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Geologically, Crowders Mountain and The Pinnacle are Class 6 mountains, defined as rising at least 984 feet (300 m) above the lowest point within a 4.35 miles (7.00 km) radius. [2] Crowders Mountain sharply rises some 800 feet (240 m) above the surrounding countryside, and presents sheer rock cliffs that are 100 - 150 feet (46 m) in height.
Crowders Mountain is one of two main peaks within Crowders Mountain State Park, the other peak being The Pinnacle. The park is located in the Western Piedmont of North Carolina between the cities of Kings Mountain and Gastonia or about 25 miles (40 km) west of Charlotte. Crowders Mountain abruptly rises nearly 800 feet (240 m) above the ...
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From Crowders Mountain, the highest point in Gaston County, views stretch for more than 20 miles (32 km). The U.S. National Whitewater Center is a recreation and training facility. Set among 1,300 acres (5.3 km 2) of wooded land along the Catawba River, the multiuse facility has a climbing center, mountain-biking trails and running trails.
The Desert Sun spoke to some of this year's hikers in Idyllwild, a small mountain town near mile 179 of the 2,650-mile trail.
Boca Grande Bike Path; Cady Way Trail [42] Candyland Park Trail [43] Cape Haze Pioneer Trail [44] Chain of Lakes Trail; Citrus Trail [45] Clermont Trail [46] Coast-to-Coast Connector trail; Country Club Trail [47] Courtney Campbell Causeway, at seminolecountyfl.gov; Cross Seminole Trail [48] Dinky Line Trail; E. E. Williamson Trail [49] East ...
George Poston Park is located northwest of Lowell on Lowell-Spencer Mountain Road. This Gaston County-operated park includes a playground, four lighted softball/little league fields, four lighted soccer fields, and a mountain bike trail. Next to the park is an abandoned chemical plant that produced dyes and pigments.
The Pinnacle and nearby Crowders Mountain separated the historic hunting lands of the Cherokee and Catawba Indians. The Battle of Kings Mountain, an important American victory over the British Army during the American Revolution, was fought southwest of the mountain in 1780 in what is now Kings Mountain National Military Park.