Watch the Eagles Fly from the Home of Your Dreams. Discover one of the North Carolina's best kept secrets in the Uwharrie Lakes and Mountains. EAST of Charlotte and less than an hour's drive from Charlotte, Greensboro or Winston Salem, this pristine waterfront home site on Badin Lake is nestled in a private wide cove just off of the main channel. An arbor of Hardwoods, Deep Water, approved for Private Pier and Gently Sloping; no stairs are needed to the waters edge.