Lenoir County Paddler`s Guide

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Tull’s Mill Pond
1594 Old Pink Hill Road
Deep Run, NC 28572
(252) 568-4634
Hours: 7 a.m.-Dusk Mondays-Sundays
March 1-Nov. 30
Admission: $5 per person for boat fishing
$3 per person for bank fishing
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Tull’s Mill Pond is a 200-acre mill pond that is
open to the public for58fishing, kayaking and
canoeing. The pond is stocked with bluegills,
channel catfish, largemouth bass, shellcrackers, fliers, robin and perch. A concrete boat
ramp provides access for those fishing with
their own boat. Bank fishing is also available
along with an on-site bait shop open 7 days a
week.
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Contentnea Creek
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Contentnea Creek flows southeasterly to join
the Neuse River downstream from Kinston.
It is primarily a lowland, slow-moving, winding stream flowing 55
through Spanish mosscovered oaks and cypress. The creek meanders among typical coastal floodbanks which
quickly become submerged following heavy
rains.
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Drop: 6’
Time: 3 hrs.
Difficulty: A
Scenery: A
Distance: 8 mi.
Water Quality: Good
Gauge: None. Can be run all year.
Difficulties: None, except possible downed
trees.
LENOIR COUNTY TOURISM
Kinston-Lenoir County
Visitor Center
101 East New Bern Rd. • Kinston, NC 28501
(252) 522-0004
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Promote Safe
Paddling.
Please use PFD
at all times.
www.visitkinston.com
Another Partners In
Progress Project by
the Convention &
Visitors Bureau
& Lenoir County Tourism
The Neuse River begins at the confluence
of the Eno and Flat rivers in Durham
County. The first 20 or so miles
include the backwaters of Falls
of the Neuse Lake. The river
was navigable by barge from
Smithfield downstream in the
early 1800s. Beyond quaint
Smithfield Commons, the river
passes the unique Cliffs of the
Neuse, the village of Seven
Springs where the Confederate ram Neuse was built, and
11 - NC 111 bridge to Wayne County
Rt. 1731 bridge at Seven Springs
Some six miles down this section the banks
on the right will begin to rise slowly into high
bluffs, which indicates your entry into the
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park, a nice place to
visit and break your trip.
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Cliffs of
the Neuse
State Park
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Drop: 5’
Time: 3.25 hrs.
Difficulty: B
Scenery: A
Distance: 8 mi.
Water Quality: Good
Gauge: None. Can be run all year.
Difficulties: None.
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Richard Caswell
Memorial &
CSS Neuse
State Site
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on downstream to
the gunboat’s
remains at Kinston. Nearby, John
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Lawson, author of History
of North Carolina, was
captured and later execut903
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ans for traveling upstream
from New Bern. This act
resulted in the Tuscarora
War which began in 1711. It
is believed that the river gained
its name from the Neusiok, a tribe
belonging to the Tuscarora Nation.
From Kinston down, steamboats cruised
the river until the 1890s. Later, the clearing
of woodlands for agriculture resulted in the
river becoming shallow as we find it today.
- A Paddlers Guide To Eastern North Carolina
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H1
Motorboat Ramp
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N 35˚ 15’ 38.05”
W 77˚ 35’ 09.48”
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HISTORIC SITES
H1
Where the CSS Neuse was probably located
in Feb. 1864 to be fitted out with cannons
and iron armor plating for war against Union
forces. N 35° 15’ 37.73” W 077° 35’ 1.80”
H2
14 - Wildlife access area
at US 70W
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to NC 55 bridge
Where CSS Neuse was sunk by her crew
March 10, 1865.
N 35° 15’ 21.1” W 077° 35’ 22.4”
H3
Site of Confederate Camp Pool and river
obstructions. N 35° 15’ 41.9” W 077° 31’ 42.8”
Drop: 9’
Time: 4.5 hrs.
Difficulty: B
Scenery: A-C
Distance: 11.5 mi. Water Quality: Good
Gauge: None. Can be run all year.
Difficulties: None.
15 - NC 55 bridge to Craven County
Rt. 1470 bridge
Neuseway
Nature
Park
H2
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N 35˚ 15’ 38.52”
W 77˚ 37’ 07.81”
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N 35˚ 13’ 27.80”
W 77˚ 46’ 00.45”
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12 - Wayne County Rt. 1731 bridge
at Seven Springs to Lenoir County
1152 bridge (Hardy Bridge)
Drop: 4’
Time: 2.5 hrs.
Difficulty: B
Scenery: A
Distance: 6 mi.
Water Quality: Good
Gauge: None. Can be run all year.
Difficulties: None.
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Drop: 11’
Time: 5.25 hrs.
Difficulty: B
Scenery: A-B
Distance: 12.8 mi. Water Quality: Good 11
Gauge: None. Can be run all year.
Difficulties: None.
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N 35˚ 13’ 43.96”
W 77˚ 50’ 45.81”
Legend
13 - Lenoir County 1152 bridge to
wildlife access area at US 70W
A short distance downstream on the left lie the
remains of the Confederate gunboat Neuse, which
engaged the Union forces advancing on Kinston
before being scuttled
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to prevent her capture. This occurred some five
miles downriver. After many problems the 500-ton
hull was raised and moved to this site in 1964. It
is a short walk to the Neuse and the visitor center.
Drop: 8’
Time: 6.5 hrs.
Difficulty: B
Scenery: A
Distance: 15 mi.
Water Quality: Good
Gauge: None. Can be run all year.
Difficulties: None.
An earlier take-out can be made at Cowpen
Landing at the foot of Rt. 1441, cutting off
three miles.