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Access Site VA

Dam #3

Potomac River Shenandoah River

Source: National Rivers Project Updated 5 months ago

City: VA
County:
Type: Boat Ramp
Location: 39.33271200, -77.75042500
Air Temp: --
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Whitewater Runs on Potomac River
21 runs (19 nearby)
Difficulty Classes
I Easy II Novice III Intermediate IV Advanced V Expert/Extreme VI Unrunnable
Position relative to this access site: Put-in at this location This location is on the run Take-out at this location
Downstream from here Upstream from here
II+ This location is on this run 0.7 Dargans Bend Boat Ramp to Potoma Wayside, VA or Weverton, MD
5.5 mi 5 ft/mi
I-II Downstream from here (2.7 mi to put-in) 0.8 Potoma Wayside, VA or Weverton, MD to Point of Rocks MD
12.0 mi
I Downstream from here (14.9 mi to put-in) 0.9 Point of Rocks to Mouth of Monocacy
6.2 mi
V+ Downstream from here (41.5 mi to put-in) 3. Great Falls (Center Lines)
0.4 mi 100 ft/mi
IV-V(V+) Downstream from here (41.4 mi to put-in) 3. Great Falls (Fish Ladder)
0.4 mi 100 ft/mi
V+ Downstream from here (41.5 mi to put-in) 3. Great Falls (MD Lines)
0.4 mi 100 ft/mi
V Downstream from here (41.5 mi to put-in) 3. Great Falls (VA Lines)
0.4 mi 100 ft/mi
V+ Downstream from here (41.5 mi to put-in) 3. Through Great Falls (several runs)
0.4 mi
II-III(IV) Downstream from here (41.8 mi to put-in) 4. Sandy Beach/O-Deck to Anglers Inn
2.2 mi 8 ft/mi
V Downstream from here (41.5 mi to put-in) Clara Barton Parkway to C&O Canal
0.1 mi
II Downstream from here (43.4 mi to put-in) 5. Anglers Inn to Lock 10
4.2 mi
I Downstream from here (47.3 mi to put-in) 6. Lock 10 to Sycamore Island
2.3 mi
I Upstream from here (2.3 mi from take-out) 0.6 Shepherdstown, WV to Dargans Bend Boat Ramp
8.0 mi
I Upstream from here (7.9 mi from take-out) 0.5 Dam # 4 to Shepherdstown WV
12.0 mi
I Upstream from here (13.3 mi from take-out) 0.45 Williamsport to Dam #4
14.0 mi
I Upstream from here (19.3 mi from take-out) 0.4 Big Pool/Fort Frederick Campground to Williamsport MD
16.7 mi
I Upstream from here (26.1 mi from take-out) 0.35 Hancock, MD to Big Pool/Fort Frederick Campground
12.0 mi
I Upstream from here (39.0 mi from take-out) 0.3 Fifteen Mile Creek Boat Ramp to Hancock, MD
16.8 mi
I Upstream from here (48.2 mi from take-out) 0.2 Paw Paw Tunnel Campground to Fifteen Mile Creek Boat Landing
21.0 mi
These whitewater runs are on the same river but located more than 50 miles from this access site.
Whitewater data from American Whitewater
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