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Opened in 1962, the dam created a lake with a shoreline of 56 miles. The lake is used for boating, swimming, fishing, and waterskiing; it is especially noted for its excellent bass fishing. [22] The W. Kerr Scott lake is the largest body of water in Wilkes.
GNIS. 1024415 [1] The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in the US state of North Carolina, flowing 215 miles (346 km). [2] It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook. Several parts of the river are impounded by dams for water, power, and flood control.
The reservoir is impounded by Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam at river mile 336.2 (km 541.1) on the Arkansas River, just a few miles below its confluence with the Canadian River. The lock and dam are part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, which provides for barge navigation on the Arkansas River and some of its tributaries.
John H. Kerr Reservoir. The Dan River flows 214 miles (344 km) [5] in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. It rises in Patrick County, Virginia, and crosses the state border into Stokes County, North Carolina. It then flows into Rockingham County. From there it flows back into Virginia through Pittsylvania County before reentering ...
The Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin (alternatively watershed or drainage basin) is a large river basin in the eastern United States, covering around 7,221 square miles, making it the second largest in the state of North Carolina. Its headwaters rise near Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and the basin drains to the Atlantic Ocean in Winyah Bay, east ...
Central California fishing report for week of June 19-25. Roger George and Dave Hurley. June 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM. In this file photo, the south fork of the Kings River shows a strong current from ...
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park in Vance and Warren counties, North Carolina, in the United States. Located north of Henderson near the North Carolina- Virginia border, it includes 3,376 acres (13.66 km 2 ) [ 1 ] of woodlands along the shores of the 50,000-acre (202 km 2 ) man-made Kerr Lake .
Coordinates. 36°14′58″N 81°27′16″W / 36.249341°N 81.454337°W / 36.249341; -81.454337. Type. Cascade, slide. Total height. More than 250 ft [1] Cascade Falls, also called "The Cascades", is a waterfall located at E. B. Jeffress Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States.