North Carolina Reservoirs with Boat Ramps

North Carolina has 6 reservoirs with at least one public boat ramp, totaling 15 launch sites we track. Roanoke River (John H. Kerr Reservoir) has the most, with 7 ramps alone.

6 Reservoirs

15 Boat ramps

Roanoke River (John H. Kerr Reservoir) Most ramps (7)

6 Counties covered

Average of 2.5 boat ramps per reservoir.

Top Reservoirs

The 6 reservoirs with the most public boat ramps we track in North Carolina.

Roanoke River (John H. Kerr Reservoir) 7

Yadkin River (W. Kerr Scott Reservoir) 4

Mayo Creek (Mayo Reservoir) 1

Nutbush Creek - John H. Kerr Reservoir 1

Pee Dee River (Tuckertown Reservoir) 1

Tar River (Tar River Reservoir) 1

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All North Carolina Reservoirs with Boat Ramps

All 6 North Carolina reservoirs with public boat ramps are listed below. Reservoirs are sorted alphabetically by default, or you can reorder them by number of launch sites. Click any reservoir to view detailed ramp locations, maps, launch information and available facilities.

Good · Fair · Poor - EPA water quality assessment, shown only where every ramp on that reservoir falls within the same watershed.

Reservoir	Boat ramps	Counties
Mayo Creek (Mayo Reservoir)	1	1
Nutbush Creek - John H. Kerr Reservoir	1	1
Pee Dee River (Tuckertown Reservoir)	1	1
Roanoke River (John H. Kerr Reservoir)	7	2
Tar River (Tar River Reservoir)	1	1
Yadkin River (W. Kerr Scott Reservoir)	4	1

Other waterway types in North Carolina

Reservoirs aren't the only way ramps are organized here - browse another type below.

Rivers 73 Creeks 55 Canals 14 Lakes 12 Sounds & Straits 11 Bays 7 Ponds 1 Marshes & Swamps 1