Most recently updated November 24th, 2025
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The Zombie Tunnel Hike is a route that goes from Umstead State Park, and all the way through Carl Alwin Schenk Memorial Forest to the Lenovo arena – with the help of the Richland Creek Trail and Capital Area Greenways.
I’ve been leading this hike for years, and people really enjoy it.
At over 12 miles, it’s a good long hike. It’s pretty flat, but has a lot of different features – like Zombie tunnels!
Okay, there may not *actually* be any Zombies, but it sure looks like there could be….and one time I did find a mutant fish in there 🙂
I don’t host this hike very often because conditions need to be just right or the route is impassable, and I hate to disappoint anyone.
Just in time for Halloween, I hiked the route again AND (for a spook-tacular add-on) took a Ghost Walk in Raleigh the next day!!
(I’ll tell you all about the Ghost walk and how you can take one too, but first – the hike!)
Depending on recent weather conditions or new construction, parts of the trail have been known to disappear like Brigadoon at sunrise.
So earlier this year, before I posted the hike for others to join me, I decided to take a look and see if the route was still there – and still the same.
Good news! The route was still there – and still mostly the same. In fact some parts had actually been improved!
Now I’ll tell you about the trail so you can try this somewhat spooky hike for yourself… perhaps followed by an equally spooky Ghost Walk!
Continue reading Hike to the Zombie Tunnels! – Schenk Forest’s Richland Creek Trail
