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2. Chimney Rock State Park - Wikipedia

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   In May 2005, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized the creation of the "Hickory Nut Gorge State Park." In August 2005 the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy purchased a 1,568-acre (6.35 km 2) tract of land south of Lake Lure known as "World's Edge" for $16 million with the intention of transferring the land as the first to be added to the new state park.

3. Powder Horn Mountain - Wikipedia

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   Powder Horn Mountain (PHM) is a privately owned, gated residential community on 1,250 wooded acres in Triplett, Watauga County, North Carolina, located within the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the 1970s, developer Bob Horne was inspired to build a tranquil mountain community that originally included a golf course and riding stables with trails in ...

4. Transylvania Colony - Wikipedia

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   Transylvania Colony. The Transylvania Colony, also referred to as the Transylvania Purchase or the Henderson Purchase, was a short-lived, extra-legal colony founded in early 1775 by North Carolina land speculator Richard Henderson, who formed and controlled the Transylvania Company. Henderson and his investors had reached an agreement to ...

5. Ghost Town Village - Wikipedia

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   Ghost Town Village (formerly "Ghost Town in the Sky at Ghost Mountain Park") is an abandoned Wild West -themed amusement park in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, United States whose status is currently, as of March 2023, the subject of an ongoing lawsuit. [1] It sits atop Buck Mountain, with a top elevation of 4,650 ft (1,420 m).

6. Celo Community - Wikipedia

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   1.9 sq mi (4.9 km 2) Celo Community, Incorporated (/ ˈsiːloʊ / SEE-loh) is a communal settlement in the Western mountains of North Carolina, United States, located in the South Toe River valley of Yancey County, in the South Toe Township between the unincorporated areas of Celo and Hamrick. It was founded in 1937 by Arthur Ernest Morgan.

7. Black Mountains (North Carolina) - Wikipedia

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   The Black Mountains are a mountain range in western North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. They are part of the Blue Ridge Province of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The Black Mountains are the highest mountains in the Eastern United States. The range takes its name from the dark appearance of the red spruce and Fraser fir ...