Bass Lake (Watauga County, NC)
Bass Lake, also known as Cone Lake, is a man-made lake or reservoir located in Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. The Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, Moses H. Cone estate, also called Flat Top Manor, is on a hillside overlooking the lake, whose elevation is . Cone constructed two lakes on the property: Trout Lake and Cone Lake. The lakes are within Moses H. Cone Memorial Park which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Description Bass Lake is found in Moses H. Cone Memorial Park which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The lake's area is with a maximum depth of . It was previously known as Cone Lake. It was built . The lake was named Cone, because Moses H. Cone built two lakes on his estate: Trout Lake and Cone Lake. The estate was built on a hillside overlooking Cone Lake. The lake is supplied by two Perennial stream, perennial branches of Middle Fork of the New River (North Carolina), New River. The lake i ...
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Flat Top Manor
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Park is a country estate in honor of Moses H. Cone in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. It is on the Blue Ridge Parkway between mileposts 292 and 295 with access at milepost 294. Most locals call it Cone Park. The park is run by the National Park Service and is open to the public. It contains , a trout lake, a Bass Lake and of carriage trails for hiking and horses. The main feature of the park is a twenty-three room mansion called Flat Top Manor built around the early 1900s. At the manor, there is a craft shop and demonstration center, along with an information desk and book store. The activities in the park are walking, hiking, cross-country skiing, and horseback riding. More people use the park for hiking and horseback riding than any other activity. There is also fishing available at the two nearby fishing lakes. Many people also do amateur and professional photography, especially in the autumn. The park is open year-round and sees 225,000 peop ...
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