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Land was first purchased by the Federal government in 1931, and the area was known as the Uwharrie Reservation. The Uwharrie Forest was given federal designation in the early 1960s by President John F. Kennedy, along with the Nantahala, Pisgah, and Croatan National Forests. The forest is bisected by several state and interstate highways.
They give their name to the Uwharrie National Forest. Once entirely cleared for timber and farmland, the mountains were designated a U.S. National Forest in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy . The woodlands have since returned, providing a haven for a diversity of wildlife, recreational facilities, and numerous Native American archeological sites.
The original Uwharrie Trail was an approximately 40-mile (80.5-km) long hiking trail that was completed in 1975. The trail began at the Asheboro Regional airport near Tot Hill Farm road and ended at NC 24-27 in Montgomery County near Troy, NC. It was once fragmented south of the Birkhead Wilderness to Jumpin Off Rock Trailhead on Flint Hill Rd.
The Uwharrie River (/ u ˈ w ɑːr iː /) is a 61.84 mi (99.52 km) long river, in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina in the United States. It is a tributary of the Pee Dee River , which flows to the Atlantic Ocean .
Uwharrie may refer to several geographical features in North Carolina in the United States: Uwharrie Mountains; Uwharrie National Forest; Uwharrie River; Uwharrie ...
Toms Creek rises in a pond on the Cabin Creek divide in Davidson County, about 1.5 miles southeast of Denton, North Carolina.Toms Creek then flows northeast into Randolph County and makes a turn to the southeast to join the Uwharrie River about 2 miles southeast of Farmer, North Carolina.
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Black Mountain Off-Road Adventure Area has been featured on numerous television shows including the Outdoor Channel's Ride To Adventure Extreme [4] and Fisher's ATV World and Spike TV's Trucks! [5] The trail system has been featured in off-road and powersports magazines including ATV Rider, [6] ATV Illustrated [7] and ATV Sport. ATV Illustrated ...