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Uwharrie National Forest (locally / j uː ˈ w ɑː r i / yoo-WAH-ree) [3] is a federally designated national forest region located primarily in Montgomery County, but also extending into Randolph and Davidson counties in south central North Carolina.
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]
National forests listed in this column in small text are constituent national forests managed by, but not included in the name of, the named national forest in normal text. To reach the figure of 154 national forests, count hyphenated names as two forests, with the exception of Manti–La Sal, which is the official name of one forest.
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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 ...
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The northern Uwharrie Trail was started in the late 1960s by Joe Moffitt, who was at the time the Scoutmaster for a local Boy Scout troop in Asheboro, North Carolina. As a Scoutmaster, Mr. Moffitt sought a local 50-mile (80.5-km) hiking trail for his scouts to earn their 50 Miler award.