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CANOEING, KYAKING RAFTING & BOATING
SHELTOWEE TRACE OUTFITTERS TENNESSEE SCENIC RIVERS ASSOCIATION Duane and Eva Bristow's Old Ky Home
"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values, shall be preserved in free flowing condition, and that they and their immediate environments shall be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations." Information on this page is for outdoorsmen that want to use a canoe, kyak, or raft on the Cumberland River or it's tributaries.
Harlan Ky. to Pineville Ky. Cumberland River Level of difficulty: International class I Gradient: 2.54 ft. per mile Width of River: 50-100 ft. Runable level: 300cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan.42 Feb.42 Mar. 47 Apr. 53 May 66 June 79 July 80 Aug. 78 Sept. 68 Oct. 60 Nov. 45 Dec. 40 Pineville Ky. to Williamsburg Ky. Cumberland River
Level of difficulty: International class I+ Gradient: 2.54 ft. per mile Width of River: 50-100 ft. Runable level: 300cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan.42 Feb.42 Mar. 47 Apr. 53 May 66 June 79 July 80 Aug. 78 Sept. 68 Oct. 60 Nov. 45 Dec. 40 Williamsburg Ky. to Cumberland Falls Cumberland River Level of difficulty: International class II Gradient: 2.61 ft. per mile Width of River: 70-105 ft. Runable level: 500cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan.45 Feb.45 Mar. 49 Apr. 58 May 68 June 77 July 80 Aug. 80 Sept. 73 Oct. 64 Nov. 47 Dec. 43 Cumberland Fall to Laurel River Cumberland River
Level of difficulty: International class III Gradient: 11.75 ft. per mile Width of River: 40-80 ft. Runable level: 300cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan.44 Feb.44 Mar. 48 Apr. 54 May 68 June 78 July 81 Aug. 80 Sept. 75 Oct. 64 Nov. 47 Dec. 43 Laurel River to Wolf Creek Dam Lake Cumberland
Level of difficulty: Gradient: Width of River: Runable level: Mean water temp.: Jan.42 Feb.42 Mar. 47 Apr. 53 May 66 June 79 July 80 Aug. 78 Sept. 68 Oct. 60 Nov. 45 Dec. 40
Russell Fork of Laurel River
Level of difficulty: International class Gradient: ft. per mile Width of River: ft. Runable level: cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Rockcastle River BELOW HARLAN POOR FORK ACCESS- BEHIND DAIRY QUEEN, DOWN CONCRETE STEPS TO POINT. HWY. 2007 ACCESS HWY. 119 BRIDGE ACCESS- RDB BEFORE BRIDGE, STEEP ROCK CLIMB BEHIND SONIC. HWY. 225 ACCESS HWY. 1530 ACCESS HWY. 92 ACCESS- DOWNSTREAM OF BRIDGE, RDB HWY. 904 ACCESS WILLIAMSBURG KY. HWY. 92 ACCESS- UPSTREAM FROM BRIDGE, USE STORE PARKING LOT, RDB REDBIRD KY. HWY. 204- RDB PAST BRIDGE, USE OLD BAPTISMAL LANDING PATH BEHIND CHURCH. CUMBERLAND FALLS TAKEOUT- PAST HWY.90 BRIDGE, RDB, BEFORE FALLS! LAKE CUMBERLAND CUMBERLAND FALLS ACCESS- BELOW FALLS, RDB. FOLLOW PATH THROUGH PARK TO OLD BEACH. LAUREL RIVER HWY. 1277 ACCESS- RDB BEFORE MOUTH OF RIVER. HWY. DEADENDS TO RIVER. CORDELL HULL WOLF CREEK DAM REC. ACCESS- BELOW WOLF CREEK DAM RDB NEXT TO CAMPGROUND. HWY. 771 BRIDGE ACCESS- RDB BEFORE BRIDGE. SMITH PARISH RD. ACCESS- DEAD END, LDB, SHORT CARRY HWY. 90 BRIDGE ACCESS- LDB HWY. 61 ACCESS- SMALL FEE THROUGH TRACES OF THE CUMBERLAND. RDB AFTER BRIDGE. SCOTTS FERRY ROAD ACCESS CLOYDS LANDING ACCESS- LDB, OLD FERRY LANDING, ASPHALT, DEADENDS AT RIVER. MESCHAK CENTER POINT ROAD ACCESS- RDB, ROUGH TERRAIN McMILLIANS FERRY- EITHER SIDE OF RIVER HAS ASPHALT, TOMPKINSVILLE OR JUDIO CHEATHAM LAKE NEELY'S BEND ROAD- RDB McGAVOCK PIKE- LDB, OPRYLAND HOTEL EXIT SHELBY PARK- RDB RIVERFRONT PARK- LDB, PARK IN DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT CLEE'S FERRY- RDB OR LDB. THE RDB IS OLD HICKORY BLVD. OFF HWY 12 DOZIER'S- LDB OFF HWY. 49
Harpeth River
Level of difficulty: International class Gradient: ft. per mile Width of River: ft. Runable level: cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Wolf Creek Dam to McMillians Ferry Ky. Cumberland River
Level of difficulty: International class I Gradient: .60 ft. per mile Width of River: 160-290 ft. Runable level: 300cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan.45 Feb.45 Mar.46 Apr.49 May53 June 67 July 67 Aug.65 Sept.4 Oct.66 Nov. 51 Dec. 43 Data from here down has not been calculated McMillians Ferry to Celina Tn. Cumberland River
Level of difficulty: Gradient: ft. per mile Width of River: ft. Runable level: cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. RIVER ACCESS Celina Tn. to Salt Lick Creek Cumberland River Cordell Hull Resevoir
Level of difficulty: Gradient: ft. per mile Width of River: ft. Runable level: cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Salt Lick Creek to Cordell Hull Dam Cumberland River Cordell Hull Resevoir
Level of difficulty: Gradient: ft. per mile Width of River: ft. Runable level: cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Cordell Hull Dam to Gallatin Steam Plant Cumberland River Old Hickory Resevoir
Level of difficulty: Gradient: ft. per mile Width of River: ft. Runable level: cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Gallatin Steam Plant to Old Hickory Dam Cumberland River Old Hickory Reservoir
Level of difficulty: Gradient: ft. per mile Width of River: ft. Runable level: cfs minimum Mean water temp.: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Big South Fork River
BOATING
Russell Earheart late 1950's Traces on the Cumberland boat storage and info located in Burkesville Ky. Online Boating Safety Course - Boater Education Online HIYC HOME PAGE Harbor Island Yacht Club on the Cumberland River (Old Hickory Reservoir. Percy Priest Yacht Club Home Page
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