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Black River access points and trip distances, North Carolina

4 access points (4 public) along 25.3 river miles of the Black River in North Carolina. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Ivanhoe
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34.60498, -78.24267 8.7
8.7Boat ramp near Rowan Creek
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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34.53988, -78.27136 10.8
19.5Hunts Bluff
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34.46583, -78.18081 5.9
25.3Boat ramp (south ramp)
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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34.41989, -78.12902 end

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from NC Wildlife Boating Access Areas, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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