ASHEBORO
A 165-acre King Mountain addition to the Uwharrie National Forest will fill one of three remaining gaps in the Uwharrie National Recreational Trail.
The trail was built by the Boy Scouts several decades ago.
The trail was more than 40 miles long at one point, but some of it crosses private property, and only about half of its length has been available for public use in the past 10 years or so.
The LandTrust for Central North Carolina and the U.S. Forest Service announced yesterday the completion of the King Mountain land transfer, which fills in a major gap in the trail.
The trust has two more properties under option to purchase, and these additional lands could expand the trail to 30 miles.
The Uwharrie National Forest is largely in Montgomery County, and extends into Randolph and Davidson counties.
A $500,000 federal appropriation went toward purchase of the property, which includes the peak of King Mountain.
The trust owns another 190 acres, but is asking for state or federal money to pay off debt with the property before it can be placed into public ownership.
For more information on the Uwharrie recreation trail, visit www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/uwharrie/index.htm, and then click "Hiking Trails" on the left of the Web page.
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