Past Event

The Great Wagon Road Game (Family Edition)

Location

Cradle of Forestry in America
11250 Pisgah Hwy
Pisgah Forest, NC 28768

Cost

Free with General Admission

Dates

No events are scheduled at this time. 

Play an interactive WNC version of the Oregon Trail game with the whole family! The Cradle of Forestry has brought the game to life along our Biltmore Campus Trail (1 mile).

Program Details

The Great Wagon Road Game is an interactive role-playing version of the “Oregon Trail” game of Mom and Dad’s youth. The Cradle of Forestry has brought the game to life along our Biltmore Campus Trail (1 mile). This interactive walking game takes you around the trail to learn more about the trials and tribulations the first European settlers faced as they traveled the Great Wagon Road and settled our beautiful mountains. This is a great game for families to work together and have fun! Families will travel in “wagon groups”, “purchase” supplies (no real money involved in the game) for the journey and stop to roll the dice of destiny that will choose their cards of fate. 

This is open to all ages and will have a family-friendly atmosphere. Children under 4 are free to come along as long as they don’t distract the other players from having fun. Please dress appropriately for the outdoors, as we will be walking our 1-mile paved, Biltmore Campus Trail. 

Please register by emailing cradleprograms@gofindoutdoors.org.

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