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Whitewater
Georgia
Etowah - 3 - Highway 9 to Castleberry Bridge. Etowah Falls Section.
Castleberry Rapid
Hazard
GA
Class II
Castleberry Rapid
Etowah - 3 - Highway 9 to Castleberry Bridge. Etowah Falls Section. (GA)
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Water Body
This Run
Other Rapids
Gauge
Gauge Conditions
Etowah River at GA 136, near Landdrum, GA
Downstream
Primary
Runnable: 200.0 – 1,000.0 CFS
Data from
American Whitewater
&
USGS
Photo
Photo courtesy of
American Whitewater
Description
A thid techical rapid, this time with the cleanest line on river left. Move to the right below the rapid for take-out at Castleberry Bridge.
Other Rapids on This Run (9)
Rapid
Highway 9 (Lumpkin County)
0.0 mi
Hazard
II
Chuck Shoals
0.8 mi
Waterfall
IV
Etowah Falls
4.0 mi
Hazard
II
Lower Drop of the Falls (a/k/a Rocky Road)
4.0 mi
Hazard
II
Island Shoals
5.6 mi
Hazard
II
Middle Shoals
5.8 mi
Hazard
Castleberry Bridge
6.0 mi
Hazard
II+
Etowah Tunnel
9.5 mi
Rapid
Highway 136 Bridge
14.8 mi
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class II
Mile Marker
5.9 mi
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3 - Highway 9 to Castleberry Bridge. Etowah Falls Section.
Etowah
II(IV)
7.2 mi
Hazard
— Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater