Linville River

River in North Carolina, United States

Linville River

Linville River

Location of the mouth of Linville River in North Carolina

Location
Country| United States
State| North Carolina
Counties| Avery, Burke
Physical characteristics
Source| Linville Gap
• location| Sugar Mountain, North Carolina
• coordinates| 36°07′23″N 81°50′44″W﻿ / ﻿36.12306°N 81.84556°W﻿ / 36.12306; -81.84556[1]
• elevation| 4,051 ft (1,235 m)
Mouth| Catawba River

• location

| Glen Alpine, North Carolina

• coordinates

| 35°44′35″N 81°50′11″W﻿ / ﻿35.74306°N 81.83639°W﻿ / 35.74306; -81.83639[1]

• elevation

| 1,230 ft (370 m)[1]
Basin features
Progression| Linville → Catawba → Wateree → Santee → Atlantic Ocean
River system| Catawba River
Tributaries|
• left| Little Grassy Creek, Big Grassy Creek, Stacey Creek, Cow Branch, Buckwheat Branch, Canoe Branch, Camp Creek (North Carolina), Gulf Branch, Bull Branch, Chimney Branch, Cambric Branch, White Creek
• right| Linville West Fork, Jenny Branch, Crossnore Creek, Bill White Creek, Golden Creek, Shooks Creek
Waterfalls| Linville Falls

The Linville River is a river in western North Carolina, United States. The river begins in the slopes of Peak Mountain, Sugar Mountain and Flattop Mountain, in the Linville Gap area (also known as Tynecastle). As it goes south through Avery County, it passes through the communities of Grandfather, Linville, Pineola, Crossnore and finally at Linville Falls. After entering Burke County at the community of Linville Falls, the river becomes the centerpiece of the Linville Falls and the Linville Gorge, an area referred to as "the Grand Canyon of North Carolina." After approximately 30 miles (48 km), the river ends at Lake James and the Catawba River; the original confluence with the Catawba River has been flooded by the creation of the reservoir in 1923.[dubious - discuss]

In 1975, North Carolina designated 13.0 miles (20.9 km) of the river as Linville State Natural River, including it in the state's Natural and Scenic Rivers System.[2][3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Linville River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 17, 1980. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
2. ^ "Size of the North Carolina State Parks System" (PDF). North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation. January 1, 2011. pp. 1–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 6, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
3. ^ "Directory of State Parks and Recreation Areas" (PDF). North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings. May 1, 2010. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.

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Protected areas of North Carolina

Federal|

| National Parks|

* Great Smoky Mountains

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National Historic Sites|

* Carl Sandburg Home
* Fort Raleigh

National Memorials|

* Wright Brothers

National Military Parks|

* Guilford Courthouse

National Battlefields|

* Moores Creek

National Parkways|

* Blue Ridge Parkway
* Crabtree Falls
* Craggy Gardens
* Cumberland Knob
* Doughton Park
* E.B. Jeffress Park
* Julian Price Memorial Park
* Linville Falls
* Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
* Mount Pisgah
* Waterrock Knob

National Trails|

* Appalachian Trail
* Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

National Seashores|

* Cape Hatteras
* Cape Lookout

National Marine Sanctuary|

* Monitor

National Estuarine
Research Reserve|

* Currituck Banks
* Rachel Carson
* Masonboro Island
* Zeke’s Island

National Forests|

* Cherokee
* Croatan
* Nantahala
* Pisgah
* Uwharrie

National Wildlife Refuges|

* Alligator River
* Cedar Island
* Currituck
* Great Dismal Swamp
* Mackay Island
* Mattamuskeet
* Mountain Bogs
* Pea Island
* Pee Dee
* Pocosin Lakes
* Roanoke River
* Swanquarter

Wilderness Areas|

* Birkhead Mountains
* Catfish Lake South
* Ellicott Rock
* Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock
* Linville Gorge
* Middle Prong
* Pocosin
* Pond Pine
* Sheep Ridge
* Shining Rock
* Southern Nantahala
* Swanquarter

Wilderness Study Areas|

* Craggy Mountain
* Harper Creek
* Lost Cove
* Overflow
* Snowbird

Wild and Scenic Rivers|

* Chattooga River
* Horsepasture River
* Lumber River
* New River
* Wilson Creek

State|

| State Parks|

* Carolina Beach
* Carvers Creek
* Chimney Rock
* Cliffs of the Neuse
* Crowders Mountain
* Dismal Swamp
* Elk Knob
* Eno River
* Fort Macon
* Goose Creek
* Gorges
* Grandfather Mountain
* Hammocks Beach
* Hanging Rock
* Haw River
* Jockey's Ridge
* Jones Lake
* Lake James
* Lake Norman
* Lake Waccamaw
* Lumber River
* Mayo River
* Medoc Mountain
* Merchants Millpond
* Morrow Mountain
* Mount Mitchell
* New River
* Pettigrew
* Pilot Mountain
* Pisgah View
* Raven Rock
* Rendezvous Mountain
* Singletary Lake
* South Mountains
* Stone Mountain
* William B. Umstead

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State Recreation Areas|

* Falls Lake
* Fort Fisher
* Jordan Lake
* Kerr Lake

State Natural Areas|

* Hemlock Bluffs
* Lea Island
* Masonboro Island
* Mount Jefferson
* Occoneechee Mountain
* Theodore Roosevelt
* Weymouth Woods

State Lakes|

* Bay Tree Lake
* Jones Lake
* Lake Phelps
* Salters Lake
* Singletary Lake
* Lake Waccamaw
* White Lake

State Trails|

* Dan River
* Deep River
* East Coast Greenway
* Equine
* Fonta Flora
* French Broad River
* Haw River Trail
* Hickory Nut Gorge
* Mountains-to-Sea
* Northern Peaks
* Overmountain Victory
* Roanoke River
* Saluda Grade
* Wilderness Gateway
* Yadkin River

State Rivers|

* Horsepasture River
* Linville River
* Lumber River
* New River

State Forests|

* Bladen Lakes
* DuPont
* Headwaters
* Rendezvous Mountain

Educational State Forests|

* Clemmons
* Holmes
* Jordan Lake
* Mountain Island
* Turnbull Creek
* Tuttle

State Historic Sites|

* Alamance Battleground
* Charles B. Aycock Birthplace
* Historic Bath
* Bennett Place
* Bentonville Battleground
* Brunswick Town / Fort Anderson
* C.S.S. Neuse and Governor Caswell Memorial
* Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial
* Duke Homestead
* Historic Edenton
* Fort Dobbs
* Fort Fisher
* Historic Halifax
* Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
* House in the Horseshoe
* North Carolina Transportation Museum
* President James K. Polk Historic Site
* Reed Gold Mine
* Somerset Place
* Stagville
* State Capitol
* Thomas Wolfe Memorial
* Town Creek Indian Mound
* Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens
* Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace

State Coastal Reserves|

* Bald Head Woods
* Bird Island
* Buxton Woods
* Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge
* Kitty Hawk Woods
* Permuda Island

Other|

| Nature centers|

* List of nature centers in North Carolina

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