The Catawba River is an excellent body of water to row on! It connects Lake Norman to Lake Wylie. While access to Lake Norman from the Catawba is blocked by a dam, Lake Wylie is rowable and immense.
- Mild weather
- Mild water temperature
- Frequent calm water
- Dam-controlled current and water level
- Not a major trade/shipping route, mostly leisure/pleasure craft
- 11,000 meters upriver
- 15,000+ meters downriver
- Indoor rowing equipment
- Strength training equipment
- Trailer parking
- Shell/Oar/Launch equipment rentals
- Hotels/Grocery/Restaurants/Shopping/Airport minutes away