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Playspot PA Class III

Three Quarter Mile Long

Lehigh - 2. Rockport to Glen Onoko (PA)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Lehigh River at Lehighton, PA Downstream Primary
Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Three Quarter Mile Long
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Not quite a mile long, but still the longest rapid on the river (other than perhaps Sea of Rocks, which at low water seems twice as long). Avoiding a piece of metal just above the island, run to the right for a narrow twisty passage, or to the left for a senic view of an old boxcar left over from a train derailment. Below the island is a long rock garden type rapid. At 1000 cfs or above check out two side surfing hydraulics on the middle left side. Below this work your way gradually to the right until you reach a surfing/pop-up wave/hole near a pyramid rock on the right shore. Continue on down and eddy out on the left before Little Swimmers. Watch out for a metal beam sticking out from the right shore at the top of the eddy, and for submerged metal on the bottom/left of the eddy.


Location
Type
Playspot
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
4.1 mi
Directions
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2. Rockport to Glen Onoko
Lehigh
II-III 13.1 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater