Nature reserves in North Carolina
Land set aside and kept that way — refuges, game lands and wilderness, each held by somebody who says so on the record.
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430 nature reserves are published in North Carolina. The list below holds the 345 best-documented.
- Nantahala National Forest
- Pisgah National Forest
- Hibriten Mountain
- Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge
- Raven Knob Scout Reservation
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve
- Shining Rock WildernessBuilt 1964-9-3
- Big Rock Nature Reserve
- Auten Nature Preserve
- Allen Jay Park
- Green Swamp Preserve
- Stephen's Road Nature Preserve
- McDowell Nature Preserve
- North River Gameland
- Wrc Ivanhoe Access Area
- Wrc Town Creek Access Area
- Reid Wildflower Garden
- Swan Island Tract
- Pender County Wildlife Protection
- Robertson Creek Nature Preserve
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Wrc Grassy Island Access Area
- Wrc- Neuse River Island
- Richfield Park
- Swan Island Tract
- Wrc Boating Access Area
- Wrc Ennis Bridge Access Area
- Sandy Pines Nature Preserve
- Denr-Wrc Hunting Creek Swamp
- Lantern Acres Game Land/Creswell Wetl
- Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area
- Wrc Bridgeton Access Area
- Wildlife Resource Commission - Islands
- Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Bald Head Island Natural Area
- Swan Island Tract
- Wrc Bullard And Branch Hunting Preserve
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Wrc- Strange Management Property
- Pharr Family Preserve
- Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center
- Swan Island Tract
- Wrc High Rock Lake Access
- Swan Island Tract
- Catawba Wildflower Glen
- Pender County Wildlife Protection
- Swanquarter National Wilderness Area
- Turnipseed Nature Reserve
- Wrc Norwood Access Area
- WRC Plymouth Access Area
- WRC Columbia Access Area
- Wrc Perquimans Access Area
- North River Gameland
- Swan Island Tract
- WRC Unnamed Island Snows March #1 39-33
- Wrc Hinson Gameland
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Steep Bottom
- Swanquarter National Wilderness Area
- North River Gameland
- North River Gameland
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina
- Mccauley Mountain
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Currituck Estuarine Sanctuary
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30
- Lantern Acres Gameland
- Wrc Conaby Creek Access Area
- Strange Management Property
- North River Gameland
- Mcneill's Bridge Access Area
- Wrc- Neuse River Island
- Stoney Creek North Greenway
- Wrc Sloan Bridge Access Area
- North River Gameland
- Roberts Chapel Conservation Area
- Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center
- Prairie Island / Carolina Xeriscape
- Claridge Forest Center
- Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
- WRC Goose Crk Gameland And Smith Cr Acce
- Sampson County Game Land
- Bald Head Island Natural Area
- Swan Island Tract
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation
- North River Gameland
- Black Creek Crossing Private Use
- T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Natural Area
- Elk Valley Preserve
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary
- Richmond Hill Nature Park
- Cherry Farm Game Land
- Swan Island Tract
- Sawpit Landing Access Area
- Currituck Estuarine Sanctuary
- Wrc Vultare Access Area
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30
- Claridge Forest Center
- Swan Island Tract
- Wrc Sunset Harbor Access-Lockwood Folly
- Wrc Big Flatty Access Area
- Wrc- Neuse River Island
- E.G. Davenport Sr.
- Wrc Fayetteville Access Area
- Swan Island Tract
- North River Gameland
- Concord Church Access
- Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
- Wildlife Resource Commission - Islands
- Wrc Goose Crk Gameland And Smith Cr Acce
- Shoups Landing Access Area
- William L. Hunt Arboretum
- WRC Scuppernong River Access Area
- Swan Island Tract
- Brushy Face Preserve
- Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
- Roanoke Island Marshlands
- Uwharrie Game Land
- Durant Nature Preserve
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
- Hyde County Wildlife Preservation Lands
- Rocky Knob
- Ehnr Zekes Island-Esturine Sanctuary
- Swan Island Tract
- Wrc Kenansville Access Area
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
- Wrc Norwood Access Area
- Black Road Preserve
- Wrc Sans Souci Access Area
- Duke Forest Edeburn Division
- Uwharrie Game Land
- North River Gameland
- Kelly Glen Park
- Swanquarter National Wilderness Area
- Indigo Plantation Marsh Preserve
- Catawba College Ecological Preserve
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
- Clarke Creek Wetlands And Rookery
- Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve
- North River Gameland
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area
- Wrc High Hill Access Area
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
- Swanquarter National Wilderness Area
- Wrc Micro Boat Access
- Belk Scout Camp
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
- Bald Head Island Natural Area
- Swan Island Tract
- Swan Island Tract
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Swan Island Tract
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve
- Swan Island Tract
- Denr-Wrc Hunting Creek Swamp
- North River Gameland
- Cooleemee Access Area
- Gold Hill Rail-Trail
- Swan Island Tract
- Whitehall Nature Preserve
- Dan River Bends Preserve
- Wrc Windsor Boat Access Area
- Wrc Tunnis Access Area
- Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve
- Stones Creek Game Land
- Wrc Ferry Slip Island 39-32 (Nha)
- Panther Branch Natural Area
- Neuse River Game Land
- Wrc Stonehouse Creek Access Area
- Currituck Estuarine Sanctuary
- Wrc Grifton Access Area
- Pearl Mill Nature Preserve
- Wrc Cape Fear Access Area
- Linwood Gameland Access Area
- Swan Island Tract
- Falls Lake
- Wrc Hinson Gameland
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve
- South Pelicon Island 39-37(Nha)
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve
- NC Museum of Natural Sciences at Contentnea Creek
- North River Gameland
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve
- Pinecroft Lake Park
- Ocracoke Light Station
- Swan Island Tract
- Old Waynesborough Park
- Wrc- Neuse River Island
- West Branch Nature Preserve
- Pungo River Game Land
- Dan River Ford Preserve
- Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve
- Caraway Creek Preserve
- Currituck Estuarine Sanctuary
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Claridge Forest Center
- Wrc Richardson"S Bridge Access Area
- Swan Island Tract
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30
- Wrc Ashpole Swamp
- Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
- E.G. Davenport Sr.
- Chowan Swamp Natural Area
- Wrc- Strange Management Property
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Swan Island Tract
- North River Gameland
- Wrc Cape Fear Access Area
- Blue Pond Tiger Salamander Natural Area
- Currituck Estuarine Sanctuary
- Falkland Woods/Otter Creek Natural Area
- Medoc Mountain State Park
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Wrc- Neuse River Island
- North River Gameland
- Pender County Wildlife Protection
- Walden Creek Property
- Orange County Parks Operations Base
- Claridge Forest Center
- Latham-Whitehurst Nature Park
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Pender County Wildlife Protection
- Wrc Goose Crk Gameland And Smith Cr Acce
- Denr-Wrc Hunting Creek Swamp
- Wrc Hinson Gameland
- Wrc Lennon"S Bridge Access Area
- North River Gameland
- North River Gameland
- Ledge Creek Forest Conservation Area
- Wrc Goldsboro Access Area
- Welches Creek Game Land
- Wrc Cannon"S Ferry Access Area
- Bald Head Island Natural Area
- Lantern Acres Gameland
- Monkey Island Tract
- Wrc Bullard And Branch Hunting Preserve
- Swan Island Tract
- White Pines Natural Area
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area
- Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve
- Wrc Lakemont Access Area
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center
- Wrc Roanoke River Wetlands
- Wrc Summit Access Area
- Bat Fork Bog Site
- Goldsboro Access Area
- Wrc Edenhouse Bridge Access Area
- South River Preserve
- Swan Island Tract
- Adm Swampland
- Northwest River Marsh Gameland
- Bald Head Island Natural Area
- Satulah Mountain Preserves
- Pearl Mill Nature Preserve
- Smitheys Creek Public Use Area
- Wrc- Neuse River Island
- Thomas M. Winget Nature Preserve
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation
- Wrc Bullard And Branch Hunting Preserve
- Wrc Sunset Harbor Access-Lockwood Folly
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Swanquarter National Wilderness Area
- Wrc Avents Ferry Bridge Access Area
- Wrc Lake Waccamaw Access Area
- Swan Island Tract
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Pharr Yarns - Spencer Mountain Wetland
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Pitzer Road Public Fishing AreaBuilt 2022
- Wrc Old Sparta Access Area
- Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve
- Pearl Mill Nature Preserve
- Annie Cannon Gardens
- North River Gameland
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Wrc Windsor Boat Access Area
- Currituck Estuarine Sanctuary
- Caswell Farm Game Land
- Sawpit Landing Access Area
- Wrc Cox"S Ferry Access Area
- Flower Hill Nature Preserve
- Enr Esturine Preserve
- Roanoke Island Marshlands
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Berryhill Rhododendron Bluffs
- Wrc Henrico Access Area
- Wrc Hunt"S Bluff Access Area
- Rozzelles Ferry Nature Preserve
- Wrc- Neuse River Island
- Hamilton Access Area
- Wrc Sampson County Gamelands
- Currituck Estaurine Sanctuary
- Leaksville Boating Access
- Adams Tract
- Wrc Elwell"S Access Area
- Uwharrie Game Land - Birkhead Tract
- Swan Island Tract
- Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve
- Buckridge Coastal Reserve
- Lantern Acres Gameland
- Provincetown Forest
- Beaver Marsh Preserve
- Swan Island Tract
- Florence Nature Preserve
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30
- Monkey Island Tract
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Wrc Falkland Access Area
- Crooked Run Wildlife Management Area
- Swan Island Tract
- Swan Island Tract
- Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve
- Swan Island Tract
- Laurel Hill Nature Preserve
- North River Gameland
- Wrc Federal Point Access Area
- The Rocks Preserve
- Wrc-Wiccacon River Boating Access
- Chivington Scenic Easement
- Wrc North Pelican Island #1 & 2 39-29 & 39-30
- Wrc Gregory Borrow Pit
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Buckridge Coastal Reserve
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Gold Hill Rail-Trail
- Swan Island Tract
- Abbey Nature Preserve
- Pisgah Covered Bridge And Natural Area
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Roanoke River Wetlands
- Wildlife Resource Commission - Islands
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve
- Kitty Hawk Woods
- J. Morgan Futch Game Land
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail
- Cold Mountain Gameland
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study AreaBuilt 1975-1-3