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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 visited feature.
However, in 1973 the State of North Carolina paid $1.5 million to acquire 5,779 acres (23.4 km²) of land in the South Mountains, and in 1975 the South Mountains State Park was created. Today the park covers 20,949 acres (84.78 km²), and includes the impressive High Shoals Falls , which cascade over 80 feet down a sheer cliff and form a large ...
South Mountain State Park is a public recreation area that runs for nearly the entire length of South Mountain through Washington and Frederick counties in Maryland. [3] The state park is contiguous with several other national, state and local parks on the mountain, including the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Gathland State Park, Washington Monument State Park, Greenbrier ...
The falls are in South Mountains State Park, which is owned and operated by the State of North Carolina. The South Mountains, carved out of the Blue Ridge by erosion, are a broad belt of peaks and knobs rising abruptly from a deep valley. These steep, rugged mountains encompass 100,000 acres (400 km 2) in
The North Carolina side of the mountain was owned by former Congressman Charles H. Taylor.In June 2010 he sold 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) to The Conservation Fund. [4] The Fund has donated 4.8 acres (1.9 ha), at the top of the mountain, to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and conveyed a remaining 6,730 acres (2,720 ha) to the North Carolina Forest Service for Headwaters State Forest.
Dobbins Lookout at the summit of South Mountain. One of many petroglyphs in South Mountain Park. The South Mountains comprise three mountain ranges: the Guadalupe Range, Gila Range and Ma Ha Tuak Range. Gila Valley Lookout is the highest point accessible by trail at 2,620 ft (800 m). Alta Ridge is the ridge on the eastern end of Maricopa peak.
Another popular destination reachable by trail within the park is Camp Alice, at an elevation of 5800 ft (1767.84 m) south of the summit of Mount Mitchell. This historic site is the location of a logging and, later, Civilian Conservation Corps tourist camp at the terminus of the old Mount Mitchell toll road.
South Mountain Park preserves in a natural state a mountainous area of 16,283 acres (65.89 km 2) or approximately 25.5 sq mi (66 km 2) of native desert vegetation. Originally called Phoenix Mountain Park, it was formed in 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge sold its initial 13,000 acres (53 km 2 ) to the city of Phoenix for $17,000.