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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. Pilot Mountain State Park - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Protected areas of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   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] Some areas are managed as wilderness while others are operated with ...

5. Grandfather Mountain - Wikipedia

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   Grandfather Mountain[ 1 ] is a mountain, a non-profit attraction, and a North Carolina state park near Linville, North Carolina. At 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the major chains of the Appalachian Mountains. (Nearby Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak east of the ...

6. Geography of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   The geography of North Carolina falls naturally into three divisions — the Appalachian Mountains in the west (including the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains), the central Piedmont Plateau, and the eastern Atlantic Coastal Plain. North Carolina covers 53,819 square miles (139,391 km 2) and is 503 miles (810 km) wide by 150 miles (241 km ...

7. Uwharrie Mountains - Wikipedia

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   The Uwharrie Mountains (/ juːˈhwɑːri /) [1] are a mountain range in North Carolina spanning the counties of Randolph, Montgomery, Stanly, and Davidson. The range's foothills stretch into Cabarrus, Anson, Union, and Richmond counties. The Uwharries were once a coastal mountain range; [citation needed] isostasy has slowly raised the eastern ...