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Natural feature in Orange County

Occoneechee Mountain

A monadnock on the Eno just southwest of Hillsborough, at 867 feet the highest point in Orange County, and a state natural area since 1997.

Source: NC State Parks: Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area

3 indexed works are connected with this place.

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Indigenous Peoples & ArchaeologyEno & EnvironmentHealth, Medicine & CareLibraries, Archives & Public MemoryPolitics & GovernmentSchools & Education
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In the chronology

Dated events connected with this place, earliest first. See these 3 dated events in the chronology →

  1. A Hillsborough doctor has the picnic grounds and paths on Occoneechee Mountain put in order A Dr. Wilson raised money to fix up the picnic grounds near the mountain spring and the paths to Sofa Rock and the Panther's Den, so the town could reach them easily. The Orange County Observer thanked him for the people of Hillsboro.Search the index · DigitalNC: Orange County Observer, June 14, 1884, p. 3
  2. Occoneechee Mountain becomes a State Natural Area At the urging of the Eno River Association and The Nature Conservancy, the state began buying land on Occoneechee Mountain just south of Hillsborough, with the Conservancy purchasing 96 acres for the state. The 124-acre Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area was dedicated on July 20, 1999, with a blessing from an Occaneechi tribal member.Search the index · Eno River Association: Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area
  3. A house already moved once from Occoneechee Mountain is moved to 116 North Nash Street The house at 116 North Nash Street, built about 1910 on Occoneechee Mountain and moved to Collins Avenue in the 1950s, is moved again in 2005 to its present lot in the district.Search the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 116 North Nash Street

Maps of Occoneechee Mountain

Dated maps that show this place, oldest first: town plans, county, road and soil maps, fire insurance sheets and the U.S. Geological Survey’s topographic maps, each linked to the library or archive that holds it. The USGS maps are free to download.

  1. Map of Orange County UNC · a county map
  2. Map of Orange County, N.C. UNC · a county map
  3. A map of Orange County, N.C. UNC · a county map
  4. Soil map, North Carolina, Orange County sheet Duke · a county map
  5. School map, Orange County, North Carolina. UNC · a county map
  6. Map of Orange County, N.C. : 1939 UNC · a county map
  7. An atlas for Orange County, North Carolina UNC · a county map
  8. USGS topographic map, Hillsborough quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)
  9. USGS topographic map, Hillsborough quadrangle (1:24,000) U.S. Geological Survey (PDF)

Indexed works

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Widely held

Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area

North Carolina. Division of Parks and Recreation · 2022 · North Carolina State Parks

Trail map of Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area in Orange County, issued by North Carolina State Parks in January 2022 at a scale of about 1:7,000.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area (N.C.).

NC Digital Collections DPLA

Canada goose peering out from plants

North Carolina. Division of State Parks · 2014

A young Canada goose looks over the plants toward the camera at Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area in Hillsborough. Photographed 5 June 2014 by the North Carolina Division of State Parks.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area (N.C.).

NC Digital Collections DPLA

Our State

2021

Our State, May 2021 (volume 88, number 12), with a trails piece on Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area in Orange County among stories on nursing history, the Country Doctor Museum in Bailey, home schooling, potato harvests, birds and racetracks.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area (N.C.).

NC Digital Collections

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