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Blue Ridge Parkway
National Park

Blue Ridge Parkway

North Carolina

A Blue Ridge Parkway experience is unlike any other: a slow-paced and relaxing drive revealing stunning long-r…

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Cape Hatteras National Seashore
National Park

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

North Carolina

The sound of ocean waves, the starry night sky, or the calm of the salt marshes, you can experience it all. Sh…

1camps
Cape Lookout National Seashore
National Park

Cape Lookout National Seashore

North Carolina

A boat ride three miles off-shore brings you to the barrier islands of Cape Lookout National Seashore. Horse w…

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
National Park

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

North Carolina

“I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I dec…

Croatan National Forest
National Forest

Croatan National Forest

North Carolina

The only true coastal national forest in the eastern United States, Croatan National Forest stretches across 1…

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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
National Park

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

North Carolina

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site protects and preserves known portions of England's first New World settlem…

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
National Park

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

North Carolina

"I never saw such fighting since God made me. The Americans fought like demons." - Lt. General Charles, Earl C…

Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Park

Moores Creek National Battlefield

North Carolina

In the early morning hours of February 27, 1776, Loyalist forces charged across a partially dismantled Moores …

Nantahala National Forest
National Forest

Nantahala National Forest

North Carolina

North Carolina's largest national forest at 531,000 acres, Nantahala takes its name from the Cherokee word mea…

830 sq mi14camps
Pisgah National Forest
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Pisgah National Forest

North Carolina

Birthplace of American forestry and home to the Cradle of Forestry historic site, Pisgah National Forest was e…

801 sq mi10camps
Uwharrie National Forest
National Forest

Uwharrie National Forest

North Carolina

In the ancient Uwharrie Mountains of North Carolina's Piedmont region -- among the oldest mountain ranges in N…

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Wright Brothers National Memorial
National Park

Wright Brothers National Memorial

North Carolina

Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where, after…