Highway 20 to Big Eddy Park

Honeoye Creek is almost entirely a class I paddle except for a short class III stretch that begins one mile south of Honeoye Falls. This stretch of the creek is solid class III and consists of two series of rapids ( _The Ledges_). The total drop is 50 to 60 feet over 3,000 feet, giving _The Ledges_ an average gradient of -90 to -105 feet per mile. The creek flows over a dam located in downtown Honeoye Falls, New York, creating an unrunnable 12-foot high waterfall. Honeoye Creek floods during the spring. The highest recorded flood peak was 6,600 cfs on June 23, 1972. THE PUTIN The putin is problematic. You can putin at the Highway 5 & 20 bridge approximately 3 miles south of Honeoye Falls, but that puts 3.5 miles of class I flatwater between you and _The Ledges_. A better putin is from highway 65, about one-half mile upstream from the Martin Road bridge, at the highway's closest approach to the creek. You must obtain permission to cross 100 yards of private farmland for this putin. "THE LEDGES" _The Ledges_ of Honeoye Creek consists of two sections, The _Martin Road Ledges_ and the _Highway 65 Ledges_. Both sections are staircase drops, with multiple 2-foot ledge drops. Many of these ledge drops have recirculations resembling those of low head dams. You must scout the creek to identify potentially sticky hydraulics, especially at high water. The _Martin Road Ledges_ can be scouted from Martin Road bridge. The _Highway 65 Ledges_ can be scouted from the Highway 65 bridge and the river-right bank. The run over the _Martin Road Ledges_ begins 1,000 feet upstream of the Martin Road bridge. The creek drops 15 to 20 feet (for a gradient of -80 to -105 feet per mile). After passing under the bridge, the creek flattens out for 500 feet before approaching the Highway 65 Ledges. The _Highway 65 Ledges_ drops 15 to 20 feet over 500 feet, for a gradient of -155 to -210 feet per mile. Once under the Highway 65 bridge, the creek drops over several more 2-foot ledges before becoming a class I creek 1,000 feet past the bridge. THE TAKEOUT Once into the class I flat water downstream from the Highway 65 bridge, paddle another to the Big Eddy Park. Finger Lakes Area Runs Bowman CreekCascadilla Creek Canandaigua Outlet Canaseraga Creek Canisteo Cayuga Lake Hole Cayuta Creek Conesus Creek Fall Creek (1.) Fall Creek (2.)Fall Creek (3.) Great Gully Creek Honeoye CreekIrondequoit Creek Keshequa Creek Keuka Outlet Lock 32 Whitewater Course Owasco River (Outlet) Salmon Creek Sixmile Creek Sugar Creek Taughannock Creek (1.) Taughannock Creek (2.) Trumansburg Creek Vanbuskirk Gulf Western New York Area Reaches Beaver Meadow Creek Canadaway Creek (1.) Canadaway Creek (2.) Canaseraga Creek Cattaraugus Creek Cattaraugus Creek, S. Branch Cazenovia Creek, W. Branch (1.)Cazenovia Creek, W. Branch (2.) Chautauqua Creek Clear Creek, N. Br. Conesus Creek Eighteenmile Creek Eighteenmile Creek, S. Br. Ellicott Creek Genesee (Letchworth) Honeoye Creek Keshequa Creek Little Chautauqua Creek Murder Creek Niagara Oak Orchard Creek Oatka Creek Rushford Lake Outlet Sugar Creek Twentymile Creek Google Map of New York Whitewater New York Whitewater Paddlers Facebook Group