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Intheoaks, also known as In-the-oaks, is a historic estate and a national historic district located at Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.The district encompasses nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites, seven contributing structures, and four contributing objects associated with a country estate of the 1920s.
Black Mountain is located in eastern Buncombe County. The town of Montreat borders Black Mountain to the north, and the unincorporated community of Swannanoa is on the western border. U.S. Route 70 (State Street) is the main road through the center of town. Interstate 40 passes just to the south of downtown, with access from exits 64 and 65.
Hammocks Beach State Park is a North Carolina state park in Onslow County, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Swansboro, along the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, the state park covers 1,611 acres (6.52 km 2) [1] and consists mainly of Bear Island.
Black Mountain Ave., Sutton Ave., Cherry, Broadway and State Sts., Black Mountain, North Carolina Coordinates 35°36′58″N 82°19′14″W / 35.61611°N 82.32056°W / 35.61611; -82
Swannanoa is located in eastern Buncombe County between Asheville and Black Mountain. Interstate 40 passes through the main commercial area of Swannanoa.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.4 square miles (16.7 km 2), of which 6.4 square miles (16.6 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 0.53%, is water.
The Clean Smokestacks Act of 2002 (S.L. 2002–4), [28] enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly, is credited with reducing the amount of particulate and ozone pollution that had once threatened the views in the Black Mountains and throughout the Appalachians. Nitrogen Oxide emissions have plummeted from over 245,000 tons a year in 1998 ...
Black Mountain (Washington County, New York), a mountain; Black Mountain, North Carolina, a town near Asheville, North Carolina Black Mountain College (1933–1957), a school founded in 1933 in Black Mountain, North Carolina; Black Mountain poets, sometimes called projectivist poets, a group of mid-20th-century poets centered on Black Mountain ...
It is noted for its views of nearby Glassy and McAlpin mountains and access to the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, the Flat Rock Playhouse and the Flat Rock Historic District. 8.3 13.4 [7] Mountain Drovers Road: US 74A: 16.5 26.6 [7] Mountain Black Mountain Rag: Follows US 64, from Edneyville to Lake Lure and NC 9, from Bat Cave to ...