What's Your Favorite Water Spot?

We recently asked our Twitter and Facebook friends to help us put together a list of great places to enjoy the water in North Carolina. More than 100 of you weighed in, nominating everything from local lakes to not-so-lazy rivers to dozens of the state’s pristine beaches.

Here are 25 of our favorite comments:

Topsail Beach! (@PlaysWithFoodNC)

We’re going to Cape Hatteras in 2 weeks and I CAN'T hardly wait! (Naomi M.)

U.S. National Whitewater Center either riding the rapids or paddling on the river! (Bonnie B.)

The Uwharrie River is a hidden kayaking and canoeing gem. (@sethmorris91)

Carolina Beach, Kure Beach at Fort Fisher...There is just so many things to do....Four Wheeling, fishing, history, the Southport Ferry, Playing in the ocean, River Boat tours in nearby Wilmington. We have gone there 20 years and still find something new every time we go.... (Janie G.)

Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, Ocracoke (Mike L.)

The creek at the Sunburst, NC stop on the Blue Ridge Parkway. There’s no better spot in the state for skipping stones. (@RnR_NCSU)

I feel like I am always recommending a tube ride down the New River in West Jefferson! Lake Watauga is one of the cleanest lakes in America - can't go wrong there either!
(Blue Ridge For Rent)

Lake Gaston & Kerr Lake! Excellent for water sports, championship fishing and just relaxing! (@WarrenRecord)

Dan River through Rockingham County!
(Bud’s Feed & Supplies)

Pine Knoll Shores – great beach and sun allll day long, because the island runs east-west. (@SarasSoaps)

Sliding rock in Pisgah Forest National forest in Brevard, NC (Rene S.)

My hometown, Wrightsville Beach, isn’t too bad. (@VitaminTsmith)

Hammocks Beach State Park. A little hard to get to; but worth the ferry ride. Next to that Surf City (Jerry C.)

Sunset Beach!!!!!! (@sweettea66)

Southport Ferry and my new favorite: the off-road, four-wheel-drive-only undeveloped beach at Fort Fisher. It was fun and totally fantastic once we got there. (Stephanie S.)

Brevard waterfalls, Hebron Rock Colony, Linville Falls (@CreepyJeffrey)

Rafting the Watauga River with the Edge of the World Gang out of Banner Elk, NC...What a fun group! Fun time!! Done it twice and will do it again!
(Kathy K.)

Just spent a week at Lake Lure – loved it! (@AbbieF)

Bald Head Island at Frying Pan Shoals! (Bambi D.)

BEAUFORT Waterfront!! (@PMLUNC)

Lake Apalachia. Apalachia Reservoir is a small, deep, cool-water, remote and scenic lake set in the mountains of western North Carolina, near Murphy. (Kelly Y.)

Shackleford Banks. (Bob M.)

DEF Holden Beach, such a peaceful place (@MomsInCharlotte)

Island Park in Cherokee, NC (Jenny M.)

For more on North Carolina’s rivers, lakes and beaches, click here.

Have a favorite spot we didn’t mention? Tell us in the comments section below!