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The Western North Carolina Nature Center is a 42-acre (17 ha) zoological park in Western North Carolina operated by the City of Asheville.It was originally opened in 1925 and known as Recreation Park Zoo, Craig Park Zoo [2], and Asheville City Zoo and housed a wide variety of native and non-native wildlife [3].
With 500 acres (2.0 km 2) developed, it is the world's largest natural habitat zoo. The North Carolina Zoo is a part of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. [5] The Zoo is 75 miles (121 km) west of Raleigh, 25 miles (40 km) south of Greensboro, and 75 miles (121 km) northeast of Charlotte.
The nearby North Carolina Zoological Park is located in Asheboro in Randolph County, North Carolina in the Uwharrie Mountains and Uwharrie National Forest. At over 500 acres (200 ha), it is the largest walk-through zoo in the world. Crowders Mountain State Park in Gastonia provides hiking and rock climbing opportunities.
State leaders have always hoped for a million annual visitors to the zoo — the magical number needed to attract private tourism to the region. NC Zoo finally hits a long-sought milestone. Now it ...
The North Carolina Zoo, located in Asheboro, welcomed a new healthy bettong joey to its desert habitat Sept. 6, zookeeper Kim van Spronsen told McClatchy News. The zoo released its video ...
The Asheville metropolitan area is a metropolitan area centered on the principal city of Asheville, North Carolina. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget defines the Asheville, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area , a metropolitan statistical area used by the United States Census Bureau and other entities, as comprising the four counties of ...
Asheville (/ ˈ æ ʃ v ɪ l / ASH-vil) is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. [7] Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most-populous city.
Asheboro was named after Samuel Ashe, the ninth governor of North Carolina (1795–1798), and became the county seat of Randolph County in 1796. [6] It was a small village in the 1800s, with a population of less than 200 through the Civil War; its main function was housing the county courthouse, and the town was most active when court was in session.