PADDLING SURRY

E Dobson G STOKES D i n s M o u n t a w n I i v e r 11 r a t o R S a u R WILKESKES WATAUGA n E d k i Ya U 16 YADKIN FORSYTHFOR L Wilkesboro n s B a i Yadkinville Kernersville W. Kerr Scott n t 6 14 o u 15 CALDWELL Reservoirr M Winston-Salem

h y r u s 9 B ALEXANDEREXANDER 12 IREDELL DAVIE Mocksville in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin Thomasville LexingtonL Statesville DAVIDSON RANDOLPH High Asheboro The Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin offers many opportunities for paddling ROWAN Rock 17 5 Lake Uwharrie Mountains creeks, ponds, streams, rivers and lakes. The places included here offer Salisbury public access areas maintained by state, federal or local governments. Mooresville Tuckertown13 Reservoir Badin

Lake e i Privately operated marinas and boat docks may also be available. This list r r Kannapolis P a e h does not include locations for whitewater adventure. These trails and lakes e w Concord 2 8 1 U D 4 are suitable for easy to moderate paddling. Albemarle e CABARRUS e Troy MECKLENBURG MONTGOMERY STANLY U W H A R R I E 7 Lake N A T I O N A L 1 Albemarle City Lake Tanglewood/recr_MallardLake.aspx ● Mint Hill Tillery F O R E S T http://www.ci.albemarle.nc.us/pr_parks.htm Rental boats only. 10 ● 100 acres R Blewett Falls i v Lake 10 Pee Dee River e r RICHMOND 2 Badin Lake/Narrows Reservoir • N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: Monroe Wadesboro http://www.alcoa.com/yadkin/en/info_page/ 3 access areas* UNION ANSON 3 lake_access.asp ● 5,355 acres Rockingham • Alcoa-Yadkin: 3 access areas 11 Pilot Mountain State Park • N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: 2 http://www.ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/ ● access areas* pimo/home.html Access to 2-mile stretch of the Yadkin River. • N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: 2 • Uwharrie National Forest: 1 access area access areas* http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/ 12 Salem Lake uwharrie (365 acres) http://www.cityofws.org/ 14 W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir ● www.saw.usace.army.mil/wkscott/index.htm 3 Blewett Falls Lake recreation/lakes_new/lakes_new.html Rentals boats available ● 1,475 acres ● Seven boat ramps and a http://www.progress-energy.com/ ● 2,560 acres canoe launch. • N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: 13 Tuckertown Lake 2 access areas* http://www.alcoa.com/yadkin/en/info_page/ 15 Winston Lake lake_access.asp ● 2,560 acres http://www.cityofws.org/recreation/lakes_ 4 Falls Lake new/lakes_new.html ● 20 acres http://www.alcoa.com/yadkin/en/info_page/ • Alcoa-Yadkin: 3 access areas lake_access.asp ● 204 acres • Alcoa-Yadkin: 1 access area • Uwharrie National Forest Deep Water Trail 16 YADKIN RIVER CANOE TRAIL (http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation (highlighted in yellow) The 124-mile Yadkin River Trail starts below the W. Kerr Scott Resevoir near /uwharrie) Wilkesboro and ends at High Rock Lake in Davidson County. There are 14 public access points and 5 High Rock Lake two portages along this lazy stretch of the Yadkin, suitable for paddlers with beginner-to-moderate http://www.alcoa.com/yadkin/en/info_page/ skills. Maps are available from the Yadkin River Trail Association, http://www.yadkinrivertrail.org. lake_access.asp ● 15,180 acres Miles to Next Miles to Next • Alcoa-Yadkin: 5 access areas Access Area Take-out Access Area Take-out • N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: 1 access area* Tailwater ...... 7.1 N.C. 801 access ...... 8.8 • N.C. 601 access area (near Salisbury) Smoot Park (North Wilkesboro) ...... 13.2 Boone’s Cave Rest Stop ...... — • Salisbury Pump Station Ronda Park (Ronda) ...... 6.8 Salisbury Pump Station ...... 4.8 Elkin Crater Park (Elkin) ...... 11.1 York Hill, S.C...... end 6 Kernersville Lake Yadkin Shore Access (Crutchfield) . . . . .16.7 17 SOUTH YADKIN RIVER CANOE TRAIL http://www.co.forsyth.nc.us/Parks/kvillelake. Shoals/Pilot Mountain State Park ...... 6.9 aspx ● 60 acres ● Rental boats only. The following sites comprise a short canoe trail Yadkin Islands Rest Stop ...... — on the South Fork Yadkin River, which spills 7 Lake Tillery Donnaha Park (N.C. 67) ...... 6.6 into the Yadkin River just north of Salisbury. http://www.progress-energy.com ● 5,260 acres Winston-Salem Water Intake Dam ...... — Old U.S. 421 River Park ...... 5.4 Miles to Next • N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: Access Area Take-out 4 access areas* Huntsville (undeveloped) ...... 10.9 Tanglewood Park (Clemmons) ...... 16.6 N.C. 801 ...... 2 8 Little River Idols Dam Portage ...... — Cooleemee River Park ...... 4 • N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission: U.S. 64 access ...... 8.9 U.S. 601 ...... 6 1 access area* Salisbury Pump Station ...... end

9 Mallard Lake *For detailed directions to N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission boating access areas, visit ● ~10 acres http://www.co.forsyth.nc.us/ http://www.ncwildlife.org/ and click on “Boating/Waterways,” then “Maps/Location.”