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Max. depth. 107 ft (33 m) Islands. Rabbit Island. Settlements. Tuxedo. Lake Summit is a hydroelectric dammed reservoir in Henderson County, North Carolina. It has a surface area of 324 acres (1.31 km 2). [2] It is the largest lake in Henderson County.
The park surrounds Jones State Lake and Salters State Lake, both of which are largely undeveloped Carolina Bay lakes. Until 1965, it was one of two parks open to Black people. Lake James State Park. [18] Mountains. McDowell, Burke [2] 3,743 acres (15.15 km 2) [5] 1987 [2] Open.
Green River (North Carolina) The Green River is a dam-release river that flows through the mountains of North Carolina, south of Asheville. [4] The Green has numerous tributaries, but much of its water flows from a confluence with Big Hungry Creek. The Green River is itself a tributary of the Broad River.
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. Haw River State Park currently houses the Summit Environmental Education Center and is ...
DuPont State Recreational Forest, commonly known as DuPont Forest, is a 12,500-acre (5,100 ha) [1][3] state forest, located in Henderson and Transylvania counties of North Carolina. The name originates from the fact that the DuPont company arranged the sale of the original tract to the state. [2] Adjacent tracts have since been purchased and ...
Website. Pilot Mountain State Park. Pilot Mountain State Park is a North Carolina state park in Surry and Yadkin Counties, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Pinnacle, North Carolina on highway US 52, it covers 3,872 acres (15.67 km 2) [1] and includes the distinctive 2,241 foot (683 m) peak of Pilot Mountain.
Grandfather Mountain[1] is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park near Linville, North Carolina. At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the major chains of the Appalachian Mountains. (Nearby Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi ...
NRHP reference No. 91001507 [3] Added to NRHP. October 24, 1991. Hanging Rock State Park is a 9,011-acre (3,647 ha) [1] North Carolina state park in Stokes County, North Carolina in the United States. The park is 30 miles (48 km) north of Winston-Salem and is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Danbury in Stokes County.