Английская Википедия:Chimney Rock State Park
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox protected area Chimney Rock State Park is a North Carolina state park in Chimney Rock, Rutherford County, North Carolina in the United States. The Шаблон:Convert[1] park is located Шаблон:Convert southeast of Asheville, North Carolina, and is owned and managed by the state of North Carolina.[2]
The park features hiking trails for all skill levels, views of the Devil's Head balancing rock, and a Шаблон:Convert waterfall, Hickory Nut Falls. Its most notable feature is a Шаблон:Convert granite monolith named Chimney Rock, which is accessible by elevator and provides views of the park and surrounding countryside.
Early park development
In May 2005, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized the creation of the "Hickory Nut Gorge State Park." In August 2005 the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy purchased a Шаблон:Convert tract of land south of Lake Lure known as "World's Edge" for $16 million with the intention of transferring the land as the first to be added to the new state park. World's Edge contains a mile-long set of steep slopes on the eastern edge of the Blue Ridge Escarpment (an escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains), with more than Шаблон:Convert of streams and waterfalls. From an overlook point, the land falls away to provide views of the Piedmont. The area provides habitat for rare flowers, diverse forest communities, endangered bats and salamanders, unique cave-dwelling invertebrates, and birds such as peregrine falcons and migratory neotropical species. Transfer of the World's Edge tract to state ownership was completed in 2006.
State acquisition of Chimney Rock Park
In 1902, Dr. Lucius B. Morse purchased Шаблон:Convert at Chimney Rock Mountain from Jerome Freeman, a North Carolina state legislator and land speculator, including the Chimney and cliffs. Morse and his family owned and operated "Chimney Rock Park" as a privately managed park from 1902 to 2007. Many small tracts purchased over the years expanded the park to Шаблон:Convert. In 2006 the land was put up for sale.[3] Many feared the park might fall into the hands of private developers, but the state and the Morse family completed a purchase agreement in early 2007.[4]
In July 2007, the General Assembly renamed Hickory Nut Gorge State Park to Chimney Rock State Park.[5]
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Opera Box
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Devil's Head
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detail of stairs
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Gneiss Cave
Nearby state parks
The following state parks and state forests are within Шаблон:Convert of Chimney Rock State Park:
- Caesars Head State Park, South Carolina
- DuPont State Forest
- Holmes Educational State Forest
- Jones Gap State Park, South Carolina
- Lake James State Park
- Mount Mitchell State Park
- Pisgah View State Park
- South Mountains State Park
See also
References
External links
- Шаблон:Official website
- Chimney Rock Attraction
- Chimney Rock State Park Master Plan
- Session Law 2005-26 established Hickory Nut Gorge State Park, which later was renamed Chimney Rock State Park.
- Session Law 2007-307 changed the name of Hickory Nut Gorge State Park to Chimney Rock State Park.
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