Take-out
GA
Take-out : Riverside Parkway
Sweetwater Creek - Sweetwater Creek State Park to Chattahoochee River (GA)
Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 1.6 – 8.2 FT
After the Floods of 2009 a new gauge was installed. Min. 2.4 Max. 9.00 are the old flows. The new levels validated with several frequent local paddlers.
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Description
The take-out is a pain in the neck. The normal take-out is on the right, under the bridge. The bank is slippery. The mud is nasty, and there is some re-bar waiting for someone to impale themselves on it.
Just above the bridge on the left is a cement culvert. At higher flows the culvert makes for a much better take-out. From there, carry up the trail to the road. Watch for snakes, poison ivey & broken glass.
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (11)
Rapid
Put-In
Playspot
II+
Warm up ledge.
Rapid
IV+
First Ledge
Rapid
IV
Mill Shoals
Hazard
IV+
The Falls
Waterfall
IV+
The Hole below the Falls
Rapid
II+
Creek Right
Rapid
III
2nd Island - Surf right, play left
Waterfall
II+
Powerline Waves
Rapid
IV
Big Island Rapid, aka Last Ruin Rapid
Hazard
III
Pumping Station
View Full Run
Sweetwater Creek State Park to Chattahoochee River
Sweetwater Creek
III-IV(V)
3.9 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater