u/Doctorjaws

All photos by me. First 2 photos were in early July 2026.
The last 2 photos were in December 2025.

Essentially kings mountain national military park, kings mountain state park(SC) and crowders mountain state park(NC) are in the kings mountain eco region, and make up a significant portion of said ecoregion.

Essentially a mountain area located within the piedmont, thus disconnected from other mountain areas, enough for it to be considered a unique eco region.

As for Kings Mountain National Military Park, it’s the site of the 1780 battle of kings mountain which occured during the American revolution. The site is managed by the national parks service.

There was a huge event there in the 1930s and a huge amount of forest was completely destroyed in order to have space for the event. That plus logging prior is why the area is not old growth forest. However the park has since been reforested.

The park is managed by the national parks service. Which is a selling point for going there, the National park service just does a really good job at restoring native habitat and providing meaningful ecological/historical information.

The creatures in the first image are Chitons.

The big creatures in the 1st image are Chitons.

The horses were near Shacklesford banks, they went to some salt marsh and got stuck out there when high tide happened. I saw it on the ferry on my way to the South Core Banks, which is the island with the Lighthouse.

Edit: Seashore not Seahshore. Sorry.

Pretty cool short trail.

Went a couple weeks back. Did some stuff around the Ocunluftee area then drove up to Kuwohi. Didn’t go to Cade’s cove or much of the Tennessee side other then Kuwohi.

Much more hiking oriented then you’d think, especially since a bridge broke down meaning to get to the visitor center(which is inside the house) you have to hike around a lake. Plus there’s lots of trails behind the house.

Not my favorite NPS site I went to recently but definitely a lot more interesting than one would think. There are goats there.