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At Lake in the Woods Dam close to Lake in the Woods there are some interesting things to see, and a great place to camp here at Lake in the Woods is Alabama WMU Camp. Lake in the Woods is fine enough to spend more than a day at, Holiday Travel Park is a fine local campground; you can run the rapids of Gurley Creek. The high level of precipitation makes Lake in the Woods a rather wet place; during March this area sees the most rain while October is commonly
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| | the driest month. After a long day outdoors Comfort Inn & Suites is a glorious location to spend a night or two.
If only every place had this much outdoors fun things, what a great globe it would be. Dry warm beds await you at Jameson Inn Trussville, and a scenic lake like Echo Lake is a glorious place to stop at. During the summertime, highs commonly are in the 80's at Lake in the Woods. Summer overnight lows plunge down to the 60's. Throughout the winter | |
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highs are typically in the 40's while the cold winter nights at Lake in the Woods are in the 20's. This lake is so wonderful. Lakes are such serene places, why not check out Liles Lake in close proximity to Lake in the Woods, and
from Lake in the Woods you obtain a delightful sight of Meridian Mountain.
Lake in the Woods is not far at all from Birmingham-Hoover, and get your heart pumping on the brilliant whitewater of Cahaba River.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.71083
Longitude: -86.56667
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 6 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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Gurley Creek, Blount / Jefferson CountyCounty, 8 miles away
Class II-III - 3.5 miles long (Narrows Road to State Route 79) |
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Echo Lake, Jefferson CountyCounty, 2 miles away |
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Cahaba River
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...ugh 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 concrete docking pad in the water. Y... |
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