Whitewater Run MI Class IV

roadside along Hwy.45 (up to 1.44 miles)

Sandstone Creek

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Runnable: ? – ? CFS
Approximate reading: This gauge is 3.5 miles away on Sandstone Creek. Use as a general reference only.
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Description
Four miles south of Rockland, MI, 10 miles north of Bruce Crossing, along US Hwy 45 just south of the Military Bridge over the Ontanagon. This run is essentially a 'roadside ditch' (for the length of the reach you may be interested in boating). This will have a very short window of opportunity, boatable one day, not the next. If you are only getting here on a weekend, you may have just missed it, a day too early or a day too late. But . . . if you happen to be there on the right day, you're in for a real treat! A scout for wood is mandatory. Action builds to the last 0.2 mile where the creek drops 60' (giving an 'effective gradient' near 300 FPM for that stretch), tripping down a sequence of slides and ledges in the sandstone bedrock. Description and photos (with no flow, and minimal flow) may be found at: Waterfalls of the Keweenaw.
Difficulty
Class IV
Length
1.4 mi
Gradient
115 ft/mi
Rapids
5
Difficulty Classes
I Easy II Novice III Intermediate IV Advanced V Expert/Extreme VI Unrunnable
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
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