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Ledbetter Lake is a place with many visitors from Birmingham-Hoover; a great close by hotel is Days Inn Leeds. Do schedule some time to visit Higdon Point next to Ledbetter Lake if you have a chance, and naturally, A visit to Roaring Hollow is always fun. Ledbetter Lake is a great place to visit for more than one day, Holiday Travel Park is a great place to camp nearby; if you get bored of Ledbetter Lake you could also explore nearby North Valley View Lake. Ledbetter
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| | Lake Number 2 is a nearby lake that you could stop by, and Best Western Bass Hotel & Suites is a splendid place to get some rest.
Ledbetter Lake commonly gets much precipitation; March is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest month is October. Just can't get enough of Ledbetter Lake. Stay the night at Alabama WMU Camp, and if the weather is gorgeous, you get a glorious panorama of Double Oak Mountain from Ledbetter Lake. This lake is so wonderful.
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Throughout the summer highs here at Ledbetter Lake reach the 80's, and the overnight is rather cooler of course, frequently in the 60's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 50's, and overnight lows in the 30's for Ledbetter Lake.
This lake is so wonderful. At North Valley View Lake Dam next to Ledbetter Lake there are some attention-grabbing things to see, and there's whitewater on Cahaba River for all you adrenaline people.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.49667
Longitude: -86.49167
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 9 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 12 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Cahaba River
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...pids 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 docking pad. Also if you miss ... |
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4 miles away
4 miles away
