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Lake Waccamaw State Park. / 34.25944°N 78.46806°W / 34.25944; -78.46806. Lake Waccamaw State Park is a North Carolina state park in Columbus County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located near the town of Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina, it covers 2,398-acre (9.70 km 2 ), [3] along the shores of Lake Waccamaw, a Carolina bay.
Headwaters State Forest is a 6,730-acre (27.2 km 2) [1] state forest, located in Transylvania County, North Carolina, along the South Carolina state line and is part of a larger 100,000+ acre conservation corridor that stretches some 80 miles along the state line. The name originates from the fact that the forest contains the headwaters of East ...
The park surrounds Jones State Lake and Salters State Lake, both of which are largely undeveloped Carolina Bay lakes. Until 1965, it was one of two parks open to Black people. Lake James State Park. [18] Mountains. McDowell, Burke [2] 3,743 acres (15.15 km 2) [5] 1987 [2] Open.
Designated. 1974. Mount Mitchell State Park is a 4,789-acre (1,938 ha) [1] North Carolina state park in Yancey County, North Carolina in the United States. Established in 1915 by the state legislature, it became the first state park of North Carolina. By doing so, it also established the North Carolina State Parks System within the same bill ...
coast of North Carolina. Moores Creek National Battlefield. October 15, 1966. 34°27′29″N 78°06′34″W. / 34.45806°N 78.10944°W / 34.45806; -78.10944 ( Moores Creek National Battlefield) Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. September 1980. 36°20′55″N 82°12′38″W / . 36.348720°N 82.210688°W.
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 ...
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.
Established. 1975. Named for. Stone Mountain. Governing body. North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation. Website. www .ncparks .gov /stone-mountain-state-park. Stone Mountain State Park is a 14,353-acre (58.08 km 2) [2] North Carolina state park in Alleghany County and Wilkes County, North Carolina .