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Panning for gold in the forest's streams and rivers remains a popular activity. Boating and fishing are available at Badin Lake, while the 20-mile (32.19 km) Uwharrie National Recreation Trail runs through the forest. Other trails and paths provide opportunities for hiking, mountain biking, camping, and horseback riding.
They give their name to the Uwharrie National Forest. Once entirely cleared for timber and farmland, the mountains were designated a U.S. National Forest in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy . The woodlands have since returned, providing a haven for a diversity of wildlife, recreational facilities, and numerous Native American archeological sites.
The Birkhead Mountains Wilderness was established by the 1984 North Carolina Wilderness Act and covers 5,160 acres (20.9 km 2) in the Uwharrie National Forest at the northern end of the Uwharrie Mountains, in central North Carolina. [1]
The Uwharrie Trail is a hiking trail located in the Uwharrie Mountains in central North Carolina. The original Uwharrie Trail was an approximately 40-mile (80.5-km) long hiking trail that was completed in 1975. The trail began at the Asheboro Regional airport near Tot Hill Farm road and ended at NC 24-27 in Montgomery County near Troy, NC. It ...
Tiếng Việt; Winaray; ... The Uwharrie National Forest encompasses a large swathe of the county. [3] State and local protected areas/sites
Uwharrie National Forest; Bienville National Forest; Talladega National Forest SW unit; Oconee National Forest; Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge; Sauratown Mountains; Brushy Mountains (North Carolina) South Mountains (North Carolina) Tunica Hills in southwestern Mississippi and eastern Louisiana; Arlington Woods, Arlington House, The Robert E ...
The Uwharrie River (/ u ˈ w ɑːr iː /) is a 61.84 mi (99.52 km) long river, in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pee Dee River , which flows to the Atlantic Ocean .
The Uwharrie Lakes Region of North Carolina in the United States refers to the lakes created by the damming of the Yadkin and Pee Dee rivers along the western slopes of the ancient Uwharrie Mountains.