State chapter
Wild places in North Carolina
North Carolina has 5 plates in this atlas, on canyon and forest ground.
FrontispieceGreat Smoky Mountains, Tennessee / North Carolina
- Plates
- 5
- Terrains
- Canyon, Forest
North Carolina
The plates
Plate XXVIGreat Smoky Mountains
forestSouthern Appalachians, Tennessee / North Carolina
A forest so old it makes its own blue weather.
35.6° N · 83.5° WOpen plate →
Plate LXXXIVPisgah
forestBlue Ridge, near Brevard, North Carolina
Where the East learned to grow a forest back.
35.3° N · 82.8° WOpen plate →
Plate CCLXXVIIILinville Gorge
canyonBlue Ridge escarpment, Burke County, North Carolina
The East’s deep gorge, still wearing fall.
35.9° N · 81.9° WOpen plate →
Plate CCCXLPanthertown Valley
forestNantahala National Forest, Jackson County, North Carolina
A granite valley the highway never enters.
35.2° N · 83.0° WOpen plate →
Plate CCCXLVJoyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
forestNantahala National Forest, Graham County, North Carolina
Old poplar the East still has in one grove.
35.4° N · 83.9° WOpen plate →