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Swimming in North Carolina

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North Carolina State Parks with Swimming

Dismal Swamp State Park North Carolina

Adventure Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Jones Lake State Park

+10 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Scenic Overlooks Kayaking Paddling Canoeing RV Biking

Baldhead Island State Natural Area

+1 Biking

Cape Hatteras State Park

+6 Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Stargazing Scuba Diving Surfing
Carvers Creek State Park

Carvers Creek State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
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Chimney Rock State Park

+1 Waterfall Viewing
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park North Carolina

Cliffs of the Neuse State Park

+4 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Kayaking Biking
Sweetwater Lake

Crowders Mountain State Park

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
road surrounded by fall foliage at Cedars of Lebanon State Park

Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park

+6 Horseback Riding Hunting Rafting Golfing Kayaking Biking
Dismal Swamp State Park North Carolina

Dismal Swamp State Park

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
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Duke Power State Park (Now Lake Norman State Park)

+3 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Biking
Dismal Swamp State Park North Carolina

DuPont State Recreational Forest

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
Sweetwater Lake

Elk Knob State Park

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
Jockeys Ridge State Park massive sand dune with hang gliders on Outer Banks

Eno River State Park

+4 Picnicking Kayaking Paddling Canoeing
Jockeys Ridge State Park massive sand dune with hang gliders on Outer Banks

Falls Lake State Recreation Area

+4 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Kayaking Biking
Carvers Creek State Park

Fort Fisher State Recreation Area

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
Hanging Rock quartzite cliff overhang with panoramic Piedmont view North Carolina

Fort Macon State Park

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking

Frutchey State Park
Hunting Island lighthouse surrounded by palmetto trees at golden hour sunset

Goodale State Park

+4 Hunting Kayaking Paddling Biking
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Gorges State Park

+5 Picnicking Horseback Riding Scenic Overlooks Waterfall Viewing Biking
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Grandfather Mountain State Park

+4 Mountain Biking Backpacking Kayaking Biking
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Hammocks Beach State Park

+2 Paddling Canoeing
Hanging Rock quartzite cliff overhang with panoramic Piedmont view North Carolina

Hanging Rock State Park

+6 Rock Climbing Picnicking Scenic Overlooks Canoeing Waterfall Viewing RV
Jockeys Ridge State Park massive sand dune with hang gliders on Outer Banks

Haw River State Park

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking

Hiwassee Lake State Park
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Jocassee Gorges

+4 Hunting Kayaking Paddling Biking
boardwalk by the water at Lake Norman State Park at sunset

Jones Lake State Park

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
boardwalk by the water at Lake Norman State Park at sunset

Jordan Lake State Recreation Area

+4 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Kayaking Biking
Carolina Beach State Park North Carolina

Kerr Lake State Recreation Area

+4 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Kayaking Biking
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Kings Mountain State Park

+4 Hunting Kayaking Paddling Biking
Carolina Beach State Park North Carolina

Lake James State Park

+8 Picnicking Mountain Biking Paddleboarding Scenic Overlooks Kayaking Canoeing Waterfall Viewing Biking
boardwalk by the water at Lake Norman State Park at sunset

Lake Norman State Park

+8 Mountain Biking Bird Watching Paddleboarding Kayaking Paddling Canoeing RV Biking
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Lake Waccamaw State Park

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
Crockett Falls in David Crockett State Park, located a half mile west of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park

+5 Horseback Riding Hunting Golfing Kayaking Biking
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park North Carolina

Linville Falls Recreation Area
Hunting Island lighthouse surrounded by palmetto trees at golden hour sunset

Little Pee Dee State Park

+4 Hunting Kayaking Paddling Biking
Sweetwater Lake

Lumber River State Park

+3 Kayaking Paddling Canoeing

Masonboro Island State Natural Area

+2 Beachcombing Kayaking
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Mayo River State Park

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
Hanging Rock quartzite cliff overhang with panoramic Piedmont view North Carolina

Medoc Mountain State Park

+3 Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Biking
Sweetwater Lake

Merchants Millpond State Park

+4 Mountain Biking Kayaking Canoeing Biking
Carvers Creek State Park

Morrow Mountain State Park

+3 Wildlife Watching Kayaking RV
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Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
Sweetwater Lake

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park North Carolina

Pettigrew State Park

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
Hanging Rock quartzite cliff overhang with panoramic Piedmont view North Carolina

Rendezvous Mountain State Forest

+3 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking
Carolina Beach State Park North Carolina

Singletary Lake State Park

+4 Mountain Biking Kayaking Biking Nature
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Sliding Rock Recreation Area
Oconee State Park mountain lake South Carolina

Wateree State Park

+4 Hunting Kayaking Paddling Biking
Lake Jocassee waterfall and kayaker South Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains

Woods Bay State Park

+5 Hunting Whale Watching Kayaking Paddling Biking

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