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  2. Falls Lake State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Falls Lake State Recreation Area. /  36.01667°N 78.69583°W  / 36.01667; -78.69583. Falls Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park in Durham and Wake counties, North Carolina in the United States. Near Wake Forest, North Carolina, it covers 5,035 acres (20.38 km 2) [1] along the shores of 12,410-acre (50.2 km 2) Falls Lake .

  3. Wake Forest, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.wakeforestnc.gov. Wake Forest is a town in Franklin and Wake counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina; located almost entirely in Wake County, it lies just north of the state capital, Raleigh. At the 2020 census, the population was 47,601, up from 30,117 in 2010. [5] It is part of the Raleigh metropolitan area.

  4. William B. Umstead State Park - Wikipedia

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    95000783 [4] Added to NRHP. June 30, 1995. William B. Umstead State Park is a North Carolina state park in Wake County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 5,599 acres (22.66 km 2) [3] nestled between the expanding cities of Raleigh, Cary, and Durham, North Carolina. It offers hiking, bridle, and bike trails, boat rentals, camping ...

  5. Jordan Lake State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Jordan Lake State Recreation Area. /  35.73694°N 79.01694°W  / 35.73694; -79.01694. Jordan Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park spanning Chatham County, and Wake County, North Carolina. It comprises 4,558 acres (18.45 km 2) [1] of woodlands along the shores of 13,940-acre (56 km 2) Jordan Lake .

  6. List of North Carolina state parks - Wikipedia

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    According to the Division of Parks & Recreation, "the State Parks Act of 1987 lists six types of units included in the NC State Parks System." [1] These are State Parks, State Recreation Areas, State Natural Areas, State Lakes, State Trails, and State Rivers. All units of the system are owned and/or managed by the division, and the division ...

  7. Falls Lake - Wikipedia

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    Falls Lake is a 12,410 acre (50 km 2) reservoir located in Durham, Wake, and Granville counties in North Carolina, United States. Falls Lake extends 28 miles (45 km) up the Neuse River to its source at the confluence of the Eno, Little, and Flat rivers. The lake is named for the Falls of the Neuse, a once whitewater section of the river that ...

  8. Wake Forest Dance Festival - Wikipedia

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    The festival is a one-day event held in Autumn every year at E. Carroll Joyner Park in Wake Forest. [3] It is free to the public. [4] [5] The festival features national and international professional dancers, local choreographers and dancers, and students of local dance schools. [6] [7] The festival is directed by Masha Dashkina Maddux, a ...

  9. Wake Forest Historic District - Wikipedia

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    December 18, 2003. Wake Forest Historic District is a national historic district located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 245 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and five contributing structures built between about 1890 and 1953 and located in the historic core of the town of Wake Forest.