The boat launch with the deepest channel. The trail to the gorge. The farm stand that takes Venmo. The icon you've heard of and the one you haven't.
The Charlotte area's largest-volume boat dealer, on NC-150 in Sherrills Ford — a full-service marina with sales, service, and slips. Closed Sundays.
A marina on Perth Road in Troutman, on the lake's north end — boating services and slips, part of the Safe Harbor Marinas network.
A Mecklenburg County park on NC Highway 73 in Huntersville — six boat ramps and 218 trailer parking spaces, plus a playground and picnic areas.
A Mecklenburg County park on Nantz Road in Cornelius — four boat ramps, an ADA-compliant fishing pier, a playground, and picnic shelters.
A state park on State Park Road in Troutman, established in partnership with Duke Energy — boating, fishing, water skiing, swimming, camping, and a public swimming beach.
Built by Duke Power on the Catawba River between 1959 and 1963 — the first bucket of concrete poured September 1, 1960, commercial hydroelectric operations beginning September 30, 1963. The dam impounded the river to create Lake Norman, North Carolina's largest man-made lake, named for former Duke Power president Norman Atwater Cocke.