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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 .
The John H. Kerr Reservoir (often called Kerr Lake in North Carolina and Bugg's Island Lake in Virginia) [1] is a reservoir along the border of the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the John H. Kerr Dam across the Roanoke River between 1947 and 1952 to produce hydroelectricity as well as ...
A paddle and hiking trail connecting Haw River State Park and Jordan Lake State Recreation Area. Hickory Nut Gorge State Trail: Mountains 0 miles (0 km) [5] 0 acres (0 km 2) [5] 2017 [25] A trail planned to encircle Hickory Nut Gorge and Lake Lure. Mountains-to-Sea State Park Trail [26] State 669 miles (1,077 km) [5] 778 acres (3.15 km 2) [5 ...
Science museum and 15 acre environmental park Kerr Lake State Recreation Area: Henderson: Vance: Triangle: 50,000-acre man-made lake, Satterwhite Point visitor center features an exhibit hall, programs, also W. Kerr Scott Lake’s Environmental Education Center Latta Plantation Nature Center and Preserve: Huntersville: Mecklenburg: Charlotte area
The park provides over 100 picnic sites, various campgrounds, rest rooms, nature walks, hiking trails, and a 300-seat amphitheater. Visitors can also rent canoes and boats for use on Price Lake. [8] Many residents of the towns of Boone and Blowing Rock, which are nearby, partake in fishing, hiking, and canoeing in the park. [9]
The Mountains-to-Sea State Park Trail was made an official land-based unit of the state park system by the North Carolina General Assembly on August 2, 2000. [1] Since that time, the state trail unit has grown to encompass 691 acres (280 ha) in three tracts and 87 acres (35 ha) in conservation easements . [ 2 ]
Mayo River State Park is a North Carolina state park in Rockingham County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 2,778-acre (11.24 km 2) [1] along the Mayo River, and it adjoins a Virginia State Park of the same name. North Carolina's park is near Mayodan, North Carolina. The park is one of the newest in the North Carolina system ...