Location: Yancey County, 32 miles northeast of Asheville
You can find: the tallest mountain on the East Coast and fraser firs
Location: Yancey County, 32 miles northeast of Asheville
You can find: the tallest mountain on the East Coast and fraser firs
Location: Stanly County, 51 miles north of Charlotte
You can find: Morrow Mountain, one of the highest peak in the Uwharries, and bald eagles spotted from Lake Tillery
Location: Iredell County, 39 miles north of Charlotte
You can find: largest manmade lake in N.C. with 520 miles of shoreline, and the great blue heron
Location: Burke County, 50 miles east of Asheville
At the park, you can find: Lake James and its resident bald eagles
Location: Vance County near the Virginia state line
At the park, you can find: 50,000-acre Kerr Lake reservoir and ospreys
Location: Bladen County, 35 miles southeast of Fayetteville
You can find: two Carolina bay lakes: Jones Lake and Salters Lake; red-cockaded woodpeckers that live in the bay forest
Location: Stokes County, 32 miles north of Winston-Salem
At this park, you can find: rock outcroppings with scenic vistas, Schweinitz's sunflower, and Wehrle's salamander
Location: Onslow County, 19 miles east of Jacksonville
You can find: Bear Island, a 4-mile-long, undeveloped barrier island, and sea turtle nests, including loggerhead turtles, who nest above the high tide line at the island
Location: Carteret County, 39 miles southeast of New Bern
You can find: a restored 19th century-era fort, diverse barrier island habitat, and birds such as the painted bunting
Location: Wayne County, 15 miles southeast of Goldsboro
You can find: the 90-foot bluffs rising above the Neuse River and eastern fox squirrels