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Uwharrie National Forest

Day Trips

Uwharrie National Forest Troy area, NC Website: cs.unca.edu/nfsnc Though you can have fun at Uwharrie for the day, once you’re there, you’ll want to stick around. This 50,000-acre forest is named for the Uwharrie Mountains, which were created from ancient volcanoes. The 1,000-foot hills were 20,000-foot peaks a mere 500 million years ago. But

Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve

Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve 1024 Ft. Bragg Rd. Southern Pines, NC 28387 Website: ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/wewo/main.php Located in Southern Pines, Weymouth Woods was established in 1963 as an 898-acre natural preserve. Early settlers called this area the Pine Barrens because of its extensive open forests of longleaf pines. Today, the preserve protects a remnant of

Raven Rock

State Parks

Raven Rock Located in Lillington, just north of the Sandhills, this park sits along the Fall Zone, where hard rock more than 400 million years old gives way to softer sediment of the coastal plain. Raven Rock rises 150 feet and stretches along more than a mile of the Cape Fear

Jordan Lake

State Parks

Jordan Lake About 1.5 hours north of the Sandhills, near Apex, Jordan Lake State Recreation Area encompasses almost 50,000 (yes thousand) acres of unspoiled park land and offers camping, boating, fishing, hiking, picnicking, swimming, bald eagle and other wildlife observing, historic sites, and educational and special events. Every October, Jordan Lake

Morrow Mountain

State Parks

Morrow Mountain Just west of the Sandhills, Morrow Mountain was home to Native Americans 10,000 years before the first Europeans arrived. The once mighty Uwharrie Mountains still stand to 936 feet in contrast to the rolling Piedmont. Enjoy boating/canoeing, camping/cabins, fishing, picnicking, swimming, hiking, horseback riding, exhibits, a historic site and