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WNC Forests, Parks and Waterways
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.
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.
- 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.
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.
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.
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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