Archive for KLPW – Camping Safety
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on August 7, 2024
With Tropical Storm Debby heading towards Kerr Lake, officials are predicting that water levels could go as high as 315 feet above mean sea level, before the water level subsides. To put that into perspective, the normal full pool of John H. Kerr Reservoir (Buggs Island Lake), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is 300 feet … Read more
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Posted in: KLPW - Camping Safety, KLPW - Corps of Engineers Campgrounds, KLPW - MAIN NEWS, KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas, KLPW - US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, KLPW - WATER RELATED, KLPW - Water Safety
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on October 9, 2023
Certainly, a monumental, if not historic joint meeting of Kerr Lake Park Watch and NC State Park officials was held last week at Satterwhite Point Park on Kerr Lake. The fairly new Superintendent of the seven NC State Recreation Areas, Bill Stanley, his new second in command, Superintendent Keith Nealson, and from Raleigh, the newly … Read more
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Posted in: KLPW - Campground Facilities and Improvements, KLPW - Camping Safety, KLPW - MAIN NEWS, KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas, KLPW - Reservation Information
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on October 9, 2023
IMPORTANT NOTE: The document below is a compilation of concerns and issues collected from campers, park visitors, tourists, members of Kerr Lake Park Watch, all shared in a joint meeting held at Satterwhite Point on Wednesday, October 4th. It should be pointed out and noted, all of the below problems, concerns and issues did not … Read more
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Posted in: KLPW - Campground Facilities and Improvements, KLPW - Camping Safety, KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas, KLPW - Reservation Information
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on July 29, 2020
We at Kerr Lake Park Watch get and hear a lot of complaints, but rarely do we get a visitor or camper who wants to share their findings publicly. Below is an observation on Henderson Point State Recreation Area. Though this person freely offered their name and their campsite, we will only furnish the person’s … Read more
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on April 26, 2017
Here we were almost showing up in the drought column in Piedmont North Carolina and Southside Virginia, then came the rains. It’s Spring and especially during April, the showers that bring the flowers usually show up. Kerr Lake is now over 306.5 feet above MSL (Mean Sea Level – 300′ is normal full pool) and … Read more
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Posted in: KLPW - Camping Safety, KLPW - N C State Recreation Areas, KLPW - US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, KLPW - WATER RELATED