User:Deadslug/Carolina Thread Trail

The Carolina Thread Trail will be a regional trail network that will eventually reach 15 counties and over 2 million people in North Carolina and South Carolina. It is being administered by the Carolina Thread Trail Governing Board. The trail will cover an area of roughly 7,300 square miles, including parts of Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union counties in North Carolina, and Cherokee, Chester, Lancaster, and York counties in South Carolina. It will link with many local trails and connect regional attractions.

Two leading land conservation organizations are involved in advancing the project in the region in partnership with local land trusts and community parnters. Catawba Lands Conservancy is the lead agency for the project, while The Trust for Public Land, is serving as a key consultant. Other project partners include the Foundation for the Carolinas and Duke Energy.

The Thread Trail will focus on corridors that provide the connecting legs of a regional trail system. It will link individual local greenway and blueway projects.

Other regional trails in the area include the Palmetto Trail, which traverses South Carolina, from the mountains of Oconee State Park in the west to the Atlantic Ocean just north of Georgetown, South Carolina. Additionally, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail traverses several large sections of North Carolina between Clingmans Dome in the West all the way to Jockey's Ridge State Park near the Atlantic Ocean.

Reference

 * Carolina Thread Trail Website

External link

 * Catawba Lands Conservancy Website