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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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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 60 Issue 4, Sept 1992, p18-27, il
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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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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Jan 1996, p44, il
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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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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 12, May 1996, p22-24, 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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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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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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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 38 Issue 4, Apr 2006, p54-58, il, map
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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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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 38 Issue 4, Apr 2006, p59-63, il, map
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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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NC Magazine (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 65 Issue 7, July 2007, p32-35, il
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12951
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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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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 27 Issue 25, May 1960, p17, il
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14477
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The Japanese cherry blossoms in Washington and the roses of Picardy have long been famed in story and song, but none of these excels in beauty like the apple blossoms in the mountains of western North Carolina.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 15 Issue 46, Apr 1948, p9, f
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17695
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Goerch makes a tour of the western part of the state, listing interesting and enjoyable things to see, including the incredible meal at the Nu Wray Hotel in Burnsville.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 35, Jan 1940, p1-5, il
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20585
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Goerch describes his journey through the mountains of western North Carolina. The trip covered 1,006 miles.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 13 Issue 20, Oct 1945, p3-6, 26-27, il
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20762
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Goerch provides readers with an account of his airplane trip to visit Asheville, Haywood County's Homer L. Ferguson Day, and various other places in Western North Carolina.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 14 Issue 27, Nov 1946, p3-5, 19-20, il
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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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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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North Carolina Field and Family (NoCar S 1 N672), Vol. 2 Issue 3, Fall 2015, p26-27, 29, il, por
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