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North Carolina Hunting Towns
218 North Carolina towns used as starting points for public-land hunting: 99 county seats, the 22 cities of 50,000 or more, and base towns for the larger game lands, national forest ranger districts, wildlife refuges and the two national seashores. Each page measures the land in reach and adds its county’s deer zone, bear unit, CWD status, local acts, seasons and services.
218Towns
99County seats
131Base towns
33No land within 10 mi
22Urban archery towns
Photo: USFWS/Southeast (Public domain)
North Carolina hunting towns by NCWRC region
Towns are grouped under the wildlife commission region that holds their county: the Mountain Region from the Blue Ridge to the Smoky Mountain foothills (Districts 7 to 9), the Piedmont Region from the Uwharries to the Sandhills edge (Districts 3, 5 and 6), and the Coastal Region from the pocosins and sounds to the Outer Banks (Districts 1, 2 and 4).
North Carolina town pages from Murphy to Manteo
Mountain Region (63)
- AndrewsCherokee County, 97,883 acres
- AshevilleBuncombe County, 11,467 acres
- BakersvilleMitchell County, 14,547 acres
- Bent CreekBuncombe County, 31,295 acres
- Blowing RockWatauga County, 52,437 acres
- BooneWatauga County, 11,977 acres
- BrevardTransylvania County, 97,059 acres
- Bryson CitySwain County, 26,907 acres
- BurnsvilleYancey County, 18,526 acres
- CasarCleveland County, 13,625 acres
- CashiersJackson County, 65,197 acres
- Cedar RockCaldwell County, 10,979 acres
- ClydeHaywood County, 12,682 acres
- ColumbusPolk County, 15,352 acres
- DanaHenderson County, 15,808 acres
- DanburyStokes County, 0 acres
- DobsonSurry County, 1,342 acres
- DrexelBurke County, 7,603 acres
- Elk ParkAvery County, 9,333 acres
- EtowahHenderson County, 45,433 acres
- FranklinMacon County, 64,857 acres
- GamewellCaldwell County, 21,404 acres
- GastoniaGaston County, 0 acres
- Glen AlpineBurke County, 23,504 acres
- HayesvilleClay County, 52,699 acres
- HendersonvilleHenderson County, 9,964 acres
- HighlandsMacon County, 62,671 acres
- Hot SpringsMadison County, 38,559 acres
- JeffersonAshe County, 3,475 acres
- Lake JunaluskaHaywood County, 11,227 acres
- LenoirCaldwell County, 11,919 acres
- LincolntonLincoln County, 0 acres
- LowgapSurry County, 2,517 acres
- Maggie ValleyHaywood County, 5,919 acres
- MarbleCherokee County, 79,848 acres
- MarionMcDowell County, 36,799 acres
- MarshallMadison County, 14,366 acres
- Millers CreekWilkes County, 1,806 acres
- MocksvilleDavie County, 2,915 acres
- MontreatBuncombe County, 54,682 acres
- MooresvilleIredell County, 54 acres
- MorgantonBurke County, 9,796 acres
- MurphyCherokee County, 44,432 acres
- NeboMcDowell County, 34,034 acres
- NewlandAvery County, 36,114 acres
- NewtonCatawba County, 0 acres
- Old FortMcDowell County, 50,843 acres
- RobbinsvilleGraham County, 106,003 acres
- RosmanTransylvania County, 61,862 acres
- RutherfordtonRutherford County, 0 acres
- SalemBurke County, 19,884 acres
- SaludaPolk County, 15,817 acres
- ShelbyCleveland County, 0 acres
- SpartaAlleghany County, 3,825 acres
- Spruce PineMitchell County, 34,091 acres
- StatesvilleIredell County, 0 acres
- SylvaJackson County, 33,573 acres
- TaylorsvilleAlexander County, 0 acres
- WaynesvilleHaywood County, 29,261 acres
- WilkesboroWilkes County, 524 acres
- Winston-SalemForsyth County, 0 acres
- WoodfinBuncombe County, 5,768 acres
- YadkinvilleYadkin County, 0 acres
Piedmont Region (67)
- AlbemarleStanly County, 15,568 acres
- AnsonvilleAnson County, 9,947 acres
- ApexWake County, 33,241 acres
- AsheboroRandolph County, 5,369 acres
- BadinStanly County, 34,705 acres
- BroadwayLee County, 5,858 acres
- BurlingtonAlamance County, 0 acres
- ButnerGranville County, 28,042 acres
- Carolina MeadowsChatham County, 26,448 acres
- CarthageMoore County, 0 acres
- CaryWake County, 12,032 acres
- CentervilleFranklin County, 10,100 acres
- Chapel HillOrange County, 17,874 acres
- CharlotteMecklenburg County, 0 acres
- China GroveRowan County, 1,115 acres
- ClevelandRowan County, 1,176 acres
- ConcordCabarrus County, 0 acres
- CordovaRichmond County, 6,846 acres
- DurhamDurham County, 19,998 acres
- EdenRockingham County, 1,733 acres
- Fuquay-VarinaWake County, 6,749 acres
- GoldsboroWayne County, 0 acres
- GormanDurham County, 30,050 acres
- GrahamAlamance County, 332 acres
- GreensboroGuilford County, 0 acres
- HalifaxHalifax County, 6,937 acres
- HendersonVance County, 691 acres
- High PointGuilford County, 0 acres
- HillsboroughOrange County, 494 acres
- HobgoodHalifax County, 2,113 acres
- HoffmanRichmond County, 60,852 acres
- HollisterHalifax County, 16,333 acres
- Holly SpringsWake County, 19,055 acres
- HuntersvilleMecklenburg County, 0 acres
- JacksonNorthampton County, 4,009 acres
- KannapolisCabarrus County, 0 acres
- LexingtonDavidson County, 2,191 acres
- LittletonHalifax County, 7,483 acres
- LouisburgFranklin County, 0 acres
- MoncureChatham County, 33,955 acres
- MonroeUnion County, 0 acres
- Mount GileadMontgomery County, 16,723 acres
- NashvilleNash County, 0 acres
- OxfordGranville County, 286 acres
- PittsboroChatham County, 20,644 acres
- PolktonAnson County, 4,969 acres
- RaleighWake County, 4,215 acres
- Rich SquareNorthampton County, 8,904 acres
- RockinghamRichmond County, 17,815 acres
- Rocky MountNash County, 0 acres
- RoxboroPerson County, 4,926 acres
- SalisburyRowan County, 5,085 acres
- SanfordLee County, 1,974 acres
- Scotland NeckHalifax County, 12,102 acres
- SmithfieldJohnston County, 0 acres
- SouthmontDavidson County, 6,454 acres
- SpencerRowan County, 5,125 acres
- TarboroEdgecombe County, 759 acres
- TroyMontgomery County, 33,156 acres
- TyroDavidson County, 6,053 acres
- WadesboroAnson County, 8,487 acres
- Wake ForestWake County, 8,660 acres
- WarrentonWarren County, 6,320 acres
- WentworthRockingham County, 1,733 acres
- WilsonWilson County, 0 acres
- Yadkin CollegeDavidson County, 3,433 acres
- YanceyvilleCaswell County, 18,006 acres
Coastal Region (88)
- Arrowhead BeachChowan County, 9,513 acres
- AtlanticCarteret County, 26,644 acres
- AuroraBeaufort County, 6,084 acres
- BayboroPamlico County, 3,472 acres
- BeaufortCarteret County, 12,288 acres
- Boiling Spring LakesBrunswick County, 6,055 acres
- BoliviaBrunswick County, 17,977 acres
- BoltonColumbus County, 8,796 acres
- Brices CreekCraven County, 56,913 acres
- BridgetonCraven County, 10,102 acres
- BurgawPender County, 26,487 acres
- BuxtonDare County, 7,263 acres
- CamdenCamden County, 10,005 acres
- Castle HayneNew Hanover County, 6,266 acres
- ChinquapinDuplin County, 15,007 acres
- ClintonSampson County, 61 acres
- CoinjockCurrituck County, 32,660 acres
- ColumbiaTyrrell County, 33,243 acres
- Cove CityCraven County, 4,690 acres
- DeercroftScotland County, 34,897 acres
- DoverCraven County, 2,888 acres
- East ArcadiaBladen County, 6,614 acres
- EdentonChowan County, 43 acres
- Elizabeth CityPasquotank County, 420 acres
- ElizabethtownBladen County, 28,604 acres
- EngelhardHyde County, 49,721 acres
- FairfieldHyde County, 72,285 acres
- Fairfield HarbourCraven County, 24,547 acres
- FayettevilleCumberland County, 0 acres
- Five PointsHoke County, 20,190 acres
- GatesvilleGates County, 20,399 acres
- GrandyCurrituck County, 19,804 acres
- GreenvillePitt County, 0 acres
- HamiltonMartin County, 19,009 acres
- Harkers IslandCarteret County, 13,874 acres
- HertfordPerquimans County, 0 acres
- HightsvilleNew Hanover County, 5,363 acres
- HobuckenPamlico County, 10,252 acres
- Holly RidgeOnslow County, 42,281 acres
- JacksonvilleOnslow County, 811 acres
- JamesvilleMartin County, 18,306 acres
- KellyBladen County, 6,416 acres
- KenansvilleDuplin County, 0 acres
- KinstonLenoir County, 0 acres
- Lake WaccamawColumbus County, 6,662 acres
- LaurinburgScotland County, 2,086 acres
- Lewiston WoodvilleBertie County, 5,774 acres
- LillingtonHarnett County, 0 acres
- LumbertonRobeson County, 253 acres
- Manns HarborDare County, 77,671 acres
- ManteoDare County, 29,060 acres
- MaysvilleJones County, 57,541 acres
- Morehead CityCarteret County, 17,774 acres
- MoyockCurrituck County, 2,947 acres
- Nags HeadDare County, 9,559 acres
- NavassaBrunswick County, 7,827 acres
- New BernCraven County, 24,857 acres
- NewportCarteret County, 61,336 acres
- North Topsail BeachOnslow County, 4,728 acres
- NorthwestBrunswick County, 5,223 acres
- OcracokeHyde County, 10,965 acres
- PinetownBeaufort County, 4,983 acres
- PlymouthWashington County, 12,188 acres
- RaefordHoke County, 5,130 acres
- RockfishHoke County, 1,015 acres
- RodantheDare County, 7,259 acres
- RoperWashington County, 9,570 acres
- ShallotteBrunswick County, 9,667 acres
- Silver CityHoke County, 5,081 acres
- Snow HillGreene County, 0 acres
- South MillsCamden County, 14,064 acres
- SouthportBrunswick County, 884 acres
- StokesPitt County, 2,825 acres
- SunburyGates County, 28,541 acres
- Swan QuarterHyde County, 55,741 acres
- SwansboroOnslow County, 37,999 acres
- Topsail BeachPender County, 25,897 acres
- TrentonJones County, 0 acres
- WallaceDuplin County, 16,962 acres
- WancheseDare County, 36,587 acres
- WashingtonBeaufort County, 109 acres
- White LakeBladen County, 37,126 acres
- White OakBladen County, 26,964 acres
- WhitevilleColumbus County, 216 acres
- WilliamstonMartin County, 21,837 acres
- WilmingtonNew Hanover County, 1,337 acres
- WindsorBertie County, 18,189 acres
- WintonHertford County, 25,150 acres
Towns, points and populations from the Census 2024 Gazetteer and Vintage 2024 estimates; public acreage within 10 miles is a GIS measure over the NCWRC game land, USFS, USFWS and NPS boundaries; regions from counties.json (NCWRC district sheet). Checked October 25, 2026.
North Carolina hunting towns from the mountains to the coast
A bold pin means 20,000 acres or more of public hunting land lie in that town’s 10-mile circle; tap any pin for the town page.
North Carolina towns with the most public land inside 10 miles
Acreage is the GIS area of game lands, national forest land, wildlife refuges and national seashores inside each town’s 10-mile circle, with overlaps counted once; a property known only by a point counts zero acres.
North Carolina towns with no public land inside 10 miles
33 of the 218 towns, most of them Piedmont cities, have no game land, national forest, refuge or other listed public hunting land within 10 miles. Their pages say so and rank the nearest lands by miles to each mapped center.
Base towns for North Carolina game lands, forests and refuges
131 towns earned a page as the nearest town (250 or more people, or a Census-designated place) within 12 miles of a game land of 1,000 acres or more, a national forest ranger district, a refuge or a national seashore; Pond Mountain Game Land, with no town inside 12 miles, took the nearest within 20. 22 base towns double as county seats.
| Named area | Base town | To boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Alligator River Game Land (7-day game land) | Columbia | 5.3 mi |
| Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Manns Harbor | touches town |
| Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Nags Head | 4.8 mi |
| Angola Bay Game Land (7-day game land) | Wallace | 4.6 mi |
| Angola Bay Game Land (7-day game land) | Chinquapin | 4.7 mi |
| Appalachian Ranger District (Pisgah National Forest) (ranger district) | Hot Springs | 0.3 mi |
| Appalachian Ranger District (Pisgah National Forest) (ranger district) | Elk Park | 1.1 mi |
| Bachelor Bay Game Land (7-day game land) | Plymouth | 0.7 mi |
| Bachelor Bay Game Land (7-day game land) | Roper | 4.7 mi |
| Bertie County Game Land (6-day game land) | Windsor | touches town |
| Bladen Lakes State Forest Game Land (3-day game land) | Elizabethtown | 2.2 mi |
| Bladen Lakes State Forest Game Land (3-day game land) | White Lake | 2.3 mi |
| Brinkleyville Game Land (7-day game land) | Hollister | 2.0 mi |
| Buckridge Game Land (3-day game land) | Fairfield | 10.7 mi |
| Buffalo Cove Game Land (7-day game land) | Blowing Rock | 4.5 mi |
| Buffalo Cove Game Land (7-day game land) | Cedar Rock | 6.9 mi |
| Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land (6-day game land) | Gorman | 0.8 mi |
| Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land (6-day game land) | Butner | 1.2 mi |
| Cape Fear River Wetlands Game Land (7-day game land) | Castle Hayne | 0.6 mi |
| Cape Fear River Wetlands Game Land (7-day game land) | Northwest | 3.6 mi |
| Cape Hatteras National Seashore (seashore) | Buxton | touches town |
| Cape Hatteras National Seashore (seashore) | Ocracoke | touches town |
| Cape Lookout National Seashore (seashore) | Harkers Island | 1.5 mi |
| Cape Lookout National Seashore (seashore) | Atlantic | 2.0 mi |
| Carteret County Game Land (7-day game land) | Atlantic | 2.5 mi |
| Carteret County Game Land (7-day game land) | Morehead City | 3.9 mi |
| Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Atlantic | 1.0 mi |
| Chatham Game Land (7-day game land) | Moncure | 2.3 mi |
| Chatham Game Land (7-day game land) | Broadway | 6.5 mi |
| Cheoah Ranger District (Nantahala National Forest) (ranger district) | Robbinsville | 0.9 mi |
| Cheoah Ranger District (Nantahala National Forest) (ranger district) | Andrews | 3.5 mi |
| Chowan Swamp Game Land (6-day game land) | Winton | 0.8 mi |
| Chowan Swamp Game Land (6-day game land) | Arrowhead Beach | 1.3 mi |
| Cold Mountain Game Land (7-day game land) | Waynesville | 5.6 mi |
| Cold Mountain Game Land (7-day game land) | Clyde | 7.2 mi |
| Columbus County Game Land (4-day game land) | Bolton | 1.2 mi |
| Columbus County Game Land (4-day game land) | Lake Waccamaw | 1.8 mi |
| Croatan Ranger District (Croatan National Forest) (ranger district) | Newport | touches town |
| Croatan Ranger District (Croatan National Forest) (ranger district) | Brices Creek | touches town |
| Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Coinjock | 2.6 mi |
| Dan River Game Land (3-day game land) | Wentworth | 3.1 mi |
| Dan River Game Land (3-day game land) | Eden | 3.7 mi |
| Dare Game Land (7-day game land) | Wanchese | 9.7 mi |
| Dover Bay Game Land (6-day game land) | Cove City | 1.4 mi |
| Dover Bay Game Land (6-day game land) | Dover | 3.1 mi |
| DuPont State Forest Game Land (permit-only game land) | Brevard | 4.4 mi |
| DuPont State Forest Game Land (permit-only game land) | Etowah | 4.8 mi |
| Embro Game Land (7-day game land) | Warrenton | 1.4 mi |
| Embro Game Land (7-day game land) | Littleton | 3.8 mi |
| Goose Creek Game Land (7-day game land) | Hobucken | 0.7 mi |
| Goose Creek Game Land (7-day game land) | Aurora | 4.2 mi |
| Grandfather Ranger District (Pisgah National Forest) (ranger district) | Old Fort | 0.6 mi |
| Grandfather Ranger District (Pisgah National Forest) (ranger district) | Montreat | 0.8 mi |
| Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | South Mills | 3.4 mi |
| Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Sunbury | 3.9 mi |
| Green River Game Land (6-day game land) | Dana | 1.0 mi |
| Green River Game Land (6-day game land) | Saluda | 1.7 mi |
| Green Swamp Game Land (6-day game land) | Southport | 2.8 mi |
| Green Swamp Game Land (6-day game land) | Boiling Spring Lakes | 3.9 mi |
| Gull Rock Game Land (7-day game land) | Fairfield | 1.5 mi |
| Harris Game Land (7-day game land) | Holly Springs | 1.9 mi |
| Harris Game Land (7-day game land) | Fuquay-Varina | 6.1 mi |
| Headwaters State Forest Game Land (6-day game land) | Rosman | 2.6 mi |
| Holly Shelter Game Land (6-day game land) | Holly Ridge | 1.8 mi |
| Holly Shelter Game Land (6-day game land) | Topsail Beach | 2.7 mi |
| Hyco Game Land (7-day game land) | Roxboro | 6.7 mi |
| Johns River Game Land (permit-only game land) | Drexel | 2.3 mi |
| Johns River Game Land (permit-only game land) | Gamewell | 4.0 mi |
| Jordan Game Land (6-day game land) | Carolina Meadows | touches town |
| Jordan Game Land (6-day game land) | Moncure | 0.8 mi |
| Juniper Creek Game Land (7-day game land) | Shallotte | 6.5 mi |
| Juniper Creek Game Land (7-day game land) | Bolton | 7.8 mi |
| Kings Creek Game Land (6-day game land) | Cedar Rock | 6.5 mi |
| Lantern Acres Game Land (6-day game land) | Columbia | 7.1 mi |
| Lee Game Land (7-day game land) | Moncure | 4.4 mi |
| Little Fork State Forest Game Land (6-day game land) | Millers Creek | 6.9 mi |
| Lower Fishing Creek Game Land (7-day game land) | Tarboro | 5.4 mi |
| Lower Fishing Creek Game Land (7-day game land) | Hobgood | 8.0 mi |
| Lower Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (permit-only game land) | Hamilton | 0.4 mi |
| Lower Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (permit-only game land) | Lewiston Woodville | 1.5 mi |
| Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Coinjock | 9.3 mi |
| Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Engelhard | 1.4 mi |
| Mayo Game Land (7-day game land) | Roxboro | 5.0 mi |
| Mitchell River Game Land (4-day game land) | Lowgap | 3.2 mi |
| Nantahala Ranger District (Nantahala National Forest) (ranger district) | Highlands | 0.9 mi |
| Nantahala Ranger District (Nantahala National Forest) (ranger district) | Cashiers | 1.1 mi |
| Needmore Game Land (7-day game land) | Franklin | 3.9 mi |
| Neuse River Game Land (6-day game land) | Bridgeton | 0.8 mi |
| Neuse River Game Land (6-day game land) | Fairfield Harbour | 1.0 mi |
| New Lake Game Land (7-day game land) | Fairfield | 3.0 mi |
| Nicholson Creek Game Land (3-day game land) | Silver City | 2.3 mi |
| Nicholson Creek Game Land (3-day game land) | Rockfish | 6.8 mi |
| North Bend Game Land (permit-only game land) | Glen Alpine | 1.2 mi |
| North River Game Land (7-day game land) | Coinjock | 0.4 mi |
| North River Game Land (7-day game land) | Grandy | 1.2 mi |
| Northwest River Marsh Game Land (7-day game land) | Moyock | 2.7 mi |
| Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Ansonville | 1.4 mi |
| Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Polkton | 6.9 mi |
| Pee Dee River Game Land (7-day game land) | Cordova | 0.8 mi |
| Pee Dee River Game Land (7-day game land) | Mount Gilead | 1.8 mi |
| Perkins Game Land (4-day game land) | Yadkin College | 3.0 mi |
| Perkins Game Land (4-day game land) | Tyro | 4.4 mi |
| Pisgah (WRC-owned) Game Land (7-day game land) | Spruce Pine | 3.2 mi |
| Pisgah (WRC-owned) Game Land (7-day game land) | Nebo | 4.0 mi |
| Pisgah Ranger District (Pisgah National Forest) (ranger district) | Bent Creek | 0.3 mi |
| Pisgah Ranger District (Pisgah National Forest) (ranger district) | Rosman | 0.5 mi |
| Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Columbia | 0.5 mi |
| Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Fairfield | 2.8 mi |
| Pond Mountain Game Land (7-day game land) | Jefferson | 12.9 mi |
| R. Wayne Bailey-Caswell Game Land (3-day game land) | Yanceyville | 0.9 mi |
| Roanoke Island Marshes Game Land (permit-only game land) | Manteo | 0.5 mi |
| Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Hamilton | 0.4 mi |
| Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Jamesville | 4.2 mi |
| Rockfish Creek Game Land (3-day game land) | Five Points | 2.0 mi |
| Rockfish Creek Game Land (3-day game land) | Silver City | 2.2 mi |
| Sandhills Game Land (3-day game land) | Hoffman | 0.3 mi |
| Sandhills Game Land (3-day game land) | Deercroft | 0.5 mi |
| Sandy Mush Game Land (3-day game land) | Marshall | 3.9 mi |
| Sandy Mush Game Land (3-day game land) | Woodfin | 5.4 mi |
| Second Creek Game Land (permit-only game land) | Cleveland | 3.8 mi |
| Second Creek Game Land (permit-only game land) | China Grove | 7.4 mi |
| Shocco Creek Game Land (7-day game land) | Centerville | 1.6 mi |
| Shocco Creek Game Land (7-day game land) | Hollister | 3.7 mi |
| South Mountains Game Land (7-day game land) | Salem | 1.4 mi |
| South Mountains Game Land (7-day game land) | Casar | 2.6 mi |
| Stones Creek Game Land (6-day game land) | Holly Ridge | 2.4 mi |
| Stones Creek Game Land (6-day game land) | North Topsail Beach | 3.5 mi |
| Suggs Mill Pond Game Land (permit-only game land) | White Oak | 4.8 mi |
| Sutton Lake Game Land (7-day game land) | Navassa | 1.4 mi |
| Sutton Lake Game Land (7-day game land) | Hightsville | 3.2 mi |
| Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (wildlife refuge) | Swan Quarter | 1.7 mi |
| Texas Plantation Game Land (permit-only game land) | Columbia | 7.9 mi |
| Three Top Mountain Game Land (7-day game land) | Jefferson | 3.5 mi |
| Thurmond Chatham Game Land (7-day game land) | Sparta | 5.3 mi |
| Tillery Game Land (7-day game land) | Halifax | 3.1 mi |
| Tillery Game Land (7-day game land) | Scotland Neck | 5.8 mi |
| Toxaway Game Land (7-day game land) | Cashiers | 6.2 mi |
| Tusquittee Ranger District (Nantahala National Forest) (ranger district) | Murphy | 0.8 mi |
| Tusquittee Ranger District (Nantahala National Forest) (ranger district) | Marble | 1.1 mi |
| Upper Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (permit-only game land) | Lewiston Woodville | 2.9 mi |
| Upper Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (permit-only game land) | Rich Square | 3.7 mi |
| Uwharrie Ranger District (Uwharrie National Forest) (ranger district) | Troy | 1.3 mi |
| Uwharrie Ranger District (Uwharrie National Forest) (ranger district) | Badin | 1.4 mi |
| Van Swamp Game Land (7-day game land) | Pinetown | 5.5 mi |
| Voice of America Game Land (permit-only game land) | Stokes | 5.7 mi |
| White Oak River Game Land (3-day game land) | Swansboro | 3.5 mi |
| White Oak River Game Land (3-day game land) | Maysville | 4.9 mi |
| Whitehall Plantation Game Land (permit-only game land) | Kelly | 1.5 mi |
| Whitehall Plantation Game Land (permit-only game land) | East Arcadia | 2.2 mi |
| William H. Silver Game Land (7-day game land) | Maggie Valley | 2.8 mi |
| William H. Silver Game Land (7-day game land) | Lake Junaluska | 7.7 mi |
| Yadkin River Game Land (7-day game land) | Spencer | 0.5 mi |
| Yadkin River Game Land (7-day game land) | Southmont | 1.1 mi |
Questions about North Carolina hunting towns
How were the North Carolina towns chosen?
Every county seat with a Census place (99; Currituck, the seat of Currituck County, is unincorporated and has none), every city of 50,000 or more (22), then a base town for each game land of 1,000 acres or more, ranger district, refuge and national seashore: the nearest town within 12 miles, plus a second when it is 5 or more miles from the first. 218 towns in all.
Which North Carolina town has the most public land nearby?
Robbinsville leads with roughly 106,003 public acres in its 10-mile circle; Andrews and Brevard follow.
Are there towns with no public hunting land within 10 miles?
Yes, 33 of the 218, including Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Those pages say so plainly and rank the nearest game lands, forests and refuges by distance.
Which part of the state has the most town pages?
The Coastal Plain (Coastal Region) has 88 of them.
Which town page covers the largest city?
Charlotte, at about 943,476 residents in the Vintage 2024 Census estimate. Pages for Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem and Fayetteville go live on day one.
Why do some town pages show no population?
50 towns are Census-designated places; the Vintage 2024 estimates cover incorporated places only.
Do the town pages measure road miles?
No. Each figure runs in a straight line from the town’s Census point, to the nearest boundary for land inside 10 miles and to the mapped center for land farther out.
Which towns hold an urban archery season?
22 of the town pages are participating municipalities in the 2027 urban archery season: Albemarle, Ansonville, Carthage, Chapel Hill, China Grove, Cleveland, Concord, Eden, plus 14 more.
What does a town page cover?
Public land in reach with acres and miles, the county’s deer season zone with antlerless days, the bear unit and its dates, CWD status and test counts, duck and goose zones, local acts, reported deer, bear and turkey harvest, the season table, shooting hours, processors, taxidermists, shops, the nearest NCWRC site and district biologist, nearby towns and answers to common questions.
From places.json (Census and NCWRC, USFS, USFWS and NPS layers), lands.json and the digest urban archery list, checked October 25, 2026.
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