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| Our Local Town - Badin "A French-flavored hamlet at the foot of the Uwharries." | Follow a North Carolina Scenic Byway as it curls under Morrow Mountain, winds through the lush fields of Valley Drive and drops gently into Badin. On the National Register of Historic Places, this village in northeastern Stanly County offers the visitor a pleasant pause in a quaint setting. |
| Nearby Airports |
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport is the Carolinas' premier air facility. Located near the border of North and South Carolina, Charlotte/Douglas International serves as a gateway to the world for the Charlotte Region.
Piedmont Triad International
PTI is located at the convergence of four U.S. interstate highways and is the most convenient airport for the residents of Central & Northwest North Carolina and Southwest Virginia. Serving a population of 4.5 million people living within a 90-minute drive of the airport PTI is the primary airport for the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point. |
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Uwharrie
Visitor Center |
Welcome to the The Uwharrie Visitor Center Newsletter
The purpose of the
Uwharrie Visitor Center
is to increase awareness
among North Carolinians of the beautiful Uwharrie National Forest, the
lakes and area communities. |
| Montgomery County | A beautiful place with picture book lakes and mountains in the heart of North Carolina. You will never want to leave. |
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Pfeiffer University | Pfeiffer University is a comprehensive United Methodist-related university, with multiple campuses and delivery systems, committed to educational excellence, service, and scholarship. |
| Blair House | Operated by ONSC Member: The Blair House Bed & Breakfast, Troy, North Carolina
Southern hospitality located in the heart of North Carolina, roughly equidistant from Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh. The Blair House Bed & Breakfast was built in 1893 and completely renovated in 2001. Four guest suites are available, each with private bath, in-room cable, DVD, and phone. A complimentary refreshment center with snacks and beverages is also available. |
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Stanly Regional
Medical Center | A private, not-for-profit facility located in Albemarle, North Carolina,
Stanly Regional Medical Center opened its doors in 1981 and has continued to grow at a progressive pace. |
| Uwharrie National Forest | The Uwharrie National Forest was first purchased by the federal government in 1931 during the Great Depression. The land was known as the Uwharrie Reservation. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed these federal lands in Montgomery, Randolph, and Davidson Counties the Uwharrie National Forest. It is one of the most recently formed in the National Forest System. Though small, at only 50,189 acres, the Uwharrie provides a variety of natural resources, including clean rivers and streams, diverse vegetation for scenery, wildlife habitat and wood products. There is also a wide variety of recreational activities, and the Forest is a natural setting for tourism and economic development. Badin Lake is one of the largest bodies of water included in the series of reservoirs within the Yadkin- PeeDee River drainage system. The entire watershed is known as the Uwharrie Lakes Region. Badin Lake is a popular setting for many different recreation activities, including camping, hiking, fishing, boating, and hunting. The area is rich game land for deer and wild turkey, and a home for bald eagles. Visitors to the Forest can also enjoy other Piedmont attractions, including Town Creek Indian Mound, North Carolina Zoological Park, Reeds Gold Mine, and pottery shopping in the Seagrove area. |
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Yadkin-Pee Dee Lakes Project | Mission: To promote and support efforts to balance economic development and environmental management in the Uwharrie Lakes Region. |
| Yadkin-APGI Reservoir Data | Alcoa Power Generating Inc. owns the land below the waters and the water rights of High Rock, Tuckertown, Narrows and Falls reservoirs and much of their shorelines. Yadkin is responsible for operating the Yadkin Project, including the four reservoirs, dams and powerhouses along a 38-mile stretch of the Yadkin River, that supports Alcoa’s Badin Works ingot casting plant in Badin, N.C. |
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Alcoa Power Generating Inc.'s Yadkin Division | For nearly a century, stewardship of the renewable resources of the Yadkin River watershed has been an integral part of Alcoa's presence in the region. As a licensee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Yadkin Division of Alcoa Power Generating Inc. is responsible for operating the Yadkin Project for purposes of hydroelectric generation as well as providing adequate public access and public recreation facilities and protecting important natural, environmental, cultural, and scenic resources. The Yadkin Project and surrounding APGI lands possess many natural and environmental features that make them important habitat for plants, fish, and wildlife. |
| Stanly County | Stanly County’s seat, Albemarle, was incorporated in 1857. The county ranks 64th in area (399 square miles) in the state. The eastern border of Stanly County abuts Badin Lake and Lake Tillery, both manmade bodies of water created by the damming of the Yadkin River and the Pee Dee River. Lake Tillery is a 5,000-acre lake with 104 miles of shoreline, whose key contribution to the county is a source for hydroelectric power. Stanly County’s western perimeter is ten miles from North Carolina’s largest county, Mecklenburg County, and is twenty miles from the largest city in the state, Charlotte. Albemarle, Stanly County’s seat, is forty-two miles northeast of Charlotte. |
North Carolina
Zoological
Park | The North Carolina Zoological Park, with more than 500 acres in its African and North American continental regions, is a place of wonder and discovery. It is the country's largest and finest walk-through, natural-habitat zoo. This means that the animals and plants in its exhibits are seen in settings that closely resemble the habitats in which they live in the wild. The 37-acre African Plains exhibit alone is as large as many entire zoos. Only 25 miles from Uwharrie Point. |
The
North Carolina Pottery Center includes permanent and
changing exhibits on the history and ongoing tradition of North Carolina
pottery, activities, and map and information services to the potteries of the
Seagrove area and across the State. 45 minutes away
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"Where the legacy lives on..."
Rolling hillsides, grazing cattle, tobacco barns, old mills, a
covered bridge, quaint clapboard churches, and pots ... lots and lots of
pots, this is Seagrove, North Carolina. Our claim to fame is our 200
year old plus history as a pottery making community. This all began as a
result of abundant raw materials, and the town's proximity to "Plank Road",
which ran from Cross Creek to Salem (now Fayetteville and Winston-Salem).
The old wooden planks are long gone, and although it may sometimes appear
otherwise, time has not stood still in "pottery country".
Seagrove is now home to over 80 potteries, where you can find everything
from simple cups and bowls for daily use, to museum quality works of art,
and everything in between. . |
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