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The Hiddenite Gem Mines and surrounding areas also yield emeralds, sapphires, and many other precious stones. Sluicing and digging for precious gems is a popular recreational activity that draws many visitors to the area. Prior to the arrival of W.E. Hidden, the community was known as White Plains; this is how the area appears on a map of 1871.
Within Alexander County is the unincorporated town of Hiddenite, the location of a mine that yields emeralds, sapphires, and its namesake stone "hiddenite," a variety of spodumene. The county is served by US Highway 64, a controlled-access roadway connecting Taylorsville with Lenoir and Statesville. NC Highways 90, 16, and 127 also serve the ...
State Recreation Area Web-site Region Counties Size Established Status Remarks Falls Lake State Recreation Area: Piedmont Wake, Durham [2] 5,035 acres (20.38 km 2) [5] 1982 [2] Open This recreation area is located along the shores of Falls Lake, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built reservoir. Fort Fisher State Recreation Area: Coast New Hanover [2]
Boler Mountain, previously known as the London Ski Club, is a not for profit recreation club in London, Ontario.The mountain is located in the western suburban neighbourhood of Byron and is used for skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing in the winter and for mountain biking, hiking, zip lining, and beach volleyball in the summer.
Arrowhead Recreation Area: Claremont: New Hampshire: 120 225 9 2 December 8, 2019 [186] Attitash Mountain Resort: North Conway: New Hampshire: 2,350 600 1,750 311` 68 9 120 December 8, 2019 [187] Black Mountain Ski Area: Jackson: New Hampshire: 2,350 1,250 1,100 143 40 5 125 December 8, 2019 [188] Bretton Woods: Bretton Woods: New Hampshire ...
The pilot, who Magical Adventure Balloon Rides promises will be wearing protective hearing gear and focused solely on flying, ascends the balloon to 5,280 feet (about 1,610 meters), which is about ...
The South Mountain State Battlefield is among the parks included in the South Mountain Recreational Area. But Sarah Milbourne, acting Western Region manager for the Maryland Park Service, said the ...
Doughton Park (Doughton Recreational Area) is the largest recreation area the National Park Service manages on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is located between mile markers 238.5 - 244.7 [ 1 ] on the border between Wilkes and Alleghany Counties in North Carolina.