Cape Fear

This section is best done in two days, with the respite being a campout at the canoe access only Raven Rock State Park campground. It's marked by a buoy on river right.

Most paddlers seem to bypass the upper section and paddle from the Wildlife Access near Lillington and takeout at the Erwin bridge. This makes for about an 8 mile trip about half of which is white water. An alternate partial trip would be to run the Upper Little River from the second bridge above it's confluence with the Fear, then continue on down to Erwin as a regular Fear trip.

The Fear is good to save for when everything else is bone dry.