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The park surrounds Jones State Lake and Salters State Lake, both of which are largely undeveloped Carolina Bay lakes. Until 1965, it was one of two parks open to Black people. Lake James State Park. [18] Mountains. McDowell, Burke [2] 3,743 acres (15.15 km 2) [5] 1987 [2] Open.
1974. Mount Mitchell State Park is a 4,789-acre (1,938 ha) [1] North Carolina state park in Yancey County, North Carolina in the United States. Established in 1915 by the state legislature, it became the first state park of North Carolina. By doing so, it also established the North Carolina State Parks System within the same bill.
1974. Jockey's Ridge State Park is a North Carolina state park in Dare County, North Carolina in the United States. Located in Nags Head, North Carolina, it covers a 427-acre (1.73 km 2) [1] area, and includes the tallest active sand dune system in the eastern United States. It is the most visited park within the NC park system. [2]
South Mountains State Park. South Mountains State Park is a North Carolina state park in Burke County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Connellys Springs, North Carolina, it covers 20,949 acres (84.78 km 2) [1] and includes part of the South Mountains, a branch of the Blue Ridge Mountains. High Shoals Falls is the park's most ...
Website. Pilot Mountain State Park. Pilot Mountain State Park is a North Carolina state park in Surry and Yadkin Counties, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Pinnacle, North Carolina on highway US 52, it covers 3,872 acres (15.67 km 2) [1] and includes the distinctive 2,241 foot (683 m) peak of Pilot Mountain.
Goose Creek State Park is a North Carolina state park near Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 1,672 acres (6.77 km 2) [ 1 ] just off of Pamlico Sound, in North Carolina's Coastal Plain. Goose Creek State Park is home to a wide variety of wildlife that make their homes in the extensive salt water marshes ...
New River State Park. New River State Park is a North Carolina state park in Ashe County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Jefferson, North Carolina, it covers 3,323 acres (13.45 km 2) [2] in the protected New River watershed. The New River is one of the oldest rivers in the United States. It is considered by some geologists to ...
Raven Rock State Park is a North Carolina state park in Harnett County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Lillington, North Carolina , it covers 4,810 acres (19.5 km 2 ) [ 2 ] along the banks of the Cape Fear River .