MCDOWELL COUNTY BY THE NUMBERS
2.4 ASSET INVENTORY This section provides an overview of tourism assets found throughout McDowell County and organizes them into four (4) major asset types including: 1) Natural Resources; 2) Outdoor Recreation and Managed Areas; 3) Main Street Communities; and 4) Historic and Cultural Resources. Each asset is listed within an asset type (see page right) and located on an inventory map (see Map 02: Asset Inventory, page 21). Highlighted throughout this section are signature tourism assets found throughout
TOTAL LAND AREA OF MCDOWELL COUNTY TOTAL ACRES OF CONSERVED LAND ACRES OF PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST ELEVATION RANGE MILES OF CATAWBA RIVER MILES OF TROUT STREAMS SQUARE MILES OF LAKE JAMES # OF MAJOR WATERFALLS MILES OF BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY # OF BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY ACCESS POINTS MILES OF USFS GRAVEL ROADS MILES OF PLANNED STATE TRAILS MILES OF EXISTING TRAILS
281,600 ACRES 98,368 OR 35% 73,728 4,695 FEET (970-5,665 FEET) 28 268 4 (2,560 ACRES) 4 34 3 53 86 140
McDowell County.
18 — Discovery & Analysis
DESTINATION MCDOWELL TOURISM MASTER PLAN
