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Jones Lake State Park

North Carolina · NC

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  • Address:4117 N.C. 242 N., Elizabethtown, NC 28337 · NC
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A park built around a tea-colored Carolina bay lake. Swim, paddle, fish, hike, picnic or camp. It was the first state park to welcome Black Americans.

Source: ncparks.gov

From Wikipedia

Jones Lake State Park is a North Carolina state park in Bladen County, North Carolina in the United States near Elizabethtown. It covers 2,208-acre (8.94 km2), including the Carolina bay lakes of Jones Lake and Salters Lake. Jones Lake State Park is north of Elizabethtown on North Carolina Highway 242 in North Carolina's Coastal Plain region. The park offers year-round recreation, including fishing, swimming, boating, hiking, picnicking and environmental and historical education programs.

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