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It’s the Piedmont’s best-kept rocky secret
Most people drive right past Hillsborough without stopping.
But just off the road, a lone mountain shoots up 350 feet from the Eno River, holding plants from the Appalachians, a butterfly frozen in time since the Ice Age, and a white quarry wall you have to see to believe.
At 867 feet, Occoneechee Mountain is the highest point in all of Orange County, and it sits within easy reach of Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh…