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Love a good adventure weekend? Then pack the gear and head to Hanging Rock State Park for: 1) hiking on 18 miles of trail that visit vista-filled summits (Hanging Rock...

Kings Mountain State Park adjoins the Kings Mountain National Military Park and is connected to North Carolina’s Crowder’s Mountain State Park via the 12-mile Ridgeline Trail. A living history farm...

The largest manmade lake in the state at 32,510 acres (with a main channel 34 miles long), Lake Norman attracts a goodly number of motorboats. But because of that size...

Morrow Mountain StatePark offers a full-scale escape in the heart of the ancient Uwharrie Mountain range. There’s good paddling (with boat rentals) on the various waterways bordering the park (Lake...

Want to try camping before you make a full-scale (read: financial) commitment? At McDowell Nature Preserve you can rent a tent site that comes with a tent! Once you’re settled...

Copperhead Island is a 14-acre retreat from hustle and speedboat bustle of Lake Wylie. With primitive camping only and separated from the mainland’s boat ramps, the island offers a nice...

Possibly the best park you haven’t heard of, Mayo Park sits on its namesake reservoir and offers a range of activities. There are about 5 miles of hiking trail and...

Parker’s Creek It’s not the biggest campground at Jordan Lake (that would be Poplar Point, with 579 campsites), it doesn’t have the greatest concentration of sites with hookups (that would...

Cedarock Park offers a mini-weekend escape between the Triad and Triangle. Pitch your tent, then check out the several miles of hiking and mountain biking trails, paddle on Rock Creek...

on the Haw River If you’re really looking to get away from people, try Spirit Island. For one, you need a canoe or kayak to get there. Either put in-at...

PIPER CREEK CAMPGROUND / COLE MILL ACCESS PARK It takes a little effort to get to this campground — it’s 1.2 miles on the Bobbitt Hole Trail from the Cole...

Grayson Highlands State Park (Virginia) Kerr Scott Reservoir Pilot Mountain State Park Stone Mountain State Park Uwharrie National Forest: Badin Lake Campground

Carolina Beach State Park Croatan NF: Cedar Point Campground Jones Lake State Park Lumber River State Park Lake Waccamaw State Park

Cliffs of the Neuse State Park Croatan National Forest: Oyster Point Goose Creek State Park Medoc Mountain State Park Pettigrew State Park at Lake Phelps

Falls Lake State Recreation Area: Rollingview Falls Lake State Recreation Area: Shinleaf Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center Umstead State Park Jordan Lake State Recreation Area: New Hope Overlook

Cedarock Park Hagen Stone Park Hanging Rock State Park Pilot Mountain State Park Uwharrie National Forest: West Morris Campground

Copperhead Island Kings Mountain State Park Lake Norman State Park McDowell Nature Preserve Morrow Mountain State Park

Cedarock Park Eno River SP: Piper Creek Campground Jordan Lake SRA: Parker’s Creek Mayo Park Spirit Island on the Haw River