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A series of dams on the Catawba River east and west of Morganton impounds a chain of lakes that provides many recreational opportunities. Nearby Lake James has a 600-foot-long swimming beach, showers and changing areas, and a lakefront picnic area. Visitors can rent canoes and kayaks and fish for bass, walleye and bluegill. Both South Mountains State Park and Tuttle Educational State Forest are nearby as well as Catawba Meadows Riverfront Park. Phone (828) 433-4772, (828) 757-5608 or (828) 437-8863, respectively.

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ARTICLEMorganton A series of dams on the Catawba River east and west of Morganton impounds a chain of lakes that provides many recreational opportunities. NearbyLake Jameshas a 600-foot-long swimming beach, showers and changing areas, and a lakefront picnic area. Visitors can rent canoes and kayaks and fish for bass, walleye and bluegill. BothSouth Mountains State ParkandTuttle Educational State Forestare nearby as well as Catawba Meadows Riverfront Park. Phone (828) 433-4772, (828) 757-5608 or (828) 437-8863, respectively.Morganton
NATIONAL PARKAbraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park Three miles south of Hodgenville on US 31E and SR 61, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park preserves the birthplace of the 16th U.S. president. Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin at Sinking Spring Farm, where he lived for the first 2.5 years of his life.Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
NATIONAL PARKAndersonville National Historic Site Andersonville National Historic Site is 10 miles northeast of Americus on SR 49. It encompasses the Andersonville National Historic Site
NATIONAL PARKAppomattox Court House National Historical Park Three miles northeast of Appomattox on SR 24, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is a 1,744-acre site. On April 9, 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee's weakened and outnumbered Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was cut off at Appomattox Court House by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. The two commanders met in the parlor of a house owned by Wilmer McLean—and the Army of Northern Virginia was surrendered to Grant.Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
NATIONAL PARKBig South Fork National River And Recreation Area Approached by SR 297, US 27, US 127 and SR 52, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area encompasses 125,000 acres on the Cumberland Plateau in northeastern Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky. Ninety miles of the Big South Fork River and its tributaries tumble through gorges carved over millions of years in the sandstone of the Cumberland Plateau. The area's eroded landscape—which contains scenic features such as natural arches, pinnacles, spires, sheer bluffs and huge sandstone overhangs—is said to have the most sandstone arches in the eastern United States.Big South Fork National River And Recreation Area
NATIONAL PARKBooker T. Washington National Monument Booker T. Washington National Monument is 30 miles southeast of Roanoke via US 220 south to Rocky Mount, then north on SR 122. The 239-acre site commemorates Booker T. Washington's first 9 years in slavery by re-creating the environment of his childhood at Burroughs Plantation.Booker T. Washington National Monument
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