Discover NC: Stokes County

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Field trip opportunities in Stokes County

Hanging Rock State Park: Students will learn about the Sauratown Mountains and the Saura Indians for which the mountains were named at Hanging Rock State Park. Ranger led programs are available for class field trips which correlate to the North Carolina curriculum for 5th through 8th grades.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Horne Creek Farm: Through educational programs ranging from white oak basket making workshops to an annual corn shucking frolic, Horne Creek Living Historical Farm provides a unique opportunity to learn about our rural past. Find a listing of special events and more information about the facilities at this living history farm.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

YMCA Camp Hanes: Offers hands-on classes in environmental education which "encourages cooperation, teamwork, and understanding of ones own abilities and potential."; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Learn more about Stokes County

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Camp Hanes in Stokes County, North Carolina: This is YMCA Camp Hanes in Stokes County, North Carolina. In the background is Sauratown Mountain.; Format: image/photograph

Falls at Hanging Rock State Park in Stokes County, NC: These are small falls at Hanging Rock State Park in Stokes County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Hanging Rock in Stokes County, NC: This is Hanging Rock in Hanging Rock State Park, located in Stokes County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Lonely mountains: The monadnocks of the inner Piedmont: This Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” explores the geology of North Carolina's monadnocks, mountains that rise individually above the surrounding topogaphy.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Moratock Furnace in Stokes County, NC: This is Moratock Furnace near Danbury in Stokes County, North Carolina. It is a smelting furnace that was used to produce iron during the Civil War. It was built by Nathaniel Moody in 1843.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Fred Christian: Mrs. Fred Christian, of Stokes County, is seen posing in a long print apron in front of a model kitchen sink peeling potatoes. The black and white photograph taken around 1939 promotes home demonstration. A curtained window is over the sink. In the right side...; Format: image/photograph

Panorama of the Sauratown Mountains: This is a panorama of the Sauratown, or Saura, Mountains in Stokes and Surry Counties. Though the overall elevation of both counties is fairly low, the Sauratown Mountains cut through both counties and dominate the landscape, rising up to 1,700 feet above...; Format: image/photograph

Sauratown Mountains: In Lonely mountains: The monadnocks of the inner Piedmont, page 4; One of the best places to see real monadnocks in North Carolina's Piedmont is in the Sauratown Mountains north of Winston-Salem in Stokes and Surrey counties. Here are pinnacles and two high ridges that stretch west southwest from Hanging Rock and include...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Window Falls in Hanging Rock State Park: This is Window Falls in Hanging Rock State Park. Hanging Rock is located in Stokes County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

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