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If you need a site to stay Wingate by Wyndham Birmingham is a brilliant choice, and if you come at the right time of year, Cahaba River offers some great whitewater. For the duration of the summer months here at Charob Lake, high temperatures regularly get into the 80's. When the night sets in temperatures sink down into the 60's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 50's while the cold winter nights at Charob Lake are in the 30's. This lake is so wonderful.
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| | Why not camp at KOA Birmingham South while you're here at Charob Lake, and you'll meet a lot of people from Birmingham-Hoover here. A gorgeous lake like Belcher Lake near Charob Lake is a great site to take a look at, and after a long day outdoors Oak Mountain Lodge is a fine place to spend a night or two. It's a magnificent idea to pop by Cooper Branch, it's near Charob Lake, and you'll locate a charming lake called Demopolis Lake. But wait, there's more | |
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to do near Charob Lake. Charob Lake Dam is a scenic place right next door to Charob Lake, and of course, A journey to Little Narrows is always fun. This lake is so wonderful. Golf can be played at Eagle Point Golf Club. Charob
Lake is a reasonably wet place frequently with a lot of rainfall; March is the wettest month with most rain, and October is when it's the driest. Camping is available at Pelham Koa Kampground, and get yourself into a kayak and hit Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 33.32528 Longitude: -86.66056
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 11 miles away Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 18 miles away Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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KOA Birmingham South
 | 10 miles away 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
 | 11 miles away ... 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 concrete docking pad in the water. You NEED to go look at the take out before you go on your trip though. The take out is nice but its positioned weirdly. You come down river to it after your last rapid and if the water is up or moving along well then you really have to back paddle to make the doc... |
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