Lake James State Park

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox protected area 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 Template:Convert<ref name=ParkSize /> and borders Template:Convert Lake James. Template:Stack

History

Started in 1987, Lake James State Park had 471,566 visitors in 2014. The park added Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert with Template:Convert 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The further conservation, preservation, and protection of the park is formally supported by the Friends of Lake James State Park.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>