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28589
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Several notable gorges in the mountains of Western North Carolina are featured for their unique ecosystems, fragile environments, and beauty. The Linville Gorge, Jocassee Gorges, Hickory Nut Gorge, Cullasaja River Gorge, and the Nantahala Gorge are all pictured and described.
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27287
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In 2014, Sierra Nevada began brewing in Mills River, North Carolina. Due to the popularity of Sierra Nevada’s Pale Ale, the company needed to expand to the East Coast, leading them to North Carolina. Located between Hendersonville and Asheville, the brewery is massive and a huge attraction for visitors and locals.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 5, October 2016,
p140-142, 144, il, map
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23942
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In autumn, the Blue Ridge Parkway bustles with people and the leaves explode with color. From the Cumberland Knob near Mount Airy to Cherokee, the parkway passes a number of beautiful overlooks with spectacular views of the landscape.
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24614
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The Blue Ridge Parkway, built by the Works Progress Administration, was intended to be a pleasant driving experience and a way to travel from Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In North Carolina, there are 25 tunnels on the Blue Ridge Parkway, ranging in length from 150 feet to 1,434 feet long.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 5, October 2014,
p140-144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, il, map
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9347
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Wright describes the vacation offerings of western North Carolina. These include Ghost Town in the Sky at Maggie Valley, scenic mountain drives, mountain heritage sites, waterfalls, and the Appalachian and Bartram trails.
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22406
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The summer only has so many weekends to pack activities into. The authors describe twenty-one weekends of things to do in Western North Carolina. These include shopping in Swain and Graham counties, rafting and kayaking on the Nantahala River, attending the music festival in Brevard, and strolling through some art studios in Buncombe, McDowell, Mitchell, and Yanncey counties.
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7885
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Visitors to North Carolina's mountain region will find many attractions in this culturally rich area, including old-time music, arts and crafts, quaint inns, Appalachian cooking, and numerous hiking trails. House describes four places to visit: Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in Graham County, which contains 400-year-old trees standing over 100 feet tall and twenty miles of hiking trails; Emerald Village in Mitchell County, which shows how a mining town lived between the 1920s and 1930s; Tweetsie Railroad in Watauga County, where vintage-style attractions are available at the state's oldest theme park; and Valdese in Burke County, settled by the Waldenses from northern Italy over 100 years ago.
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7886
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The western Piedmont region, which includes Mecklenburg County, where gold was first found in the nation, offers visitors many attractions. Proponents of barbecue say the state's best comes from this region. Furniture, granite, ceramic arts, and sonkers are in the area. Gery describes four places to visit: Boone's Cave Park in Davidson County, a 100-acre parks that is part of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Trail; Oakboro in Stanly County, a town of 1,200 residents intent on preserving their small town atmosphere; Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, Anson and Richmond counties, established in 1963 as a haven for wildlife; and Historic Danbury in Stokes County, a town rich in local history.
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4706
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Traveling the Cherohala Skyway from North Carolina's border with Tennessee to Big Santeelah Creek takes eighteen miles. Yet this road in the remote southwestern part of the state gives spectacular views of the Southern Appalachians. Pittilo describes a number of stops and overlooks, including Big Santeelah Gap, Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Hooper Bald Overlook, and Beech Gap.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 8, Aug 2000,
p16-21, il
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3384
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The state's mountains offer camping to appeal to every taste, from rustic backwoods to well-equipped sites. Among the most popular are the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Nantahala and Pisgah national forests.
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2671
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Located in the state's southwestern mountains, the Highlands and Cashiers area is one of the South's most popular vacation areas.
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2879
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For rafters and canoeists, the western mountains offer beautiful scenery and challenging whitewater or placid stretches of rivers, including the Nantahala, New, and French Broad.
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783
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Staff members and correspondents of THE STATE magazine recommend ten unusual mountain travel opportunities in North Carolina.
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24524
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Western North Carolina is famous for its waterfalls, which bring in tourists from all over the country. This article presents a few of the most popular waterfalls in North Carolina.
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The fifth part in a series presented by The State, this article offers further excerpts from the classic travel journal of John Lawson, describing his trip along the North Carolina frontier in 1700.
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