Underground!

Upstream of our listed section, this creek is underground for nearly 3.8 miles. From McCarty Park (at 2500 S.82nd Street), it passes under many blocks of residential properties, and passes under a namesake park (Honey Creek Park) totally unseen. It passes under the intersection of 84th and National Avenue, parallels between 82nd and 83rd Street north to the State Fairgrounds, passing under the southeast third of the Wisconsin Exposition Center, then veers eastward to pass under the "Milwaukee Mile" Racetrack (right about where the pit lane rejoins the main track), paralleling that oval track around the south curve to the middle of the north curve, where it veers north to pass under the Hank Aaron Trail and the north parking lot, before veering west to pass under Alder, Kearny, 84th Street and the expressway before it sees daylight again just beyond the westbound onramp from 84th Street to the expressway, just upstream around a bend from our listed put-in.

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Upstream of McCarty Park, the creek is above ground for 3.2 miles, to where it emerges from under I-894 near the 5500 block of W.Allerton Avenue (where its drainage area is just 1.64 square miles). Nearly all of that stretch is cement ditch surrounded by grassy sloped shoreline/parkway (no trees or shrubs creekside) as it passes between residential properties. There is only minimal slope with a couple very minor very short blocks or 'jumps' disturbing the otherwise featureless flow ... nothing like what is found in the section of creek we have detailed below.

So, while there may be times that upper section could be boatable, it is doubtful you would find it at all interesting from a whitewater perspective.