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The waterfalls of North Carolina, U.S., are a prominent feature of the geography of the Piedmont and mountain regions of the state, as well as a major focus of tourism and outdoor recreation. Many of these falls are located in state parks , national forests , wildlife management areas, and other public lands, as well as private property.
At 411 feet, Upper Whitewater Falls in the Cashiers area of the Nantahala National Forest is the tallest waterfall east of the Rockies. The Lower Whitewater Falls, across the border in South ...
The geography of North Carolina falls naturally into three divisions — the Appalachian Mountains in the west (including the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains), the central Piedmont Plateau, and the eastern Atlantic Coastal Plain. North Carolina covers 53,819 square miles (139,391 km 2) and
Murphy is a town in and the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. [4] It is situated at the confluence of the Hiwassee and Valley rivers. It is the westernmost county seat in the state of North Carolina, approximately 360 miles (580 km) from the state capital in Raleigh. The population of Murphy was 1,608 at the 2020 ...
Recently reopened after a two-year closure, Catawba Falls Ridge Trail is safer than ever, and still just as beautiful.With the closure came 580 hand-built stairs and 2.3 miles of new trail ...
The trailhead loop starts at the parking area just before the entrance to the campground, and is a medium to strenuous hike at just under 2.5 miles (4.0 km) in length. The path to the falls is a rugged, downhill 0.9-mile, with a gentler 1.5-mile (2.4 km) uphill return following Crabtree creek upstream before looping back to the parking area.
Upper Whitewater Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina on the Whitewater River. As with most of North Carolina's waterfalls, it is in the mountainous area of the state. There is a cluster of falls in the area where the borders of Georgia and the Carolinas come together. Whitewater Falls is part of that group, very close to the South Carolina ...
U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is the longest numbered route in the U.S. state of North Carolina, running 604 miles (972 km) from the Tennessee state line to the Outer Banks.The route passes through the westernmost municipality in the state, Murphy, and one of the most easternmost municipalities, Manteo, making US 64 a symbolic representation of the phrase "from Murphy to Manteo" which is used to refer ...