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Tar River access points and trip distances, North Carolina

8 access points (8 public) along 70.6 river miles of the Tar 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)
0.0Sunset Park
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35.95268, -77.81802 1.7
1.7Battle Park
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35.96012, -77.79468 15.5
17.2Dunbar Bridge
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35.94033, -77.65489 12.4
29.6Bells Bridge
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35.92834, -77.54847 18.1
47.8Old Sparta
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35.79029, -77.54899 8.4
56.1Falkland
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35.69518, -77.49024 11.0
67.1Boat ramp near Parker Creek
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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35.61595, -77.36807 3.5
70.6Greenville
About 0.14 mi from the mapped river line.
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35.59751, -77.31406 end
Data notes: 1 access point is more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

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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