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The beauty of mother nature reveals herself at Highland Spring; Indian Valley Lake is fine enough to spend more than a day at, City of Hoover RV Park is a fine local campground. Rutherford Lake Number One is a magnificent lake near Indian Valley Lake, and a perfect close by hotel is Holiday Inn Express Birmingham I-65 South (Pelham). This lake is so wonderful. If you need a location to stay La Quinta Inn & Suites Birmingham Hoover is a great choice, and camping
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| | at Pelham Koa Kampground is always a good experience. If you're a golfer then a splendid close by course is Greystone Golf and Country Club, and there's some out of the ordinary stuff to distinguish at Tulleys Real Estate Lake Dam in the neighborhood of Indian Valley Lake.
This lake is so wonderful. Whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then we recommend Cahaba River. There are some perfect whitewater spots on Yellowleaf Creek - North | |
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Fork, and if you're looking for some flowing water? Try Acton Creek. The warmest time of the year brings highs in the 90's to Indian Valley Lake; all through summer nights temperatures are in the 60's. Daytime highs through the winter
are in the 50's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Indian Valley Lake.
Indian Valley Lake gets a lot of water; March is when you get the most rain here, and the driest month is October. Man, is there a lot of entertaining
things to do in the neighborhood of Indian Valley Lake. Lakes? Sure, Rutherford Lakes is around here, and there are plenty of folks from Birmingham-Hoover here at Indian Valley Lake.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.37528
Longitude: -86.76583
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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, 19 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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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
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...hree 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 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... |
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