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     Lake Charles is a nice lake to visit. And that's not everything you can do here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Buckeye Creek flows through this region, and going for a hike on the Stewart Trail is always a tremendous adventure. Life's too short to enjoy all the fun stuff in the Blue Ridge Mountains. You can run the rapids of Cartoogechaye River near Lake Charles, and you can go for a hike on the Hurricane Creek Trail.
Lake Charles usually gets much precipitation;
 
   the month with most of the rain is March while July is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Any time is a tremendous time at Lake Charles if you fancy the outdoors. Get your pulse rate up on the great whitewater of Middle Creek; camping at Appalachian RV Travel Center is always a magnificent experience. Through the summertime months at Lake Charles temperatures are regularly in the 80's, and through summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. The cold  
               days of the winter come with highs in the 40's, and after the sun is down throughout the wintertime temperatures at Lake Charles descend into the 20's.
There's always Lake Charles Dam to have a look at close to Lake Charles, and Gray Gap is nearby, and is a tremendous place. So many fun things in the Blue Ridge Mountains, just unbelievable. If you need a site to stay Microtel Inn Franklin is a great choice; a great place to camp here at Lake Charles is High Country Haven. A pretty lake like Vitale Apple Orchard Lake near Lake Charles is a great location to have a look at, and dry warm beds await you at Carolina Motel.
This lake is so wonderful. Cedar Cliff is a wonderful spot to stop by while in the region, and hey, Gotta ski right? Scaly Mountain is a brilliant place to do that. This lake is one of the great places here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. There's just no way somebody can get bored here at Lake Charles. You'll come across a lovely lake called Noname near Lake Charles, and close by you find the Gage Trail which is a perfect hiking trail.
This lake is so wonderful. Here at Lake Charles you can distinguish George Gray Mountain, and what would winter be without some skiing at Sky Valley.

 
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Current weather conditions at Lake Charles, Blue Ridge Mountains, Macon County, North Carolina
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Local climate location: COWEETA EXP STATION 7 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 35.07833
Longitude: -83.35667

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 Hotels Near Lake Charles:
Carolina Motel, Franklin, 4 miles away
Microtel Inn Franklin, Franklin, 5 miles away
Holiday Inn Express Dillard, Ga, Dillard, 6 miles away
Comfort Inn Franklin, Franklin, 6 miles away
Knights Inn Dillard, Dillard, 6 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Lake Charles:
Appalachian RV Travel Center, Franklin, 2 miles away
High Country Haven, Franklin, 3 miles away
Franklin RV Park and Campground, Franklin, 3 miles away
Country woods, Franklin, 4 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Lake Charles:
Scaly Mountain, North Carolina, 5 miles away
      225 vertical feet
Sky Valley, Georgia, 6 miles away
      210 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Lake Charles:
Middle Creek, Macon CountyCounty, 5 miles away
      Class III-IV(V+) - 0.3 miles long (North Carolina 106)
Cartoogechaye River, Macon CountyCounty, 6 miles away
      Class II(III) - 2.75 miles long (Mount Hope Church to Louisa Chapel Road)
Cullasaja River, Macon CountyCounty, 7 miles away
      Class IV(V+) - 2.5 miles long (Below Cosmic Crunch to Above Cullasaja Falls)
 National Parks Near Lake Charles:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg - TN, 37 miles away
Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville - NC, 62 miles away
 Trails Near Lake Charles:
Gage Trail, Macon County, 7 miles away
Stewart Trail, Macon County, 7 miles away
Hurricane Creek Trail, Macon County, 9 miles away
 Lakes Near Lake Charles:
Vitale Apple Orchard Lake, Macon CountyCounty, 5 miles away
Noname, Macon CountyCounty, 5 miles away

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