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Hooker Falls
{{Infobox waterfall , photo = HookerFalls.JPG , photo_caption = Hooker Falls, Mar 2007 , name = Hooker Falls , location = DuPont State Forest, Transylvania County, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina , type = Block, Cascade , height = {{Convert, 14, ft, m, 0, abbr=on , drop = , number_drops = 2 , flow = , coords = {{coord, 35.202110, -82.623752 Hooker Falls is a 14-foot (3 m) waterfall located in the DuPont State Forest, southeast of Brevard, North Carolina. Geology Hooker Falls flows on the Little River through the DuPont State Forest. It is one of 4 major waterfalls on the Little River in this area, the others being High Falls, Triple Falls, and Bridal Veil Falls. History Hooker Falls has been known for years to local residents and was named for Edmund Hooker, who operated a mill below the falls in the late 1800s. At the time, it was named Mill Shoals Falls.Kevin Adams, ''North Carolina Waterfalls'', p. 258 The Falls can be seen in movies like ''Last of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DuPont State Forest
DuPont State Recreational Forest, commonly known as DuPont Forest, is a state forest, located in Henderson and Transylvania counties of North Carolina. The name originates from the fact that the DuPont company arranged the sale of the original tract to the state. Adjacent tracts have since been purchased and added to the state forest. Portions of the forest formerly contained a manufacturing facility for the production of X-ray film. The forest was used to shoot scenes from the 1992 film ''The Last of the Mohicans'' as well as the 2012 box office hit ''The Hunger Games''. On February 12, 2019, the forest added from Conserving Carolina, part of a section called the Continental Divide Tract that connects with other public lands. 314 more acres was added to the forest in 2019. History Before 1996, the area that is DuPont state forest today, Buck Forest, was owned by Dupont, who ran a plant on the property, until it was sold to Sterling Diagnostic Imaging. The remainder of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |