Carolina Corner Featuring North Carolina

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Featuring the Northwestern North Carolina Counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Avery, Ashe, Caldwell, Iredell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin.

Carolina Corner was developed to provide information about the beautiful mountains and foothills of North Carolina. As with any trip to a new place, an excellent place to start would be our site map section, where you will find a complete description of everything available on Carolina Corner.

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Asheville

It is a town in the State of North Carolina is surrounded by the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina. It is placed in a mountainous landscape, presided by Appalachian mounts. Asheville, NC, gets 38 inches of rain per year. On average, there are 212 sunny days per year in Asheville, NC. The July high is around 85 degrees. Whenever you decide to visit our beautiful mountains, you'll find plenty of things to do in and around Asheville. In winter, enjoy mild days in Asheville with easy access to the higher elevations that are dusted in snow.

Asheboro

Located in the center of the State of North Carolina. In this place of motorcycling enthusiasts come to admire the collection of Harley Davidson that houses a museum of the population. Asheboro is a city in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States.

Arden

Small town in the State of North Carolina located in the mountains, west of the state. Arden is an unincorporated area located in southern Buncombe County, North Carolina, in the United States. Arden is approximately considered the area between Skyland and Fletcher near the Henderson County line. The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Arden, NC, gets 47 inches of rain per year. On average, there are 212 sunny days per year in Arden, NC. The July high is around 84 degrees.

Archdale

Archdale is a city in Guilford and Randolph counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina; just minutes from the largest furniture industry tradeshow and shopping district in the world..On average, there are 213 sunny days per year in Archdale, NC. Archdale, NC, gets 45 inches of rain per year. The July high is around 89 degrees. The January low is 30.

Apex

Apex is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, a satellite city of Raleigh. Located in southwestern Wake County, Apex combines a relaxing small-town atmosphere with convenience to big-city amenities. It was a small town once called "Log Pond" and later named Apex. The name "Apex" was adopted because the community was the highest point on the Chatham Railroad between Richmond, Virginia and Jacksonville, Florida. In July 2007, CNN/Money magazine ranked Apex #14th on its list of the nation's top 100 small towns.

Bakersville

It is a town in the state of North Carolina that owns a beautiful natural zone surrounded by mountains of the Appalachians. Bakersville is a town in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States.

Albemarle

Located in center of the State of Carolina of the North between natural vineyards and places. Albemarle, NC, gets 47 inches of rain per year. The US average is 37. Snowfall is 4 inches. The average US city gets 25 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 101.

North Carolina, on the edge of the Atlantic

North Carolina, at the edge of the present Atlantic not easy to differentiate North Carolina and the South Carolina ... Geographically, the area of the North Carolina is 139 sq. (900 KMS wide 240 KMS long) roughly the ¼ of France.

Charlotte

Charlotte, funny name for a town! It was named in honor of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III of England. His fierce resistance during the War of Independence against the English was also being called "Hornet's Nest" (nest of hornets).

Today, it is known that Charlotte has become one of the largest banking centers in the USA. It was born in 1755 in Charlotte Town, commercial crossroads between the Americans and English settlers.

Raleigh

It is not known whether Sir Walter Raleigh was a friend or lover Elizabeth 1st of England is always there that it conceded a great state of America, called Caroline. At the time, both were met Caroline. Today, Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina as well as Charlotte is the largest city in the two states.