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Open seven days a week from sunrise to sundown, the Gold Hill Mines Historic Park is a popular 70-acre green space that is owned and operated by the Historic Gold Hill and Mines Foundation. Though the park can be enjoyed for all of the usual park activities like hiking, biking, and even for equestrian trails, it is better known for the many historic sites that can be visited on its grounds.


Landmark sites that can be explored at the Gold Hill Mines Historic Park include the Russell-Rufty Memorial Shelter, the Gold Hill Assay Office Museum, the Bernhardt Log Barn, and the Miller Miner Shaft. Along the hiking trail, visitors can also explore the Powder House, an 1845 cavern built into the hillside that was designed to store dynamite and other blasting materials from the mining era. Another gold mining relic to see at the park is the Chilean Ore Mill, which dates back to the early 1840s and is assumed to be the only ore mill of its kind left in the country with all of its original parts still intact.

735 St. Stephens Church Road, Gold Hill, North Carolina, Phone: 704-267-9439

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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