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Beautiful Wildcat Lake has much to offer visitors. You'll wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the fun things at Wildcat Lake. Mountain Glen Golf Club is a golf course close to Wildcat Lake, and the Laurel Fork Trail is a delightful hiking trail nearby. Lakes are good; Mill Pond is a lake that's near Wildcat Lake; a perfect nearby hotel is Inn at Elk River. I can't stop, cause I'm havin' a perfect time here at Wildcat Lake. Don't forget to take a fine little
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High temperatures at Wildcat Lake during the warm days of summer are in the 70's with night lows in the 50's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 40's while the cold winter nights at Wildcat Lake are in the 10's. There's so much to do here at Wildcat Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Flintlock Campground is a magnificent location for that, and since you're here you will meet lots of folks from close | |
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by Boone. This lake is so wonderful. You'll never forgive yourself if you don’t go skiing at Sugar Mountain if you're here, and don't leave Wildcat Lake without first checking out Pinnacle of the Sugar.
After a long day outdoors
Beech Mountain Slopeside is a delightful place to spend a night or two, and on a great day you can take a hike along the Yancey Ridge Trail. Skiing at Hawksnest is one of those things you just have to do, and Sugar Gap is also a great
location to discover. Lots of precipitation falls at Wildcat Lake; all through the month of May you get the most rain around here; December on the other hand is the driest.
This lake is so wonderful. You'll need more than a day
to explore everything Wildcat Lake has to offer, you can camp at Grandfather Campground and Cabins, and in case you don’t have a problem getting wet, you can always go whitewater paddling on Elk River. If the weather is beautiful,
you obtain a great panorama of Bald Mountain from Wildcat Lake, and if the weather is good, you can go for a hike along the Daniel Boone Scout Trail.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 36.14889
Longitude: -81.8825
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Hawksnest, North Carolina, 4 miles away
619 vertical feet |
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Elk River, Avery CountyCounty, 4 miles away
Class IV-V - 8.4 miles long (Route 1326 to Route 1305) |
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Elk River, Avery (NC)/Carter (TN) CountyCounty, 6 miles away
Class IV-V(V+) - 4.8 miles long (Route 130 to bridge above Sone Mtn Church Tennessee) |
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Lost Cove Creek, Avery CountyCounty, 9 miles away
Class -blank- - 8 miles long (Main) |
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2 miles away
