trail parallels a large field on the left and the Moore's Creek floodplain
on the right. Although the floodplain could support a natural
foot trail, a paved trail would require the acquisition of the
edge of the field for trail purposes. The trail continues past
the farmland and will use an abandoned utility easement that
still has poles (no wires were observed) until crossing over
to the southern side of Moore's Creek near Deer Trail Road.
A small section on either side of this crossing will require
boardwalk for approximately 150 feet on the northern side
and 40 feet on the southern side.
will run parallel to the main trail separated by a vegetated barrier. This segment of the trail is approximately
3.5 miles in length. Three bridges will be needed to span small drainage tributaries of the main channel and
one bridge will be needed to cross Moore's Creek. The northern bank will be the primary location of the
trail in order to minimize creek crossings.
SEGMENT 12
Moore's Creek is influenced by more pronounced topography
and ridges in this section. The floodplain and associated
wetlands will cause the trail to be located at the toe of
sloping land. There are existing equestrian trails in this area
and it is proposed that the trail use them to minimize cost and
land disturbance. As the trail nears Pleasant Ridge Road it
will skirt an open section of farmland and then drop down to
where Moore's Creek meets Reedy Fork Creek. A concrete
ramp will allow trail users to access the proposed trailhead on
the north side.
The trail will be a multi-use corridor that will accommodate
pedestrian, biking and equestrian uses. The primary
trail will be 10 feet wide for all users but equestrians who will
use a 2- to 5-foot-wide adjacent crushed granite dust trail that
Figure 22. Location of Segment 12
Primary Greenway Segments
Spur Trail Greenway Segments
PIEDMONT GREENWAY
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