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The NC Division of Parks & Recreation describes its parks as follows: Generally, State Parks are expected to possess both significant natural resource values and significant recreational values. State Parks are expected to accommodate the development of facilities, but may vary in the extent of development depending upon what can be provided ...
The Parks and Recreation Authority, a fifteen-member appointed board, was also created to allocate funds from PARTF to the state parks and to the grants program for local governments. [1] The fund was created by North Carolina General Assembly Senate Bill 733. [2]
Southern Living named an Asheville-adjacent park the best of North Carolina’s 41 state parks. But there are some winners closer to the Triangle.
Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area is a 265-acre (1.07 km 2) [2] North Carolina state park in Carteret County, North Carolina, in the United States.Located on Bogue Banks, in the town of Pine Knoll Shores, the natural area protects the barrier island's only remaining intact maritime forest. [4]
Jockey's Ridge State Park is a North Carolina state park in Dare County, North Carolina in the United States. Located in Nags Head, North Carolina, it covers a 427-acre (1.73 km 2) [1] area, and includes the tallest active sand dune system in the eastern United States. It is the most visited park within the NC park system. [2]
Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area is a North Carolina state park in Orange County, North Carolina in the United States.Located adjacent to the town of Hillsborough, it covers 221 acres (0.89 km 2) [1] and includes Occoneechee Mountain, the highest point (867 ft) in Orange County and a settlement of the Occaneechi tribe.
Haw River State Park is a 1,485-acre (6.01 km 2) [2] North Carolina state park in Guilford and Rockingham Counties, North Carolina in the United States.As one of the newest state parks in North Carolina, Haw River has limited recreational opportunities.
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park in Vance and Warren counties, North Carolina, in the United States. Located north of Henderson near the North Carolina- Virginia border, it includes 3,376 acres (13.66 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of woodlands along the shores of the 50,000-acre (202 km 2 ) man-made Kerr Lake .