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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]
Public Access Backbone Ridge State Forest: Mountains Caldwell: 476 acres (1.93 km 2) No public access Bladen Lakes State Forest: Coastal Plain Bladen: 32,700 acres (132 km 2) Open year-round via permit Clemmons Educational State Forest: Piedmont Johnston, Wake: 825 acres (3.34 km 2) [1] Open year-round DuPont State Recreational Forest: Mountains
This 1988 BLM map depicts the principal meridians and baselines used for surveying states (colored) in the Public Land Survey System.. The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling.
The rivers of central North Carolina rise on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. The two largest of these are the Catawba River and the Yadkin River, and they drain much of the Piedmont region of the state. The major rivers of Eastern North Carolina, from north to south, are: the Chowan, the Roanoke, the Tar, the Neuse and the Cape Fear.
North Carolina plantation were identified by name, beginning in the 17th century. The names of families or nearby rivers or other features were used. The names assisted the owners and local record keepers in keeping track of specific parcels of land. In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records.
North Carolina's westernmost state park; it is located along the steep Blue Ridge Escarpment. The park is best known for the many waterfalls it provides access to, both inside the park and on adjacent public lands. Grandfather Mountain State Park: Mountains Avery, Watauga, Caldwell [2] 3,647 acres (14.76 km 2) [5] 2009 [2] Open Under development;
Figure 1. This BLM map depicts the principal meridians and baselines used for surveying states (colored) in the PLSS. The following are the principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States, with the year established and a brief summary of what areas' land surveys are based on each.
North Carolina game lands are areas of public and private land comprising some 2,000,000 acres (8,000 km 2) in North Carolina managed by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission for public hunting, trapping, and inland fishing.