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Obvious, on your right. Don't tie it up any longer than you have to,
private boaters on the upstream steps, commercial boaters on the downstream
ramp.
There is now a second takeout
further downstream. Robert Sexton tells me:
It's about 15 minutes downstream.
When you pass the old takeout, go right or left of the island
(your choice, left seems quicker). It's downstream .8 miles
on the right. There's lots of parking, and you can leave a vehicle there.
The only downside is that after wearing out your crew on the river,
you then make them paddle for a while. The water flattens out
after the island, and its a nice place to swim. You have to keep
those feet downstream, because there are shallow rocks here and there
(I stuck the boat. It was embarrassing) The cool side is that if you
hang onto the boat, you can wait for a rock to come along, and use
it to hop up into the boat.
previous
: Powerhouse Ledge
I love to hear from my readers, but I get a lot of mail. If you're writing
to set up a rafting or other outdoor adventure trip in the southeast Tennessee
area, contact the folks at OAR
, my
favorite outfitters.
This is a part of the Virtual Ocoee
pages
of Dan's Whitewater
collection in the home pages of
Dan Lyke
,
reachable at
danlyke@flutterby.com