Forrest Lake

Forrest Lake is a reservoir in Cumberland, North Carolina. Forrest Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Haymount, as well as near the locality Talleywood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Airborne & Special Operations Museum and Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex.

Airborne & Special Operations Museum

Museum

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The United States Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum is part of the U.S. Army Museum Enterprise dedicated to preserving and teaching a public history of the Special Operations and Airborne community, as well as broader United States military history. Airborne & Special Operations Museum is situated 1½ miles northeast of Forrest Lake.

Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex

Park

The Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex is a museum about the history and cultural heritage of southern North Carolina. Opened in 1988 and located in Fayetteville, the museum is a regional branch of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh.

Fayetteville State University

University

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Fayetteville State University is a public historically black university in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the University of North Carolina System and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Fayetteville State University is situated 2½ miles north of Forrest Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fayetteville and Hope Mills.

Fayetteville

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Fayetteville is a city in Cumberland County, in the western part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain region. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg/Liberty/Bragg a major U.S. Army installation northwest of the city.

Hope Mills

Town

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Hope Mills is a town in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hope Mills had a population of 17,808. Hope Mills is situated 5 miles southwest of Forrest Lake.

Forrest Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Cumberland, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.04183° or 35° 2′ 31″ north

Longitude

-78.90808° or 78° 54′ 29″ west

Elevation

177 feet (54 metres)

Open location code

877323RR+PQ

GeoNames ID

4466903

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Localities in the Area

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