North Carolina Boat Ramps
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Before you launch in North Carolina
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Lakes
- Atlantic Ocean (200)
- Intracoastal Waterway (18)
- Lake Norman (16)
- B Everett Jordan Lake (15)
- Morgan Bay (15)
- Lake Hickory (11)
- Fontana Lake (9)
- Lake Wylie (9)
- John H. Kerr Reservoir (8)
- Pamlico Sound (8)
- Badin Lake (7)
- Lake Gaston (7)
- Persimmon Lake (7)
- W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir (7)
- Brinkley Lake (6)
- Lake James (5)
- Lake Lure (5)
- Lake Santeetlah (5)
- Lake Tillery (5)
- Rhodhiss Lake (5)
- Chatuge Lake (4)
- Falls Lake (4)
- Kerr Lake (4)
- Kings Mountain Reservoir (4)
- Mountain Island Lake (4)
- Roanoke Rapids Lake (4)
- Tuckertown Reservoir (4)
- Hiwassee Lake (3)
- Nantahala Lake (3)
- Belews Lake (2)
- Blewett Falls Lake (2)
- Croatan Sound (2)
- Currituck Sound (2)
- Glenville Lake/Thorpe Lake (2)
- Great Pond (2)
- John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir (2)
- Lake Mattamuskeet (2)
- Lake Waccamaw (2)
- Long Stretch (2)
- Lookout Shoals Lake (2)
- Sellers Manufacturing Company Lake (2)
- Shadow Lake (2)
- Shearon Harris Reservoir (2)
- Thagards Lake (2)
- Wiggins Mill Reservoir (2)
Rivers, bays and coast
- French Broad River (23)
- Yadkin River (23)
- Haw River (20)
- Dan River (Rockingham County) (19)
- Neuse River (Wayne County) (14)
- Cape Fear River (Bladen County) (13)
- South Fork New River (13)
- Roanoke River (12)
- Tar River (8)
- Tuckasegee River (8)
- Chowan River (7)
- Tarkiln Creek (7)
- Dawson Creek (6)
- Lumber River (Robeson County) (6)
- Northeast Cape Fear River (6)
- Nantahala River (5)
- Neuse River (Wake County) (5)
- Pee Dee River (5)
- South Yadkin River (5)
- Black River (4)
- Cape Fear River (Harnett County) (4)
- Cashie River (4)
- Contentnea Creek (4)
- Ararat River (3)
- Blounts Creek (3)
- Broad River (3)
- Johns River (3)
- Little Tennessee River (Macon County) (3)
- Trent River (3)
- Waccamaw River (3)
- White Oak River (3)
- Adams Creek Canal (2)
- Alligator River (2)
- Bay River (2)
- Big Alamance Creek (2)
- Brice Creek (2)
- Calabash Creek (2)
- Catawba River (Burke County) (2)
- Chapel Creek (2)
- Greens Creek (2)
- Lumber River (Scotland County) (2)
- Mayo River (2)
- Mill Creek (Pamlico County) (2)
- New Bridge Creek (2)
- New River (2)
- Newport River (2)
- Northwest River (2)
- Perquimans River (2)
- Rocky River (2)
- Scuppernong River (2)
- Smith Creek (Pamlico County) (2)
- South River (2)
- Swift Creek (2)
Counties
- Alamance County (16)
- Alexander County (2)
- Anson County (2)
- Ashe County (7)
- Beaufort County (21)
- Bertie County (6)
- Bladen County (16)
- Brunswick County (42)
- Buncombe County (11)
- Burke County (16)
- Cabarrus County (3)
- Caldwell County (6)
- Camden County (5)
- Carteret County (83)
- Caswell County (1)
- Catawba County (5)
- Chatham County (24)
- Cherokee County (12)
- Chowan County (8)
- Clay County (5)
- Cleveland County (5)
- Columbus County (4)
- Craven County (22)
- Cumberland County (5)
- Currituck County (53)
- Dare County (51)
- Davidson County (8)
- Davie County (5)
- Duplin County (4)
- Durham County (4)
- Edgecombe County (3)
- Forsyth County (4)
- Gaston County (11)
- Gates County (4)
- Graham County (12)
- Granville County (3)
- Greene County (2)
- Guilford County (8)
- Halifax County (6)
- Harnett County (4)
- Henderson County (6)
- Hertford County (4)
- Hoke County (1)
- Hyde County (12)
- Iredell County (12)
- Jackson County (13)
- Johnston County (2)
- Jones County (6)
- Lee County (1)
- Lenoir County (2)
- Lincoln County (4)
- Macon County (9)
- Madison County (6)
- Martin County (3)
- McDowell County (3)
- Mecklenburg County (5)
- Montgomery County (13)
- Moore County (11)
- Nash County (2)
- New Hanover County (14)
- Northampton County (5)
- Onslow County (38)
- Orange County (3)
- Pamlico County (45)
- Pasquotank County (4)
- Pender County (18)
- Perquimans County (7)
- Person County (2)
- Pitt County (4)
- Polk County (1)
- Randolph County (1)
- Richmond County (5)
- Robeson County (7)
- Rockingham County (16)
- Rowan County (5)
- Rutherford County (8)
- Sampson County (1)
- Scotland County (1)
- Stanly County (7)
- Stokes County (10)
- Surry County (4)
- Swain County (16)
- Transylvania County (6)
- Tyrrell County (8)
- Union County (2)
- Vance County (11)
- Wake County (21)
- Warren County (7)
- Washington County (8)
- Watauga County (9)
- Wayne County (7)
- Wilkes County (16)
- Wilson County (4)
- Yadkin County (7)