Linville River Log Cabins
Newland, North Carolina
River cabins · 13 mi
- Unclaimed
- Year-round

The Watauga River at Sycamore Shoals, Elizabethton, Tennessee. Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
32 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Banner Elk, North Carolina, in a straight line; the nearest are Shawneehaw Creek (1 mi), Pond Creek (3 mi) and Elk River (4 mi).
3 fly shops and 4 fly-fishing guides are in Banner Elk or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga, 23 miles away.
Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.
Within 25 miles, straight line
Shops that name Banner Elk as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.
Guides and outfitters that name Banner Elk as their town or are mapped within 15 miles. Confirm licences, rates and dates directly; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.
Northeast Tennessee: the South Holston & the Watauga · 23 mi
Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 1018956, Avery County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.
Newland, North Carolina
River cabins · 13 mi
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River cabins · 13 mi
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