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Upper Creek Falls in the Jonas Ridge area of Burke County is one option; A 0.8 mile hike leads to the cascade, an area which is popular among swimmers, sunbathers and anglers.
Looking Glass Falls is one of the most popular and easily accessible waterfalls in North Carolina. The waterfalls of North Carolina, U.S., are a prominent feature of the geography of the Piedmont and mountain regions of the state, as well as a major focus of tourism and outdoor recreation. Many of these falls are located in state parks ...
The 8,014-acre (32.43 km 2) [1] park is located 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Asheville, North Carolina, and is owned and managed by the state of North Carolina. [2] The park features hiking trails for all skill levels, views of the Devil's Head balancing rock, and a 404-foot (123 m) waterfall, Hickory Nut Falls.
Recently reopened after a two-year closure, Catawba Falls Ridge Trail is safer than ever, and still just as beautiful.With the closure came 580 hand-built stairs and 2.3 miles of new trail ...
Catawba Falls. Catawba Falls River Trail is a 2.3-mile “out and back” hike just east of Asheville in Old Fort and about 3 miles from the Interstate 40 exit. The trail follows the river to the ...
In 2005, the General Assembly of North Carolina established Hickory Nut Gorge State Park near the Town of Lake Lure.Later that year, the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy (now named Conserving Carolina) and The Nature Conservancy assisted the state with the first acquisition of land for the park.
Visitors to the falls may view it from U. S. Highway 64 for free. To view the falls more closely, visitors must pay an admission fee ($17 for adults, $8 for children as of 2019 [2]) at the park gate. After admission, visitors may hike the moderate-difficulty 1.5 mi (2.4 km) round-trip Hickory Nut Falls Trail to the base of the falls.
Mayo River State Park is a North Carolina state park in Rockingham County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 2,778-acre (11.24 km 2) [1] along the Mayo River, and it adjoins a Virginia State Park of the same name. North Carolina's park is near Mayodan, North Carolina. The park is one of the newest in the North Carolina system ...