Location: Ashe County, 36 miles northeast of Boone
At the park, you can find: 26.5 miles of the New River; the hellbender salamander; 14 rare and threatened species of flora
Location: Ashe County, 36 miles northeast of Boone
At the park, you can find: 26.5 miles of the New River; the hellbender salamander; 14 rare and threatened species of flora
Location: Yancey County, 32 miles northeast of Asheville
You can find: the tallest mountain on the East Coast and fraser firs
Location: Ashe County, 26 miles northeast of Boone
You can find: Luther Rock and over 700 species of plants
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: Gates County, 10 miles south of the northeast border with Virginia
You can find: millpond more than 200 years old and the American alligator at the northernmost point of its range
Location: Halifax County, 61 miles northeast of Raleigh
You can find: Lewis' heartleaf, rhododendron, pyrite minerals, and the Neuse River waterdog
Location: Rockingham County, 38 miles north of Greensboro
At the park, you can find: the Mayo River and the great blue heron
Location: Robeson County, 54 miles south of Fayetteville
At the park, you can find: blackwater river, bald cypress trees in the swamp forest, and the belted kingfisher
Location: Columbus County, 40 miles west of Wilmington
You can find: Waccamaw Dam, the headwaters for the 150-mile river; the American alligator; and the Venus flytrap
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