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Whitewater paddling is glorious on Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork, and a lake close by is Woodmere Number One Lake. Bounds Lake is a wet place that gets a lot of rainfall; March is the wettest month with most rain; the driest month of the year is October. High temperatures at Bounds Lake during the summer are in the 90's, and the night is somewhat colder of course, mostly in the 60's. Daytime highs through the winter are in the 50's, and during the dark hours
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| | in the winter at Bounds Lake temperatures sink to the 30's. This lake is so wonderful. You could also pop by Woodmere Number Two Lake if you're here at Bounds Lake; it's close by, and Bounds Lake is brilliant enough to spend more than a day at, Pelham Koa Kampground is a brilliant local campground. This lake is so wonderful. Get dripping wet paddling on Cahaba River; after a long day outdoors Hampton Inn Calera is a delightful spot to spend a night or two. | |
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You can take a little journey to Green Valley Group Dam if you're here at Bounds Lake, and Holiday Inn Express CALERA-I-65 EXIT 231 is a brilliant place to get some rest. Bounds Lake is a site with many visitors from Birmingham-Hoover,
and nearby you locate Butler Hollow which is a pleasant location to stop by. Now, you may imagine that's a load but there's even more exciting stuff to do here at Bounds Lake. Camping at KOA Birmingham South is always a brilliant experience, and an afternoon playing golf at Ballantrae Golf Club is always a bliss.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 33.21944 Longitude: -86.72056
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 18 miles away Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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KOA Birmingham South
 | Just stopped here on our way north from the Florida panhandle.? Great stopover spot, extemely convenient to I-65.? Clean, neat campground, great bathrooms and showers, friendly, well-informed staff, and the area has all the basics travelers like us are interested in---food, shopping, RV stores, food, food, etc.? I know this would also be a nice spot for a longer stay.... |
Cahaba River
 | 17 miles away ... the Cahaba and had a blast. Although it does have a class II rating I only encountered four areas where the river produced what I would call true rapids. Most of these areas were short two to three foot falls followed by a run produced by the current. And one was just a long series of wide wave trains. I did enjoy the rapids but even a novice paddler with a few trips under their belt could handle this section. The only bad part was the long flats inbetween the rapids. I was lucky in that I timed my trip two days after a heavy rain so the current was nice and steady. If not for that I would have been exhausted from paddling across the flats. Luckily the scenery is good and there is plenty of wildlife to enjoy. The put in at Lovic bridge is tricky. Its a pretty steep grade and full of mud and sand. I ended up just getting in my canoe and slidding down the hill into the water. Thats a good way to flip so take a friend and you could rope your boat down much easier. The take out at Grants Mill is alot nicer. It has a nice gravel parking lot and a concrete ramp down to the river with a co... |
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