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WNC Forests, Parks
and Waterways
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Blue Ridge Parkway
is 469 miles of scenic roadway that connects
the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia
with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
in North Carolina and Tennessee.
For more information call (828)
298-0398.
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Cherohala Skyway
crossing through the Cherokee and Nantahala
National Forests, from which it gets it's
name, this National Scenic Byway connects
Robbinsville in North Carolina to Tellico
Plains in Southeast Tennessee.
For more information call (800)
470-3790.
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Fontana Lake &
Dam, located 35 miles West of
Bryson City, is the highest dam in east of
the Rockies. Towering 480 feet in height
this dam backs water for 30 miles and
provides a major source of energy.
For more information call (828)
498-2226.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
established in 1934, covers 520,408 acres of
land with heights ranging from 840 feet at
Abrams Creek to 6,643 feet at Clingmans
Dome.
For more information call (423)
436-1200.
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Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
is a tribute to a hero whose poem
"Trees" inspired millions. The Forest
Service inaugurated the Little Santeelah as
the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in 1935.
For more information call (828)
479-6431.
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Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
takes you from from Highlands, NC to the
Fontana Lake at Almond, NC. The Byway
follows U.S. 64, old U.S. 64, SR 1310 (Wayah
Road), and U.S. 19. Approximately 61 miles
of nationally-recognized byway winds
through southern Appalachian hardwood
forests, by numerous waterfalls and lakes
and through two river gorges.
For more information call (828)
526-3765.
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Nantahala National Forest
lies in the mountains and valleys of
western North Carolina with elevations as
high as 5,800 feet at Lone Bald in Jackson
County, to a low 1,200 feet in Cherokee
County along the Tusquitee River.
For more information call (828)
479-6431.
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Pisgah National Forest
consists of over half a million acres
of forest surrounding Mt. Pisgah. James
Hall, a Presbyterian minister, named Mt.
Pisgah for the mountain Moses saw the
promised land from after wondering forty
years in the wilderness.
For more information call (828)
877-3265.
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