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    • Where to Access The Watauga River in NC?
    • New Lower Gorge Access Or ‘Guy Ford River Spot’
    • Upper Gorge Watauga Park River Access in Sugar Grove NC
    • Valle Crucis Community Park
    • Grandfather Mountain State Park
    Lower Gorge Access near Bethel
    Upper Watauga Gorge Park in Sugar Grove
    Valle Crucis Community Park
    Grandfather Mountain State Park

    The Lower Gorge River Access at Guy Ford Road near Bethel is the put-in to the classic Watauga Gorge. Though this area has been accessed for decades, it’s the newest official public access along the Watauga River in the Boone NC area. Nearly inaccessible to everyone but kayakers, the Watauga Gorge has been described as stunning, pristine, spectacul...

    The Upper Gorge Watauga Park is located 15 minutes from Boone. This Watauga River access in Sugar Grove is a great spot for fishing, put-in for kayaking, take-out for tubing and general water fun area for families. Built in 2011 by Watauga County Tourism Development Authority, the Upper Gorge Watauga Park is located at the intersection of U.S. 321 ...

    Valle Crucis Park nearly offers it all – nature with amenities. It has a playground for children, open fields for sports, a basketball court, a paved track for exercising, covered pavilions for picnics and gatherings, wildlife viewing areas and a stage for live music on Fridays in the summer. It has restrooms and a water fountain, too. And a river ...

    Near the headwaters, the Watauga Riverflows through Grandfather Mountain State Park. Highway 105 and the Profile Trail, the most popular trail on Grandfather Mountain, parallel the river at the same time for a stretch. Grandfather Mountain State Park Ranger Luke Appling estimates that the Watauga River borders park property for about 0.8 miles, whi...

  3. The Watauga River (/ wəˈtɔːɡə /) [4] is a large stream of western North Carolina and East Tennessee. It is 78.5 miles (126.3 km) long with its headwaters in Linville Gap to the South Fork Holston River at Boone Lake.

  4. Watauga County, located in the Mountain region of North Carolina, was formed in 1849 from Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell, and Yancey Counties and named after the Watauga River ("Watauga" is an Indian word meaning "beautiful river"). It is situated along the Tennessee-North Carolina border.

  5. www.wataugacounty.org › historyWatauga County, NC

    Watauga County lies in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina, identified as some of the oldest mountains in the world. The county was formed in 1849 from parts of Ashe, Caldwell, Wilkes, and Yancey counties and was named for the Watauga River, whose name is said to be a Native American word often translated as ...

  6. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Watauga County was established by legislative act in 1849 from parts of Caldwell, Ashe, Wilkes, and Yancey County. The county was named after the Indian tribe and river of the same name, and Watauga is a tribal word that means “beautiful river.”

  7. Watauga County ( / wəˈtɔːɡə / wuh-TAW-guh) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,086. Its county seat and largest community is Boone. The county is in an exceptionally mountainous region, known as the High Country.

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