Below you will find a table that contains directions to Mountain Region Community Fishing Program (CFP) sites maintained by the NCWRC. This table lists the CFP site name, city, detailed directions. In addition, there is a column that notes the accessibility of the access area. If there is a wheelchair symbol in the access column, this means that the CFP site is considered fully accessible due to the designated disabled user parking and paved walkways leading to the area. Finally, if the site participates in the Fishing Tackle Loaner Program, it is also noted.

CFP sites are in alphabetical order by county.

 

 

Buncombe County
Access City Community Fishing Program site Tackle Loaner Program Directions

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Asheville

Lake Julian, (828) 684-0376

Yes Located in Lake Julian Park near Skyland. For more information contact Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Services, (828) 684-0376.
x Black Mountain Lake Tomahawk Yes From Asheville, take I-40 east to Exit 64. Turn left (north) on N. C. 9, turn left at the third light, turn right at the second light and go about 2 miles. The Black Mountain Parks and Recreation Area will be on the left.

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Forsyth County
Access City Community Fishing Program site Tackle Loaner Program Directions

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Kernersville Kernersville Lake No From I-40 Business at Kernersville, take NC 66 North. Go 1.4 miles and turn right on Dobson Street. Go 0.9 mile and turn left on Old Valley School Road. Go 1.4 miles and turn left into the park entrance.
x Pfafftown C.G. Hill Memorial Park No From Winston-Salem, take N. C. Hwy. 67 (Reynolda Road) west approximately 5 miles northwest of Wake Forest University, and turn left on SR 1525 (Yadkinville Hwy.). Go 2.8 miles and turn right on SR 3210 (Transou Road). Go 0.9 mile and turn left on SR 1455 (Balsom Road). Go 0.8 mile, and the park entrance is on the left.

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Winston-Salem Winston Pond No In Winston-Salem, from I-40 Business take Exit 6C and take US 311 (Martin Luther King Drive). (As you exit I-40, make a left turn at the stop light, go 0.1 mile to Martin Luther King Drive and turn right.) Go 0.4 mile and turn right on New Walkertown Road. Go 1.4 miles and turn right on Waterworks Road. Go 0.1 mile, and the first road to the left is the park entrance. Take this road around to the dam and pond area.

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Surry County
Community Fishing Program site Directions Tackle Loaner Program Accessible features Photo
Big Elkin Creek, Elkin From I-77, take the Jonesville Exit (N. C. Hwy. 67) and go west toward Elkin. Go 1.9 miles, to N. C. Hwy. 21 across the Yadkin River, and turn left just past the bridge on N. C. Hwy. 268 (Market Street). Go 0.4 mile and turn right on Memorial Park Drive. The creek will be on the right. Yes accessible fishing pier

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Polk County
Community Fishing Program site Directions Tackle Loaner Program Accessible features Photo
Laughter Pond, Mill Spring The pond is located at the Old Woodland Mills Plant in Mill Spring, off of Hwy 108 at the intersection with Fox Mountain Road, near the intersection of NC Hwy 108 and NC Hwy 9. Yes parking, paved walkway from parking lot to pond. Photo

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