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Beautiful McGee Dam has much to offer visitors. After a long day outdoors Comfort Inn Mars Hill is a pleasant site to spend a night or two, and possibly you're looking for nearby lakes? Sure, Marshall Watershed Lake is just a very short distance away. But wait, there's more to do close to McGee Dam. Gotta ski! Wolf Laurel is a delightful place to do that, and if you're here you will meet lots of people from close by Asheville. The Great Smoky Mountains scenery
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| | is always beautiful. This lake is so wonderful. Very pretty scenery and magnificent skiing is what you get at Ski Beech; since you're here you can take a hike along the Pounding Mill Trail. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Great Smoky Mountains. At McGee Dam close to McGee Dam there are some out of the ordinary things to see, and if you need a place to stay Asheville Days Inn Woodfin is a delightful choice. But wait, there's more cool stuff to do in | |
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the Great Smoky Mountains. Kent Hollow is near McGee Dam and is a good spot, and there is a great hiking trail close by called the Big Creek Trail. You're perhaps addicted to lakes, Lake Louise is one of those close by, and a
quick visit to Bone Camp Creek is beyond doubt a wonderful idea. This lake is so wonderful. Visiting Blue Ridge Parkway is just something you need to do if you haven't yet; Walnut Creek has a magnificent whitewater paddling spot close
by. This place, McGee Dam, it completely has so much outdoors entertaining stuff. Whitewater paddling is good on French Broad River; French Broad River Campground is a delightful campground nearby. Much precipitation falls at
McGee Dam; of all the months in a year July is the one with the most rain while October is commonly the driest month. All the outdoors enjoyable stuff in the Great Smoky Mountains will keep you coming back time and again. Summer brings
highs in the 80's to McGee Dam. For the period of the moonlight hours it's usually in the 60's. The winter brings highs down to the 40's with temperatures at McGee Dam dipping down into the 20's through winter nights. McGee Dam
is a fine site to visit for more than one day, Rocky Creek Campground is a fine site to camp nearby; on a magnificent day you can take a hike along the Whiteoak Flats Trail.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 35.80333 Longitude: -82.63333
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| | Ski Areas Near McGee Dam:
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Wolf Laurel, North Carolina, 10 miles away 700 vertical feet |
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Ski Beech, North Carolina, 12 miles away 830 vertical feet |
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Walnut Creek, Madison CountyCounty, 5 miles away Class III-IV(V) - 4 miles long (US 25/70 to Barnard) |
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French Broad River, Transylvania/ Henderson/ Buncombe/ Madison CountyCounty, 7 miles away Class I-III - 6.5 miles long (North Carolina Route 251 to Route 1634) |
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Brush Creek, Madison CountyCounty, 7 miles away Class IV-V - 5 miles long (to French Broad River) |
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Wolf Laurel
 | Wolf Laurel ski area is really really good, ask anyone.... |
Spruce Thicket Trail
 | 14 miles away The spuce thicket trail is in bad shape.The flood in 2002 did alot of damage and the pine beetles that detroyed most of the pines in the area have left many blow downs I would not recommend this trail.... |
Enka Lake
 | 14 miles away Enka Lake, now called Biltmore Lake, is a private lake. Non-motorized boats are allowed and fishing is excellent in the early spring months.... |
Hemlock Hollow Inn - Farm, Shoppe & Cabins
 | 15 miles away 2 small cabins for couples, 1 family cabin, 1 hiker lodge bunkhouse, 4 campsites, pavilion, country store, outfitter supplies, cafe, & farm. All sites come with a picnic table, grill and fire-ring. Large wash-house heated with hot showers. All cabins are heated have frig., microwave, coffeepot and 2 larger cabins have kitchen facilities. Sites are all primitive water available at wash-house. Hikers, nature lovers, hunters, anglers, mountain bikers, & tourists welcome.www.hemlockhollow.net... |
Bullen Hollow Trail
 | 15 miles away 1 PHOTO I hiked the bullen Hollow trail 2-2-08 with the Geenevile hiking club. This is an old atv trail and the first part is very steep climbing up through mountain laurel and hardwoods.After you reach the ridge line the trail levels and skirts the edge of a small canyon,with views of huge cliffs on the other side.Margarette falls are below this trail and you can here the creek all along the way.There is a nice lunch spot at the top when you reach an old logging road.I would rate this trail as moderate.Total milage 5 miles. National Geographic map # 782 will show you how to get to the trail head.... |
Margarette Falls Trail
 | 15 miles away A really nice walk with a few easy water crossings. The fall are beautiful in freezing weather. In hot weather the falls offer shady cool relief from the heat.... |
Lake Powhatan
 | 17 miles away Hi. I was wondering if your lake is able to be swam in on 8/24/08.... |
Lake Powhatan Campground
 | 18 miles away I loved going to Lake Powhatan when I was a child and now my children love going evey summer.... |
Paint Creek Campground
 | 18 miles away As a life-long ''patron'' of Paint Creek, I can say I have seen it go through MANY changes. Aside from just the campground the main ''Coridor'' of the Park has several Picnic sites with rest-rooms, as well as 5 or 6 secluded, single group campsites, that arent in the campground itself. These are, in MY opinion the better places to camp, as they are all close enough to a picnic area to walk to use the restroom. There is also a relitively deep ''swimming hole'' and picknic area called Dudley Falls. It is located about halfway into the corridor. There are cliffs to dive from, for the thrill seeker, as well as Paint Rock, located at the emergence of Paint Creek into The French Broad River. Paint Rock is a 160 foot, Sheer vertical, limestone Cliff. PERFECT for rappelling, again for the thrill seeker in all of us!!
As a Greene County Native, I may be Biased, but I honestly think Paint Creek Recreational area is one of the Finest examples of what the Great Smokey Mountains have to offer.... |
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