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Elk Knob State Park is a 4,423-acre (17.90 km 2) [2] North Carolina state park in Watauga County, North Carolina, in the United States. Opened in 2003, it is one of North Carolina's newest state parks. Elk Knob State Park was established to preserve the natural state of Elk Knob, the third highest peak in Watauga County. [3]
Watauga County (/ w ə ˈ t ɔː ɡ ə / wuh-TAW-guh) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 54,086 at the 2020 census. [2] Its county seat and largest community is Boone. [3] [4] The county is in an exceptionally mountainous region, known as the High Country.
The campus also houses the Caldwell Applied Sciences Academy, formerly known as the Caldwell Career Center Middle College. CCC&TI offers over 100 curriculum programs and a variety of continuing education options. The Watauga Campus of the college lies 3 miles (5 km) from the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone.
Watauga (/ w ɒ ˈ t ɔː ɡ ə /) [4] is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Fort Worth. The population was 23,650 at the 2020 census . The city's businesses and retail markets are generally located on Highway 377 .
The Cherokee National Forest contains such notable sites as the Ocoee River (site of the 1996 Olympic whitewater events); 150 miles (240 km) of the Appalachian Trail; Citico Creek Wilderness; Big Frog Mountain within Big Frog Wilderness, and surrounds both the Tennessee Valley Authority Watauga Reservoir and Wilbur Reservoir.
A leisure centre, sports centre, recreation center, or aquatics centre is a purpose-built building or site, usually owned and provided by the local government authority, where people can engage in a variety of sports and exercise, and keep fit.
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is a state park located in Elizabethton, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The park consists of 70 acres (28.3 ha) situated along the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, a National Historic Landmark where a series of events critical to the establishment of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the settlement of the Trans-Appalachian frontier in general ...
Grandfather Mountain [1] is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park near Linville, North Carolina.At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the major chains of the Appalachian Mountains.