32 Parks or Recreation Areas Found in North Carolina

Showing 1 - 30 of 32 Areas Found in North Carolina

1. Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge - Manteo, NC  27954
   Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge was established on March 14, 1984. It contains 152,195 acres which lie on the mainland portions of Dare and...
2. Apalachia Lake - Murphy, NC  28906
   Remote and scenic, Apalachia Lake is located in Cherokee County, North Carolina. The lake is small, covering 1,100 acres of surface area and 31 miles...
3. B. Everett Jordan Dam And Lake - Moncure, NC  27559
   This 13,900-acre lake is located within a 45-minute drive from Raleigh and Durham. Boat launching, picnicking, swimming beaches, campgrounds, fishing...
4. Blue Ridge Lake - Murphy, NC  28906
   Blue Ridge Dam was constructed on the Toccoa River in 1930 by the Toccoa Electric Power Company, a subsidiary of the Tennessee Electric Power Company....
5. Blue Ridge Parkway - Asheville, NC  28803
   Designed as a drive awhile - stop awhile recreational drive, the Blue Ridge Parkway provides both stunning scenery and close-up looks at the natural a...
6. Blue Ridge Parkway-North Carolina - Asheville, NC  28803
   Providing spectacular mountain and valley vistas, quiet pastoral scenes, sparkling waterfalls, and colorful flowers and foliage displays, the Parkway ...
7. Cape Fear River - 3 Locks And Dams - Riegelwood, NC  28456
   Located in the tobacco country of eastern North Carolina on the improved channel between Wilmington and Fayetteville, the facilities are equipped for ...
8. Cape Hatteras National Seashore - Manteo, NC  27954
   Stretched over 70 miles of barrier islands, Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a fascinating combination of natural and cultural resources, and provid...
9. Cape Lookout National Seashore - Harkers Island, NC  28531
   The seashore is a 56 mile long section of the Outer Banks of North Carolina running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the sout...
10. Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site - Flat Rock, NC  28731
    Carl Sandburg, nationally renowned poet, biographer, lecturer, newspaper columnist, folksinger, author of American fairytales, and winner of two Pulit...
11. Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge - Swan Quarter, NC  27885
    Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge, located in Carteret County, North Carolina is on the end of a peninsula marking the southern end of Pamlico Sou...
12. Chatuge Lake - Murphy, NC  28906
    Chatuge spans parts of two states: the dam and lower reaches are located in North Carolina while the upper reaches of the lake are in Georgia. Nearb...
13. Cherohala Scenic Byway - North Carolina - Asheville, NC  28802
    The Cherohala Skyway is located in the western area of the state near Robbinsville in North Carolina....
14. Currituck National Wildlife Refuge - Knotts Island, NC  27950
    Currituck NWR, located on the northern end of North Carolina's Outer Banks, was established in 1984 to preserve and protect the coastal barrier island...
15. Falls Lake - Wake Forest, NC  27587
    This 12,500-acre lake is located within a 30-minute drive from Raleigh and Durham. Boat launching, public marina, swim beach and picnic facilities ar...
16. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site - Manteo, NC  27954
    The first English attempts at colonization in the New World (1585-1587) are commemorated here. These efforts, sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, ended ...
17. Guilford Courthouse National Military Park - Greensboro, NC  27410
    The battle fought here on March 15, 1781, was the largest, most hotly-contested action of the Revolutionary War's climactic Southern Campaign. The ser...
18. Hiwassee Lake - Murphy, NC  28906
    Set in the midst of the Nantahala National Forest, this scenic mountain lake has more than 163 miles of shoreline and 6,090 surface acres. The lake i...
19. Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge - Knotts Island, NC  27950
    Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1960 to provide habitat for migratory waterfowl, primarily the greater snow goose. Located ...
20. Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge - Swan Quarter, NC  27885
    Located in eastern North Carolina in Hyde County, the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge consists of more than 50,000 acres of water, marsh, timber...
21. Moores Creek National Battlefield - Currie, NC  28435
    1776 PATRIOT VICTORY "King George and Broadswords!" shouted loyalists as they charged across partially dismantled Moores Creek bridge on February 27, ...
22. National Forests in North Carolina: Croatan-Nantahala-Pisgah - Asheville, NC  28802
    The National Forests of North Carolina (NFsNC) include four national forests (Nantahala, Uwharrie, Pisgah, and Croatan) covering 1.2 million acres, fr...
23. North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve - Wilmington, NC  28409
    North Carolina's estuarine system is the third largest in the country, encompassing more the two million acres. This system is of prime economic impor...
24. Nottely Lake - Murphy, NC  28906
    Nottely Lake is located in North Georgia near Blairsville. The lake is 20 miles long and has 4,180 surface acres at normal summer pool elevations. T...
25. Ocoee Lakes 1, 2, and 3 - Murphy, NC  28906
    The Ocoee lakes are a result of a series of small power dams on the Ocoee River in Polk County, Tennessee. Numbers 1 and 2 were completed in 1910 and...
26. Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge - Rodanthe, NC  27968
    Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1937 "as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife", including the gr...
27. Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge - Wadesboro, NC  28170
    Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge Situated along the Pee Dee River, Pee Dee NWR contains 8,443 acres in Anson and Richmond Counties, NC. The refuge ...
28. Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge - Columbia, NC  27925
    Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Pocosin Lakes NWR was established in 1990 when the Conservation Fund in conjunction with the Richard King Mell...
29. Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge - Windsor, NC  27983
    Roanoke River NWR was established in 1989 to protect and enhance wooded wetlands consisting of bottomland hardwoods and swamps with high waterfowl val...
30. Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge - Swan Quarter, NC  27885
    Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge, located on Pamlico Sound in Hyde County, North Carolina, was established on June 23, 1932. Approximately 8,800...