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North Carolina game lands are areas of public and private land comprising some 2,000,000 acres (8,000 km 2) in North Carolina managed by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission for public hunting, trapping, and inland fishing.
Public Access Backbone Ridge State Forest: Mountains Caldwell: 476 acres (1.93 km 2) No public access Bladen Lakes State Forest: Coastal Plain Bladen: 32,700 acres (132 km 2) Open year-round via permit Clemmons Educational State Forest: Piedmont Johnston, Wake: 825 acres (3.34 km 2) [1] Open year-round DuPont State Recreational Forest: Mountains
The land was transferred to the Division of Forestry in 1956. [3] [4] [2] It was later opened to the public in 1984 as an educational state forest. [7] [4] [2] In the early 2000s, the forest was greatly expanded when large tracts along its western boundary became available. The state forest grew to a peak size of 3,316 acres (13.42 km 2). [7]
North Carolina's westernmost state park; it is located along the steep Blue Ridge Escarpment. The park is best known for the many waterfalls it provides access to, both inside the park and on adjacent public lands. Grandfather Mountain State Park: Mountains Avery, Watauga, Caldwell [2] 3,647 acres (14.76 km 2) [5] 2009 [2] Open Under development;
Map from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Description page from the Nature Conservancy 36°19′03″N 75°59′19″W / 36.31758°N 75.988612°W / 36.31758; -75.
The park also has hiking, cross-country skiing, horseback riding, a radio-controlled aircraft field, and mountain bike trails that are open to the public. [5] [6] The largely undeveloped park is north of U.S. Route 22 and east of Pennsylvania Route 18 in northern Washington County near the village of Bavington and the borough of Burgettstown. [3]
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Linville Gorge Wilderness. The protected areas of North Carolina cover roughly 3.8 million acres, making up 11% of the total land in the state. [1] 86.5% of this protected land is publicly owned and is managed by different federal and state level authorities and receive varying levels of protection. [1]