North Carolina designated 4.5 miles (7.2 km)[7] of the river as Horsepasture State Natural River in 1985,[8] including it in the state's Natural and Scenic Rivers System. The State River is between NC-281 and the state line.
The Horsepasture River features several significant waterfalls in close proximity to one another. The named falls are:
Gorges State Park provides the only easy, legal access to the river's waterfalls.
Referencesedit
^ ab"GNIS Detail - Horsepasture River". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ ab"Horsepasture River Topo Map in Transylvania". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^"ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ ab"Horsepasture River Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 26, 2011
^. Archived from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
^(PDF). North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation. January 1, 2011. pp. 1–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-16. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
^(PDF). North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings. May 1, 2010. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
External linksedit
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Horsepasture River
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