| Here are some of the sources we've used for Carolina Outdoors Guide and additional links to outdoors Web pages.
North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation
North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
North Carolina Educational State Forests
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
North Carolina Birding Trail
North Carolina Historic Sites
North Carolina Scenic Byways
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The Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation has designated a cross-state system of Bicycling Highways that generally parallel the major highways along which cyclists often wish to travel, but offer a more lightly traveled alternative than the busy, major roads that are familiar to most people.
North Carolina Paddle Trails Initiative
The Initiative's site provides paddle trail maps designed to assist kayak and canoe users in planning trips to explore rivers, creeks and estuarine waters in North Carolina's Coastal Plain.
North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund
The Clean Water Management Trust Fund makes grants to local governments, state agencies and nonprofit conservation organizations to help finance projects that specifically address water pollution problems. CWMTF will fund projects that enhance or restore degraded waters, protect unpolluted waters or contribute to a network of riparian buffers and greenways for environmental, educational and recreational benefits.
North Carolina Ferries
Each year, North Carolina ferries transport more than 1.1 million vehicles and more than 2.5 million passengers across five separate bodies of water - the Currituck and Pamlico sounds and the Cape Fear, Neuse and Pamlico rivers.
Graham County Travel and Tourism
Graham County is nestled among hundreds of thousands of acres of mountain wilderness, including portions of the Nantahala National Forest, Lake Santeetlah and Fontana Lake. (Map)
Haywood County Tourism Development Authority
Haywood County is home to thousands of acres of Pisgah National Forest and several waterfalls, and is bordered by Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Appalachian Trail and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. (Map)
Rutherford County Tourism Development Authority
Rutherford County, in the southwestern North Carolina foothills, is home to Chimney Rock State Park, Lake Lure, the eight-mile Thermal Belt Rail Trail and the Rutherford Outdoor Coalition. (TDA's Area Map)
Transylvania County Outdoor Recreation
Hiking, rock climbing, horseback riding, canoeing, kayaking and tubing in the Brevard area. (Locator Map)
Triangle Parks and Recreation Departments
The News & Observer's triangle.com maintains a list of links to county and municipal parks and rec departments in and around the Triangle - Wake, Johnston, Durham, Orange, Chatham, Franklin, Harnett, Vance and Moore counties.
Roanoke River Partners
Roanoke River Partners is non-profit group of organizations and individuals promoting outdoor recreation on the Roanoke River and Albemarle Sound, and their communities. The group has developed paddle trails and platform camping sites along the Roanoke and Cashie Rivers.
South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Farther afield, don't overlook South Carolina's coast and islands, lakes and blackwater rivers, and mountain waterfalls and whitewater. The state's wide-ranging tourism site has a section specifically devoted to outdoor activities.
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