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Pawnee Reservoir is a nearby lake that you could stop at; if you came to camp City of Hoover RV Park is a great place to do that. Super 8 Motel - Fultondale Birmingham Area is a good place to get some rest, and lots of folks from Birmingham-Hoover come here. Ketona Lakes sees pretty high levels of precipitation; March is the month that gets the most rain; October is when it's the driest. Tarrant Gap is a pleasant place to stop at nearby, and Ketona Lakes is
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| | wonderful enough to spend more than a day at, M and J RV is a wonderful local campground.
So much cool stuff to do at Ketona Lakes, so little time. Rock Mountain Lake Dam is an attention-grabbing thing to check out, and in the event that you don't mind getting soaked, you can always go whitewater paddling on Cahaba River. This lake is so wonderful. Barton Branch flows through this vicinity. If you need a place to stay Days Inn Fultondale is a tremendous | |
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choice, and while you're here, you could also stop by pretty North Lake.
This lake is so wonderful. Gurley Creek has a brilliant whitewater paddling spot close by, and playing golf is lots of fun at Roebuck Golf Course. During
the warmest time of the year highs here at Ketona Lakes get into the 80's. For the period of the dark hours of summer temperatures fall down into the 60's. Daytime highs through the wintertime are in the 50's with temperatures at Ketona Lakes dipping down into the 30's through winter nights.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.5975
Longitude: -86.76361
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 8 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Gurley Creek, Blount / Jefferson CountyCounty, 13 miles away
Class II-III - 3.5 miles long (Narrows Road to State Route 79) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 13 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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Cahaba River
| ... 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 rapid and if the water ... |
KOA Birmingham South
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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.... |
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