We've been looking at Caraway Creek basin dams for a couple years. This is the largest, estimated at 600 feet across. It has a similar design as the other check dams we have visited. The one difference is that this one has mortar and is not dry stacked like the others. Last year the dam was hidden in a thicket which has now been cleared away.
Jan 2024 photo of same dam
Slanted spillway with spillway abutment in background
Mortared wall
The creek used go through the dam at the spillway but now has rerouted around the far side where it has blown out. The 1954 Hurricane Hazel may have caused that as it did the last dam we visited in the Uwharrie basin.
Cement slab may have been a footing for a tower.
Next up, is the scramble up Caraway Mountain. There is a road going almost to the top but we decided to take the more adventurous route from Camp Caraway. We walked through open forest, pine forest and thickets, not seeing much of interest on the way up. At the top, were limited views to the east. Back Creek Mountain was about the only view we had. There appears to have been a tower of some sort here. Also, we saw piles of rock and holes.
The top had stone walls on both the east and west sides. The stone walls paralleled each other but did not create an enclosure.
We headed down a very steep hillside and picked up an old road which led us to the shooting range below.
The shooting range had both short and long range targets. It had been dug out of a hillside with the excavated dirt used to create an impact area. From there we passed a pond and then a thicket which finally deposited us back at Camp Caraway.
Poor guy
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