B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room
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The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
B. Everett Jordan Lake is situated along the western edge of the Durham Triassic Basin in the North Carolina Piedmont region and is fed by the Haw and New Hope rivers. Forested hills of mixed hardwoods and pines, including loblolly pine, oak, hickory, and sweetgum, drape the rolling shoreline. Wildlife is abundant throughout the woodlands and wetlands. White-tailed deer, gray foxes, beavers, and eastern gray squirrels make their homes on the project. Birds in the area are exceptionally diverse, featuring the majestic bald eagle and osprey, alongside wild turkey, wood ducks, great blue herons, pine warblers, and Carolina wrens. Keep reading
Recreation
A wealth of outdoor activities awaits visitors to B. Everett Jordan Lake. The 12,500 acre lake offers excellent boating, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, and swimming opportunities, supported by numerous public boat ramps across nine recreation areas and popular sandy beaches at Seaforth and Ebenezer Church recreation areas. Anglers will find largemouth bass, crappie, channel catfish, bluegill, and striped bass. Miles of scenic trails surround the lake, including the popular New Hope Overlook Trail system and the Interpretive Trails at the Jordan Lake Educational State Forest. For overnight stays, visitors can choose from over 1,000 campsites spread across several campgrounds, including full RV hookups at Poplar Point and primitive, hike-in sites at New Hope Overlook.
Facilities
The Visitor Assistance Center offers a 25' x 14' conference room designed to accommodate up to 20 people. The space comes fully equipped with conference tables and chairs, making it ideal for meetings, workshops, and presentations. Users will have access to a projector, screen, and wall-mounted whiteboard. There is a built-in servery area with a small sink to support catered meetings or light refreshments, while public restrooms are situated a few steps away.
Natural Features
B. Everett Jordan Lake is situated along the western edge of the Durham Triassic Basin in the North Carolina Piedmont region and is fed by the Haw and New Hope rivers. Forested hills of mixed hardwoods and pines, including loblolly pine, oak, hickory, and sweetgum, drape the rolling shoreline. Wildlife is abundant throughout the woodlands and wetlands. White-tailed deer, gray foxes, beavers, and eastern gray squirrels make their homes on the project. Birds in the area are exceptionally diverse, featuring the majestic bald eagle and osprey, alongside wild turkey, wood ducks, great blue herons, pine warblers, and Carolina wrens.
Nearby Attractions
Poe's Ridge Boat Ramp (2 mins) This 24-hour public ramp is the perfect spot to launch boats, kayaks, canoes, or paddleboards Jordan Lake Educational State Forest (15 mins) Located on Big Woods Road, this unique state forest features multiple interpretive trail systems. It is also a designated site on the North Carolina Birding Trail. White Pines Nature Preserve (15 mins) Located just south toward Sanford, this Triangle Land Conservancy flagship property features north-facing slopes and cool waterways. This unique microclimate supports native white pines and wildflower species usually only found in the cold mountain regions of Western North Carolina. Carolina Tiger Rescue (15 mins) Located near Robeson Creek boat ramp, it is a world-class, non-profit wild cat sanctuary. The facility serves as a lifelong home to rescued tigers, cougars, lions, leopards, caracals, and bobcats, most of whom were saved from the private pet trade or exploitative exhibits. Visitors can book guided educational tours to meet these majestic animals up close, hear their rescue stories, and learn about the global conservation challenges facing wild populations. .
What the agency tells you
The conference room is available for reservations during the following seasonal hours: Peak Season (April–October) (Monday-Sunday) 08:00 AM - 4:30 PM Off-Peak Season (November–March) (Monday–Friday) 08:00 AM – 4:30 PM There is no additional day-use fee charged for access to this recreation area
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Birding
- Observation Site
- Ranger Station
- Visitor center
- Fall color · reported 7 days ago, 28 km away
- No change
Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:45 UTC
The agency files 1 record here and marks it day use, not overnight. On its own record there’s nothing here to spend the night in.
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
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What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
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The sites
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All 1 records
| B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room | day use | $75 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Canebrake Horse CampUwharrie National Forest · 62 mi
Longwood Park63 mi
Badin Lake Group CampUwharrie National Forest · 63 miFrom Raleigh, take US-1 South toward Sanford. Continue for approximately 25 miles to Exit 79 (Moncure/Pittsboro). Turn right off the exit ramp onto Moncure-Pittsboro Road and proceed for approximately 1/2 mile. Turn right onto Jordan Dam Road. Visitor Assistance Center is at the end of the road near the dam.
From Sanford, Take US-1 North out of Sanford toward Raleigh. Drive approximately 10 miles to Exit 79 (Moncure/Pittsboro). Turn left onto Moncure-Pittsboro Road and continue for approximately 1/2 mile. Turn right onto Jordan Dam Road. Visitor Assistance Center is at the end of the road near the dam.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Apex, NC
Typical weather
Typical October night 50°F, day 72°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 31°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it · a letter you can send
Who answers for this land
B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room is in North Carolina’s 9th congressional district. Its representative, Richard Hudson (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →
Who can change it · 3
The agency’s own record files sites here and marks every one of them day use. The draft asks whether any could open to overnight camping, and if not, why.
- The member who votes the moneyRichard HudsonU.S. Representative · North Carolina’s 9th district
- Your senator, on the same appropriationTed BuddU.S. Senator · North Carolina
- Your senator, on the same appropriationThom TillisU.S. Senator · North Carolina
Read the draft, or change the wording
Asks them to put the same question to the agency in writing.
Subject B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room has sites, and nobody may sleep in them
Dear Richard Hudson, I’m a constituent in North Carolina’s 9th district. B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room, North Carolina carries 1 record on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’s own file, every one of them marked day use rather than overnight. I’m asking you to put one question to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in writing: would they consider opening any of these sites to overnight camping, and if not, why not? Road trips and camping on public land are part of how this country knows itself. It’s where a lot of people meet the place they live in for the first time, and it has never been something you had to be well off, or well organised six months in advance, to do. Sent about B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room (North Carolina) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the same question to the agency in writing.
Subject B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room has sites, and nobody may sleep in them
Dear Ted Budd, I’m a constituent in North Carolina. B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room, North Carolina carries 1 record on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’s own file, every one of them marked day use rather than overnight. I’m asking you to put one question to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in writing: would they consider opening any of these sites to overnight camping, and if not, why not? Road trips and camping on public land are part of how this country knows itself. It’s where a lot of people meet the place they live in for the first time, and it has never been something you had to be well off, or well organised six months in advance, to do. Sent about B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room (North Carolina) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the same question to the agency in writing.
Subject B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room has sites, and nobody may sleep in them
Dear Thom Tillis, I’m a constituent in North Carolina. B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room, North Carolina carries 1 record on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’s own file, every one of them marked day use rather than overnight. I’m asking you to put one question to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in writing: would they consider opening any of these sites to overnight camping, and if not, why not? Road trips and camping on public land are part of how this country knows itself. It’s where a lot of people meet the place they live in for the first time, and it has never been something you had to be well off, or well organised six months in advance, to do. Sent about B. Everett Jordan Dam Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room (North Carolina) via campanac.com