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Brown Mountain, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.4540267°N 80.3392213°W. Brown Mountain is an unincorporated community in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States. Located north of the Sauratown Mountain range with a peak of 1580 feet above sea level, the Brown Mountain community lays claim to one of only two privately owned "peaks" in ...
The Grand Barn, former clothing-optional facility [ 32 ] Jewel Lake Wilderness Park in North Bay. Ponderosa Nature Resort in Flamborough. Sandbanks Provincial Park has an unofficial nude beach area away from the mainstream beach area with signs posted against it. [ 33 ] Sunny Glades Naturist Park in Bothwell.
USGS Collettsville. Brown Mountain[1] is a low-lying ridge, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, in the Pisgah National Forest near Morganton, in western North Carolina, [2] on the border of Burke and Caldwell Counties. [3][4] Since at least the early 20th century, mysterious illuminations known as the Brown Mountain lights have been seen there.
tryon-nc.com. Tryon is a town in Polk County, on the southwestern border of North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,562. [ 4 ] Located in the escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, today the area is affluent [ 5 ] and a center for outdoor pursuits, equestrian activity, and fine arts.
The Land of Oz is a theme park based on L. Frank Baum 's Land of Oz books, located in the resort town of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, US. Carolina Caribbean Corporation opened it in 1970 under the guidance of Grover Robbins, who had been successful with Tweetsie Railroad. Designed by Jack Pentes, the park was fully operational until 1980.
Tabor City (/ ˈ t eɪ b ɜːr / TAY-bur) [4] is a town in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States.It is the southernmost town in the county. It is located just north of the North Carolina/South Carolina line, about 39 miles (63 km) north of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and is just north of Loris, South Carolina.
The Brown Mountain lights are purported ghost lights near Brown Mountain in North Carolina. The earliest published references to strange lights there are from around 1910, at about the same time electric lighting was becoming widespread in the area. In 1922, a USGS scientist, George R. Mansfield, used a map and an alidade telescope to prove ...
Pleasure Island (North Carolina) Coordinates: 34.0187°N 77.9061°W. Pleasure Island is a coastal barrier island in Southeastern North Carolina, United States, just south of the City of Wilmington. Pleasure Island is located within Federal Point Township, in New Hanover County. The coastal resort towns of Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, as well ...