Lake James State Park

Lake James State Park is a North Carolina state park in Burke and McDowell counties, North Carolina in the United States. Located near Nebo, North Carolina, it covers 3743 acre and borders 6510 acre Lake James.

History
Started in 1987, Lake James State Park had 471,566 visitors in 2014. The park added 2,915 acres purchased from Crescent Resources, which once managed Duke Energy real estate, in the Long Arm Peninsula and Paddy's Creek areas in 2005. On January 11, 2016, Governor Pat McCrory announced the addition of 129 acres with 8900 feet of shoreline. The land was purchased for $1.74 million through the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund. Crescent Communities (formerly Crescent Resources) had kept the land in 2005 but sold it after The Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina arranged the deal.

Nearby state parks
The following state parks and state forests are within 30 mi of Lake James State Park:
 * Chimney Rock State Park
 * Grandfather Mountain State Park
 * Mount Mitchell State Park
 * Roan Mountain State Park, Tennessee
 * South Mountains State Park
 * Tuttle Educational State Forest