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About this sound
TEXT: Section 9 of 17: One Trail with Many Partners. Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail is part of the National Trails System, which is administered by the National Park Service. The trail is administered in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina; local governments; and historical societies and citizen groups. Trail Partners offering special events and interpretive programs and activities are listed here. Abingdon Muster Grounds 1780 Muster Place Abingdon, V A 2 4 2 1 0, 276-525-1050, www.abingdonmustergrounds.com. Blue Ridge Parkway 1 9 9 Hemphill Knob Asheville, NC 2 8 8 0 3, 828-298-0398 for a recording 828-271-4779 for headquarters, www.n p s.g o v/ b l r i. Museum of North Carolina Minerals, Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 331, 828-765-2761, www.byways.org/explore/byways/2280/places/28594. Cowpens National Battlefield, P.O. Box 3 0 8, Chesnee, SC 2 9 3 2 3, 864-461-2828, www.n p s.g o v/c o w p. Fort Defiance, P.O. Box 686, Lenoir, NC 2 8 6 4 5, 828-754-7095, www.fortdefiancenc.org. Historic Burke Foundation (Quaker Meadows) P.O. Box 9 1 5, 102 East Union Street, Morganton, NC 2 8 6 8 0, 828-437-4104, www.historicburke.org. Kings Mountain National Military Park, 2 6 2 5 Park Road, Blacksburg, SC 2 9 7 0 2, 864-936-7921, www.n p s.g o v/k i m o. Kings Mountain State Park, 1277 Park Road, Blacksburg, SC 2 9 7 0 2, 803-222-3209, www.southcarolinaparks.com/park-finder/state-park/945.aspx. Lake James State Park, P.O. Box 340, Nebo, NC, 2 8 7 6 1, 828-652-5047, h t t p://i l s.u n c.e d u/parkproject/visit/l a j a /m a i n.p h p. Old Wilkes, Inc.100 East Main Street, Wilkesboro, NC 2 8 6 9 7, 336-667-3171, www.wilkesheritagemuseum.com. Pleasant Gardens (Joseph McDowell House)Highway 70 West, Marion, NC 2 8 7 5 2, www.mcdowellnc.org. Rocky Mount State Historic Site and Museum, P.O. Box 160, Piney Flats, TN 3 7 6 8 6, 423-538-7396, www.rockymountmuseum.com. Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area, 1651 West Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 3 7 6 4 3, 423-543-5808, h t t p ://state.tn.u s/environment/parks/SycamoreShoals. W. Scott Kerr Dam and Reservoir, 499 Reservoir Road, Wilkesboro, NC 2 8 6 9 7, 336-921-3390, www.s a w.u s a c e.a r m y.m i l/w i s c o t t/i n d e x.h t m.
Why parks record sound
The NPS Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division monitors soundscapes in parks across the United States. Natural quiet is treated as a resource to protect, like clean air or dark skies: noise from aircraft, vehicles and machinery can mask animal communication and change the experience of a place.
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Sources & credits
- TEXT: Section 9 of 17: One Trail with Many Partners. by US National Park Service – Public domain