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Piedmont game lands
30 Piedmont game lands around the Corps lakes, reservoirs and Uwharrie hills.
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Public Domain Mark 1.0)
About these piedmont game lands
Piedmont game lands sit around the Corps lakes, Duke Energy reservoirs and the Uwharrie Mountains, closer to Charlotte, the Triangle and the Triad than any other set.
The NCWRC piedmont map set lists 30 game lands, 307,215 GIS acres in all, across 30 counties. The largest is Sandhills Game Land at 65,235 acres.
Designations in the piedmont set: 15 7 days, 6 3 days, 5 permit only, 3 6 days, 1 4 days.
From lands.json (NCWRC digest, GIS and agency pages); checked October 25, 2026.
Piedmont game lands: the full list
| Property | Type | County | Acres | Days | Camping | Dove fields | Permit hunts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brinkleyville | Game land | Halifax | 3,341 | 7 days | No camping | 1 | 0 |
| Buckhorn | Game land | Orange | 491 | Permit only | No camping | 0 | 3 |
| Butner-Falls of Neuse | Game land | Wake, Durham… | 37,480 | 6 days | Designated areas only | 8 | 6 |
| Chatham | Game land | Chatham | 2,671 | 7 days | No camping | 0 | 3 |
| Dan River | Game land | Rockingham | 1,705 | 3 days | No camping | 0 | 7 |
| Embro | Game land | Warren, Halifax | 9,381 | 7 days | No camping | 0 | 0 |
| Harris | Game land | Wake, Chatham | 11,527 | 7 days | No camping | 0 | 3 |
| Hill Farm | Game land | Stokes | 157 | Permit only | No camping | 0 | 7 |
| Hyco | Game land | Person | 2,382 | 7 days | No camping | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan | Game land | Chatham, Durham… | 40,462 | 6 days | Designated areas only | 8 | 3 |
| Lee Game Land | Game land | Lee, Chatham | 1,441 | 7 days | No camping | 0 | 0 |
| Linwood | Game land | Davidson | 169 | 7 days | No camping | 0 | 0 |
| Lower Fishing Creek | Game land | Edgecombe, Halifax | 1,291 | 7 days | No camping | 0 | 0 |
| Mayo | Game land | Person | 5,101 | 7 days | No camping | 0 | 0 |
| Nicholson Creek | Game land | Hoke | 1,021 | 3 days | No camping | 1 | 1 |
| Paynes Branch | Game land | Forsyth, Stokes | 211 | 3 days | No camping | 0 | 0 |
| Pee Dee River | Game land | Richmond, Anson… | 8,938 | 7 days | Designated areas only | 2 | 5 |
| Perkins | Game land | Davie | 1,696 | 4 days | No camping | 4 | 0 |
| R. Wayne Bailey-Caswell | Game land | Caswell | 18,014 | 3 days | Designated areas only | 8 | 9 |
| Rockfish Creek | Game land | Hoke | 2,689 | 3 days | No camping | 0 | 1 |
| Sandhills | Game land | Richmond, Scotland… | 65,235 | 3 days | Designated areas only | 57 | 6 |
| Sandy Creek | Game land | Nash, Franklin | 923 | 7 days | No camping | 0 | 0 |
| Second Creek | Game land | Rowan | 1,106 | Permit only | No camping | 3 | 8 |
| Shocco Creek | Game land | Warren, Franklin… | 8,113 | 7 days | Designated areas only | 0 | 0 |
| Tar River | Game land | Edgecombe | 154 | Permit only | No camping | 0 | 1 |
| Tillery | Game land | Halifax | 5,253 | 7 days | No camping | 1 | 3 |
| Upper Roanoke River Wetlands | Game land | Northampton, Halifax… | 11,065 | Permit only | – | 1 | 14 |
| Uwharrie | Game land | Montgomery, Randolph… | 52,709 | 7 days | Unrestricted | 1 | 0 |
| Vance | Game land | Vance | 853 | 6 days | No camping | 0 | 0 |
| Yadkin River | Game land | Rowan, Davidson… | 11,636 | 7 days | No camping | 0 | 0 |
Piedmont game lands, record by record
Butner-Falls of Neuse
Jordan
Nicholson Creek
Pee Dee River
R. Wayne Bailey-Caswell
Sandhills
Second Creek
Upper Roanoke River Wetlands
Uwharrie
Piedmont game lands: photos from the field
How many piedmont game lands are there?
30 on the NCWRC piedmont map pages.
What is the largest piedmont game land?
Sandhills Game Land, 65,235 acres.
Which counties have piedmont game lands?
Anson, Bertie, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville and Halifax and 18 more.
Other photos on this page: U.S. Geological Survey (CC0 1.0); Monkeystyle3000 (CC BY 2.0); The Hendersons Paradox (CC BY-SA 2.0).