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Description

Jennings Creek is most popular locally for trout fishing and summer time swimming holes. But when the rain hits and the flow jumps you wont see either here. The majority of the run is located with in National Forest and mostly roadside. There is always a bunch of wood in this creek, but most of it should be avoidable. You should watch for and note places needing portaging on the ride up. After your laps here slide up North Creek for a tighter, faster, more technical creek with even more wood!

Rapids in this Run (1)

Rapid III

HOC ledge

0.0 mi

Difficulty

Class II-III

Length

5.3 mi

Gradient

68 ft/mi

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Shuttle Info

Put In: The entire run is roadside within nat'l forest. Drive upstream, as far up Jennings Creek Rd. (614) as you want to go. Multiple parking options and pull offs. They are often being used by trout fishermen as this creek is stocked. Take Out: The take out is a bit more tricky. Going downstream you eventually leave nat'l forest right at the river wide ledge (HOC ledge). If your group is small you may get away with parking near there, but there is a small parking lot (recommended) only a couple hundred yards upstream at the blue hole (which is just upstream of the HOC ledge). You can also continue all the way to the confluence with the James River and then 5 mins down the James to the public boat landing at the Arcadia bridge over the James.

Route 614 to James R.

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