U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Projects In North Carolina

Updated July 2025.

B. Everett Jordan Dam and Reservoir
2080 Jordan Dam Road
Moncure, NC 27559
(919) 542-4501
Jordan@usace.army.mil
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The 46,768 acres preserved by Jordan Lake are home to nine state recreation areas with family campgrounds, marinas, boat ramps, fishing, swimming and other recreation amenities. The Corps of Engineers has a visitors center, observation deck and boat ramp at the dam, and offers bank fishing along the tailrace below the spillway.

Cape Fear River Locks and Dams
P.O. Box 1890
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
(910) 251-4826
Email for Locks & Dams
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Paved boat and canoe launches are available at three sites on the improved Cape Fear River channel between Wilmington and Fayetteville, along with bank fishing, picnic areas with grills and large picnic shelters, water fountains and restrooms. They are in Bladen County off N.C. 87. Lock and Dam No. 1 is about 27 miles southeast of Elizabethtown. Its Rock Arch Rapids Fish Passage, a fish ladder allowing fish to migrate over the dam, is the first of its kind on the East Coast and includes a fishing pier. Lock and Dam No. 2 is about 1 mile southeast of Elizabethtown, then 1 mile northeast on a state road to the lock. William O. Huske Lock and Dam is about 17 miles southeast of Fayetteville. Click the photo for more information about Huske Lock & Dam.

Falls Lake
11405 Falls of Neuse Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
(919) 846-9332
falls@usace.army.mil
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There are seven state recreation areas among Falls Lake’s over 12,400 acres of water surrounded by 25,600 acres of undeveloped public lands operated in a partnership of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the State of North Carolina and several local governments. They offer family campgrounds, marinas, boat ramps, fishing, swimming, mountain bike trails, picnic shelters and other recreation amenities. Much of the land around Falls Lake is Game Lands managed by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.  The Corps of Engineers offers bank and dock fishing in the Falls Lake dam’s tailrace area, plus nature trails and a visitors center.

W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir
499 Reservoir Road
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
(336) 921-3390
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The several recreation areas at Kerr Scott include 11 day use areas, three family-style campgrounds (with electricity, water and showers), seven boat ramps, a marina, an archery course and more than 40 miles of mountain biking trails at this lake in the Yadkin River Valley foothills.

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