NATURAL AREA INVENTORY FORM 

 (To be prepared for each site) 



Basic Information Summary Sheet 



1. Natural Area Name: Gull Rock Game Lands 



County : Hyde 



3. Location: In the southern part of the county between New 

 Holland and Pamlico Sound. 



4. Topographic quadrangle (s) : New Holland (1974) 



Bluff Point (1951) 



5. Size: Approximately 10,575 acres, measured with a grid calculator 



6. Elevation: 0-4 feet above mean sea level 



7. Access: There are several access points. The sweetgum stand is 



best reached by taking SR 1122 to Hydeland and from there 

 a private dirt road due east 0.7 miles. The eastern side 

 of the sweetgum stand can be reached from several points 

 along SR 1164 0.3-1.3 miles south of New Holland. The 

 pond pine pocosin is along the west side of SR 1164 be- 

 tween 3.1 and 4.2 miles south of New Holland. The eastern 

 margin of the low pocosin can be reached by going south 

 from New Holland 3.1 miles on SR 1164 to dirt road on 

 right (west) . Turn right and walk down dirt road for 

 about 1.2 miles to junction with north-south dirt road. 

 Low pocosin is along west side of this road. A repre- 

 sentative example of brackish marsh can be seen at end 

 of SR 1164 at Pamlico Sound. 



8. Names of investigators: J. Merrill Lynch S. Lance Peacock 



Route 2, Box 222-B P. O. Box 6006 

 Enfield, NC 27823 Raleigh, NC 2762E 



9. Date(s) of investigation: April 9, 29, June 16, 17, 28, 1982 

 10. Priority rating: High 



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