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Gill State Forest: Mountains Avery: 474 acres (1.92 km 2) [3] Not open to the general public Headwaters State Forest: Mountains Transylvania: 6,730 acres (27.2 km 2) [4] Open year-round Holmes Educational State Forest: Mountains Henderson: 235 acres (0.95 km 2) [1] Open year-roud Jordan Lake Educational State Forest: Piedmont Chatham: 900 acres ...
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... New River – western North Carolina; New River ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of North ...
While large, natural lakes are rare in North Carolina, excepting the Carolina bays in the eastern part of the state, there are many large reservoirs along the major river systems of the state. Among these are Lake James and Lake Norman on the Catawba River , Falls Lake on the Neuse River , Jordan Lake on the Haw River , as well as Gaston and ...
In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records. [ 10 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 1718–1719 and not part of a plantation).
Willow River State Park is a 2,891-acre (1,170 ha) Wisconsin state park located five miles (8 km) north of Hudson. The centerpiece of the park is Willow Falls, a powerful cascade in a 200-foot (61 m) deep gorge.
Rendezvous Mountain State Park is a 1,800-acre (7.3 km 2) [2] North Carolina state park in Purlear, North Carolina. It was originally established as North Carolina's third state park. [ 4 ] From 1984 to early 2022, the park was operated by the North Carolina Forest Service as Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest .
Wilson Creek is located in the Grandfather District of the Pisgah National Forest, in the northwestern section of Caldwell County, North Carolina. Wilson Creek has a water system that originates near Calloway Peak and stretches for 23 miles (37 km) before joining with John's River. It was added to the Wild and Scenic River System on August 18 ...
The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest along Little Santeetlah Creek is a rare example of an old growth cove hardwood forest, an extremely diverse forest type unique to the Appalachian Mountains. Although there are many types of trees in Joyce Kilmer, dominant species include poplar, hemlock, red and white oak, basswood, beech, and sycamore.