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Whitewater
West Virginia
Potomac - 0.7 Dargans Bend Boat Ramp to Potoma Wayside, VA or Weverton, MD
Dam #3 (Start of the "Needles")
Rapid
WV
Class II
Dam #3 (Start of the "Needles")
Potomac - 0.7 Dargans Bend Boat Ramp to Potoma Wayside, VA or Weverton, MD (WV)
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Potomac River at Point of Rocks, MD
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Runnable: 0.5 – 9.0 FT
Data from
American Whitewater
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USGS
Description
This broken out Dam is shortly below the Bakerton put-in on the Potomac. The "Needles" whitewater section of the Potomac (just above and at Harpers Ferry, WV), starts at this Dam and continues for about 1.5 miles.
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Other Rapids on This Run (6)
Rapid
N/A
Put In
0.0 mi
Rapid
II
Needles
3.0 mi
Rapid
II
Surfing Waves below Shenandoah/Potomac Confluence
4.6 mi
Rapid
II
"Mad Dog"
4.8 mi
Rapid
III
"White Horse"
5.0 mi
Rapid
N/A
Take Out
5.3 mi
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class II
Mile Marker
2.5 mi
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0.7 Dargans Bend Boat Ramp to Potoma Wayside, VA or Weverton, MD
Potomac
II+
5.5 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
Dam #3 (Start of the "Needles")