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North
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Canoeing |
Ararat
Significant scenic and recreational values. County:
Surry. Length: 23 miles. Location: From confluence with
Yadkin River to Mount Airy. Features & Activities:
Scenic and recreational. more…
Big Laurel Creek
Scenic, fast flowing stream with a 1,200-foot gorge
area. County: Madison. Length: 4 miles. Location: From
confluence with French Broad River to U.S. 25. Features
& Activities: Scenic, recreational, geological,
fishing and wildlife viewing. Dan: Popular recreational
stream and designated State Water Trail with archeological
values has diverse scenic and physiographic features.
Counties: Rockingham and Stokes. Length: 86 miles. Location:
Virginia state line. Features & Activities: Scenic,
recreational, geological, historical, cultural, fishing
and wildlife viewing. more…
French Broad Stream
Excellent canoeing stream (and a designated state water
trail) supports a diversity of wildlife and a variety
of plant life. Counties: Madison, Buncombe, Henderson
and Transylvania. Lengths: 37 and 60 miles. more…
Green Stream
Popular float stream features rugged, scenic gorge area.
County: Polk. Length: 6 and 26 miles. Location: From
Lake Adger to S.R. 1151 and from confluence with Brood
River to dam at Lake Adger. Features & Activities:
Scenic, recreational, geological, fishing and wildlife
viewing. more…
Little Tennessee Stream
Excellent float stream flows over a bed of gravel, boulders
and ledges bordered by beautiful scenery. Counties:
Swain and Macon. Length: 23 miles. Location: From above
Lake Fontana to Lake Emory. more…
Lumber and Drowning Creek
Secluded, blackwater stream with heavily forested cypress
swamps has an abundance of plant and animal life. Counties:
Columbus, Robeson, Scotland, Hoke, Richmond, Moore and
Montgomery. Length: 125 miles. Location: From Fair Bluff,
NC to U.S. 15-501; designated as a state water trail.
more…
Mayo Stream
Popular, extremely scenic whitewater stream in northern
Piedmont Province. County: Rockingham. Length: 16 miles.
Location: From confluence with Dan River to Virginia
state line. Features & Activities: Scenic, recreational,
fishing and wildlife viewing. Mitchell: Very scenic,
natural stream. Counties: Surry and Alleghany. Length:
10 miles. Location: From N.C. 268 to S.R. 1315. Features
& Activities: Scenic, recreational, geological,
historical, cultural, fishing and wildlife viewing.
more…
Moores Creek
Meandering wilderness stream with historical significance.
County: Pender. Length: 5 miles. Location:From confluence
with Black River to Moores Creek National Military Park.
Features & Activities: Scenic, recreational, historical,
cultural, fishing and wildlife viewing. more…
Nantahala Stream
Popular recreational stream flows through deep gorge
area. Counties: Swain, Macon and Clay. Length: 8 miles.
Location: From Lake Fontana to Nantahala Powerhouse.
Neuse: Varying degrees of contrast within segment drops;
superb scenery; and numerous historical features. Counties:
Craven, Pitt, Lenoir, Wayne, Johnston and Wake. Lengths:
34 and 111 miles. Location: From S.R. 1400 bridge to
Carolina Railroad bridge near Kinston and from above
Kinston to below Bridges Lake. more…
North Fork of the New Stream
Scenic, pastoral stream with numerous recreational opportunities.
County: Ashe. Length: 43 miles. Location: From confluence
with New River below Weavers Ford to Maxwell. Features
& Activities: Scenic, recreational, geological,
fishing and wildlife viewing. more…
South Fork of the New Stream
The oldest river in the U.S., flowing in the same channel
before the Appalachian Mountains were formed, offers
just enough whitewater to keep skilled beginners happy.
Yellow birch and sugar maple line the banks. Paddlers
must portage low water bridges. Counties: Allegheny,
Ash and Watauga. Length: 89 miles. Location: From confluence
to U.S. 421. The lower 26 miles have federal Natural
and Scenic River designation. Features & Activities:
Scenic, recreational, birding and wildlife viewing.
more…
North Toe Stream
Outstanding scenic mountain stream has many overhanging
rocks and bluffs. Counties: Yancey, Mitchell and Avery.
Length: 46 miles. Location: From confluence with Cane
and Nolichucky rivers to U.S. 19E bridge north of Ingalls.
Features & Activities: Scenic, recreational, geological,
fishing and wildlife viewing. more…
Pee Dee River
River traverses Piedmont region with much of its course
in impressive lowland swamp; scenic bluffs, numerous
oxbow lakes and sandbars. Counties: Anson, Richmond,
Montgomery and Stanly. Length: 42 miles. Location: From
South Carolina state line to Lake Tillery. Features
& Activities: Scenic, recreational, geological,
historical, cultural, fishing and wildlife viewing.
more…
Fishing
Fontana Lake
The elongated lake runs along the southwestern edge of
the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the southwestern
corner of the state. Located between Fontana Village and
Bryson City. Favorite catches: white bass, walleye, crappie,
catfish and bluegill.
Places to camp nearby: Almond, Balsam, Bryson City, Cherokee,
Fontana Village, Franklin, Hayesville, Maggie Valley,
Murphy, Robbinsville, Topton more…
French Broad River
The river flows 210 miles north and west from the mountains
of western North Carolina to the Holston River to form
the Tennessee River at Knoxville, Tennessee. Favorite
catches: muskie and sauger. Places to camp nearby: Asheville,
Bat Cave, Brevard, Busick, Cove Creek, Hendersonville,
Hot Springs, Marion, Micaville, Old Fort, Saluda more…
High Rock Lake
A 15,750-acre lake on the Yadkin River in the middle
of the state. Located about 7 mi. S. of Lexington, or
8 mi. E. of Salisbury, off I-85. Favorite catches: bass,
catfish, crappie and bluegill. Places to camp nearby:
Albemarle, Asheboro, Clemmons, High Point, Lexington,
Mocksville, Salisbury, Statesville more…
John H. Kerr Reservoir
A 50,000-acre lake with an 800-mile shoreline on the
Roanoke River at the Virginia border in northeastern
North Carolina. Located just north of Henderson on Hwy.
39, or 5 mi. W. of Norlina off U.S. 1/158. Favorite
catches: striped bass, crappie, catfish and bluegill.
Places to camp nearby: Henderson, Norlina more…
Lake Mattamuskeet
North Carolina's largest, freshwater coastal lake (30,000
acres). Located about 30 mi. E. of Belhaven, off U.S.
264; or 60 mi. S.W. of Manteo off U.S. 264 in the eastern
part of the state. Favorite catches: bass, panfish and
pickerel. Places to camp nearby: Belhaven, Buxton, Coinjock,
Frisco, Gatesville, Hatteras, Rodanthe, Salvo more…
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South
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New
River and Great Swamp
Coastal marshland stream with a relatively undeveloped
corridor area has an abundance of wildlife. Counties:
Beaufort and Jasper. Length: 37 miles. Location: From
confluence with Claiborne Sound to I-95 bridge. more…
Pee Dee
River with numerous oxbow lakes and sandbars and an
abundance of wildlife flows through lowland swamps and
beneath scenic bluffs. Counties: Georgetown, Horry,
Marion, Florence, Dillon, Darlington, Marlboro and Chesterfield.
Length: 166 miles. Location: From confluence with Atlantic
Ocean to North Carolina state line. more…
Santee and South Santee
Slow moving, shallow swamp stream passes by numerous
historical and archeological sites. Counties: Charleston,
Georgetown, Berkeley, Williamsburg and Clarendon. Length:
77 miles. Location: From confluence with Atlantic Ocean
to Wilson Dam and Lake Marion. more…
Fishing
Coosawhatchie River
A river in the southern part of the state that starts
near Allendale and flows southeast to the Broad River,
near Point South. Favorite catches: bass, catfish and
bluegill.
Places to camp nearby: Beaufort, Ehrhardt, Green Pond
more…
Great Pee Dee River/Little Pee Dee River
Two rivers in eastern South Carolina which flow south
from North Carolina, then merge near Myrtle Beach, and
continue south to empty into the Winyah Bay at Georgetown.
Favorite catches: bass, pickerel, redbreast sunfish,
and catfish. Places to camp nearby: Cheraw, Dillon,
Florence, Murrells Inlet, Myrtle Beach more…
Hartwell Lake
A 56,000-acre lake on the Savannah River on the northwest
border with Georgia. Located at Fair Play and Townsville,
off I-85; or 10 mi. W. of Anderson on Hwy. 24. Favorite
catches: bass, crappie, bluegill and hybrids. Places
to camp nearby: Anderson, Clemson, Fair Play, Greenville,
Pickens, Townville, Walhalla more…
Lake Keowee
An 18,500-acre lake in northwestern South Carolina.
Located about 5 mi. E. of Walhalla. Favorite catches:
bass, crappie and bluegill. Places to camp nearby: Anderson,
Clemson, Greenville, Pickens, Townville, Walhalla more…
Lake Marion
One of two lakes in the Santee-Cooper system in south-central
South Carolina. This 110,660-acre lake contains many
inlets of only partially cleared water and thousands
of tree stumps and trunks, and live cypress trees. Located
on the eastern side of Santee and Eutawville off Hwy.
6. Favorite catches: striped bass, crappie, catfish
and bluegill.
Places to camp nearby: Bonneau, Eutawville, Manning,
Santee, Sumter more…
Lake Moultrie
One of two lakes in the Santee-Cooper lake system in
south-central South Carolina. This 60,400-acre lake,
separated from Lake Marion to the north by a diversion
canal, is more open than its counterpart. Located on
the west edge of Bonneau. Favorite catches: bass, crappie,
bluegill and catfish. Places to camp nearby: Bonneau,
Eutawville, Summerville more…
Lake Murray
A 50,000-acre lake on the Saluda River in the middle
of the state. Located about 10 mi. W. of Columbia. Favorite
catches: bluegill, crappie, rockfish and bass. Places
to camp nearby: Chapin, Columbia, Winnsboro more…
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