Big Rock Nature Preserve
Nature reserves in North CarolinaParks in Charlotte, North CarolinaProtected areas established in 1994Protected areas of Mecklenburg County, North CarolinaRock shelters in the United States
The Big Rock Nature Preserve is a nature preserve and park with a natural rock shelter in Charlotte, North Carolina. Big Rock is known for its "very big and quite significant rocks" which are the largest known exposed boulders in Mecklenburg County. The eponymous rocks are part of a granite pluton and form a natural rock shelter with archaeological evidence of human use dating to 5500 BC.
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Elmstone Drive, Charlotte
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N 35.0615 ° | E -80.827638888889 ° |
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Big Rock Nature Reserve
Elmstone Drive 6500
28277 Charlotte
North Carolina, United States
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