Fisher's Landing was the site of a Civil War skirmish in which Confederate troops defending New Bern quickly retreated under bombardment by Union gunboats.
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| Fisher's Landing consists of nine primitive campsites on and around a long lawn at a bluff overlooking the Neuse River. There's a vault toilet and running water at the front of the site, and campsites have fire rings and picnic tables.
Fisher's Landing was the site of a Civil War skirmish in which Confederate troops defending New Bern quickly retreated under bombardment by Union gunboats. |
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Tall trees draped with Spanish-moss shade the site.
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Stairs and a paved walkway lead to the river and bank fishing for striped bass, rock bass, redbreast-sunfish, largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, flounder and gar, according to the Forest Service. Swimming is also allowed.
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Fisher's Landing, which is not on the state map, is about eight miles south of New Bern on U.S. 70. (Click on the map for a larger version.) Get a .pdf map of the Croatan here.
