Yadkin River
The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in the US state of North Carolina, flowing 215 miles. It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Adkin River”, “Atkin River”, “Big Yadkin River”, “Pee Dee River”, “Reatkin River”, “Sapona River”, “South Fork of the Yadkin River”, and “Yatkin River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Falls Reservoir.
Falls Reservoir
Reservoir
Falls Reservoir is part of the Yadkin River Project in North Carolina and managed by Alcoa as part of their hydroelectric business. It is the last of four reservoirs along a 38-mile stretch of the Yadkin River. Falls Reservoir is situated 2½ miles northwest of Yadkin River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Badin.
Badin
Village
Photo: Bz3rk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Badin is a town located in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 2,024. Badin is situated 3½ miles northwest of Yadkin River.
Yadkin River
- Categories: river, water trail, and body of water
- Location: Stanly, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Yadkin River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Yadkin”
- Catalan: “Yadkin”
- Cebuano: “Yadkin River”
- Chinese: “亞德金河”
- Danish: “Yadkin River”
- Dutch: “Yadkin River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر يادكين”
- Estonian: “Yadkin”
- Estonian: “Yadkini jõgi”
- French: “Yadkin River”
- French: “Yadkin”
- German: “Yadkin River”
- Hungarian: “Yadkin”
- Irish: “Abhainn Yadkin”
- Japanese: “ヤドキン川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yadkin River”
- Norwegian: “Yadkin”
- Russian: “Ядкин (река)”
- Russian: “Ядкин”
- Slovenian: “reka Yadkin”
- Slovenian: “Yadkin River”
- Slovenian: “Yadkin”
- Spanish: “Río Yadkin”
- Venetian: “Yadkin”
- Welsh: “Afon Yadkin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mill Mountain and Fall Mountain.
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