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Near Lake Lure, North Carolina, where iconic scenes from the movie "Dirty Dancing" were filmed, the flow in Cove Creek rocketed up with 32 times more water between Tuesday and Thursday, according ...
Four people reported feeling the earthquake, government seismologists said.
Richland Balsam is a mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains in the U.S. state of North Carolina.Rising to an elevation of 6,410 feet (1,950 m), it is the highest mountain in the Great Balsam range, is among the 20 highest summits in the Appalachian range, and is the ninth highest peak in the Eastern United States. [3]
The foliage could look a bit different this year, one expert said.
Mount Jefferson State Natural Area is a 1,188-acre (4.81 km 2) [2] North Carolina state park in Ashe County, North Carolina in the United States.Located near Jefferson, North Carolina, it includes the peak of Mount Jefferson, named for Thomas Jefferson and his father Peter, who owned land nearby and surveyed the North Carolina-Virginia border in 1749.
Mount Jefferson is a mountain located in Ashe County, North Carolina.The mountain is part of the Mount Jefferson State Natural Area.The mountain has an elevation of 4,665 feet (1,422 m) above sea level, and it sharply rises more than 1,600 feet above the towns of Jefferson, North Carolina and West Jefferson.
The mountains of North Carolina may be conveniently classed as four separate chains: The Great Smoky Mountains – also called the "Smokies". The Blue Ridge Mountains – North Carolina's largest mountain range, the Blue Ridge run across the state in a very tortuous course and often shoot out in spurs of great elevation over the surrounding ...
Snow in North Carolina is seen on a regular basis in the mountains. North Carolina averages 5 inches (130 mm) of snow per winter season. However, this varies greatly across the state. Along the coast, most areas register less than 2 inches (51 mm) per year while the state capital, Raleigh, averages 6.0 inches (150 mm). Farther west in the ...