The Cape Fear River is a long blackwater river that runs for over 200 miles through North Carolina before flowing directly into the Atlantic Ocean. The scenic river travels through diverse coastal vegetation and offers lots of opportunity for wildlife viewing. Much of the river is part of a designated canoe trail with multiple access areas making it easy to customize trips of varying distances. This section of the river starts from a put-in at the site of the Old Bluff Church and covers 16 miles of mostly undeveloped, secluded waterway to a take-out just downstream of Person Street in East Fayetteville.