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A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States
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A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States
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A Park and Recreational Land Plan for the United States (continued)
NORTH CAROLINA
THIS STATE has a population of 3,750,000, of which approximately a million are Negroes. Its white population is heaviest in the central Piedmont section, while the Negro race is principally concentrated in the east-central part of the State. The population is growing rapidly, particularly in the industrial central Piedmont section. Due to the rapid industrial development, the State is now about equally balanced between agriculture and industry. While the wealth of the State has been increased tremendously by its industrial development, a majority of its people are relatively low in economic status.
The State's principal resources are its mountains with their scenery and cool summer climate, and its extensive seashore. Both of these resources are of such excellence as to make them of outstanding value as vacation resorts. There is now under development a system of four State parks, three for the white race and one for Negroes, and one historic site. Additional areas are needed in the industrial Piedmont section and the heavily populated agricultural section of eastern Carolina. Additional Negro parks are also needed in the Greensboro-High Point, Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte, and eastern Carolina regions. There is also a great need for extensive ocean frontage, for the preservation of historic sites, and for an extensive program of stream control to eliminate pollution and silting which now greatly reduce recreational value of streams. Zoning legislation to control recreation developments by private capital and to eliminate billboards and other such detrimental features along the highways is badly needed to protect the State's recreational resources from unwise exploitations.
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| FEDERAL | ||
| National park: | ||
| 3. Great Smoky Mountains | 229,434.42 | |
| National military parks: | ||
| 13. Guilford Courthouse | 148.83 | |
| 22. Moores Creek | 30 | |
| Total | 178.83 | |
| National seashore project: | ||
| 34. Cape Hatteras | 44 | 62,500 |
| National memorial: | ||
| 35. Kill Devil Hill | 314.40 | |
| Recreational demonstration area: | ||
| 20. Crabtree Creek | 4,983.46 | |
| National forests: | ||
| 1. Nantahala | 322,365 | |
| 4. Pisgah | 449,662 | |
| 18. Uharie Purchase Unit | 22,992 | |
| 29. Croatan | 116,625 | |
| Total | 1911,644 | |
| National wildlife areas: | ||
| 32. Swanquarter Migratory Bird Refuge | 15,500 | |
| 33. Lake Mattamuskett Migratory Waterfowl Refuge | 50,144 | |
| 37. Pea Island | 5,879 | |
| Total | 71,523 | |
| National parkway: | ||
| 5. Blue Ridge | 11,898.38 | 35,500 |
| INTERSTATE | ||
| Trailway: | ||
| 2. Appalachian | ||
| STATE | ||
| State parks: | ||
| 7. Mount Mitchell | 1,224 | |
| 8. Rendezvous Mountain | 140 | |
| 12. Hanging Rock | 3,000 | |
| 17. Morrow Mountain | 4,135 | |
| 19. Sand Hills Development Project | 21,600 | |
| 21. Jones and Satters Lake Development Project | 2225 | |
| 28. Pettigrew | 16,800 | |
| 30. Fort Macon | 500 | |
| 38. Cape Hatteras | 1,100 | |
| Total | 28,724 | |
| Proposed State parks: | ||
| 9. Burke County | ||
| 10. Gaston or Mecklenburg County | ||
| 11. Mecklenburg County | ||
| 15. Guilford or Forsyth County | ||
| 25. Onslow | ||
| 26. Wayne County | ||
| 27. Wilson County | ||
| 31. Carteret County | ||
| State monument: | ||
| 36. Fort Raleigh | 16 | |
| State wildlife area: | ||
| 24. Holly Shelter | 94,000 | |
| LOCAL | ||
| County parks: | ||
| 41. Guilford (4 areas) | 93 | |
| 44. New Hanover (1 area) | 90 | |
| Total | 183 | |
| Municipal parks: | ||
| 6. Asheville (2 areas) | 250 | |
| 14. Greensboro (1 area) | 235 | |
| 16. High Point (3 areas) | 1,016 | |
| 23. Wilmington (1 area) | 175 | |
| 39. Gastonia (2 areas) | 20 | |
| 40. Charlotte (1 area) | 120 | |
| 42. Durham (2 areas) | 345 | |
| 43. Henderson (1 area) | 75 | |
| Total | 1,936 | |
1 Areas under Federal administration June 1938
2 Soil Conservation Service projects transferred to State for administration. Acreage given is portion being developed for recreation.
3 Acreage of only I area reported.
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