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Whitewater Way is a 9-mile (14 km) byway from near Sapphire to the South Carolina state line. It is named after the Whitewater Falls, which, at 411 ft (125 m), are the highest waterfalls east of the Rockies. [4] Various other falls can also be found along Horsepasture River and multiple trails connect the area with rare shortia found in the ...
The height of the falls is given as 200 feet (61 m) in Kevin Adams' book, North Carolina Waterfalls [21] and 250 feet (76 m) by NCWaterfalls.com. [22] However, Google Earth gives a height (based on the elevation of the water at the top of the falls and the elevation of the plunge pool at the bottom of the falls) of 137 feet (42 m).
U.S. Route 64 (US 64) is the longest numbered route in the U.S. state of North Carolina, running 604 miles (972 km) from the Tennessee state line to the Outer Banks.The route passes through the westernmost municipality in the state, Murphy, and one of the most easternmost municipalities, Manteo, making US 64 a symbolic representation of the phrase "from Murphy to Manteo" which is used to refer ...
The Lower Whitewater Falls, across the border in South Carolina, plummets another 400 feet, if the first view wasn't spectacular enough. The area, managed by the U.S. Forest Service, is roughly 60 ...
The U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC) is a not-for-profit outdoor recreation and athletic training facility for whitewater rafting, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking and ice skating which opened to the public in 2006. [ 1 ]
A 3-year-old Pennsylvania girl died late Sunday after being swept down a North Carolina waterfall and out ... around 1 a.m. Monday after getting trapped in an area by the Whitewater Falls, where ...
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.
A satellite view shows mud and debris near Old Fort Elementary School, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Old Fort, North Carolina, on Oct. 2, 2024. / Credit: Maxar Technologies. Old Fort is ...