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Ebenezer Church boat ramp Of the six major public boat ramps on Jordan Lake, you might ask why put in a canoe or kayak at one of the busiest? It’s...

Beaverdam Recreation Area There’s a bit of dues paying associated with this paddle. Think of it as training for a longer, epic paddle at the coast. After putting in, hang...

Falls Dam to Buffaloe Road Raleigh is often called a city within a park. But did you know there’s a navigable river within the city within the park? From the...

The great thing about having a river run through town is that you needn’t go far for a paddle trip. In the case of Greenville and the Tar River, you...

Up for spending a day on the river? Then you’re up for the 14.3-mile Section 18 of the Neuse River. The put-in for this stretch is at NC 55, just...

Yes, it’s a long drive. But it’s oh-so-worth it. The millpond, which is where the paddling happens, is 760 acres. That may not seem like a lot of paddling for...

Goose Creek is a destination short on distance, long on wildlife viewing opportunities. From the put-in off Dinah’s Landing Road (SR 1365) there’s not much more than a mile of...

How good is the paddling on Contentnea Creek? So good it’s got its own paddling club devoted just to paddling and preserving the creek. The headwaters of Contentnea Creek begin...

Lake Brandt is one of three main watershed lakes rimming the north side of Greensboro. The lakes were created for drinking water, revered in these modern times for their vast...

Shallow Ford Natural Area All these Greensboro lakes are great, but isn’t there a nice, mellow river around here to paddle? Of course. And with the upper Haw River, you...

If you’re looking at an old map and scratching your head over the whereabouts of Randleman Regional Reservoir, no, you are not going crazy: It may well not be there....

Greensboro is something of the Minnesota of the Piedmont: while it may not have quite 10,000 lakes, it seems to have a lot. Most of the attention is focused on...

City Lake Park High Point Lake is one of those bodies of water that seems much bigger than it is. By the measuring stick, it’s 340 acres of water surface....

Mountain Island Lake Mountain Island Lake, connected to the Latta Plantation Nature Preserve, was built in 1924 as part of a hydroelectric project and provides drinking water to Mount Holly,...

There’s a Jekyll-and-Hyde nature to the 31-mile stretch of the Catawba River below the Lake Wylie dam just over the South Carolina line. At nominal water flow, the stretch is...

Looking at a map of the Uwharrie region northeast of Charlotte, it’s easy to overlook Falls Reservoir. In part, that’s because of its more imposing neighhbors: Badin Lake to the...

National Whitewater Center The Catawba River, which begins its 200-mile journey in the foothills east of Asheville, flows free in spots, is dammed in others, creating a mix of paddling...

Cane Creek Lake is a great destination if you simply can’t decide what you want to do. Sure, paddling is at the top of your list, and the 315-acre lake...