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Pless Lake Dam is not far at all from Mountain View Lake, and while you're here, do take a trip to Baker Point. This lake is so wonderful. A good spot near Mountain View Lake is Wyatts Gap. Lakes are tremendous; Yielding Lake is a lake that's close to Mountain View Lake. All through the long summer days, highs typically are in the 80's at Mountain View Lake; the overnight is rather cooler of course, usually in the 60's. The winter comes with highs in the
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| | 50's while the cold winter nights at Mountain View Lake are in the 30's. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Mountain View Lake has to offer, you can camp at Coosa River Camp Retreat Alabama, and if you need a place to stay Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham is a magnificent choice.
But wait, there's more to do near Mountain View Lake. Days Inn Leeds is a nice location to get some rest, and paddling on Cahaba River is so much fun. This | |
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lake is so wonderful. All the water falling down from the sky makes Mountain View Lake a wet place; March is when you get the most rain here, and October meanwhile is the driest month.
Here at Mountain View Lake you'll in all
probability meet some people from Birmingham-Hoover, and not far from Mountain View Lake you'll locate Moore Lake which is a picturesque lake. Take a side journey to Big Branch; you can stay the night at Holiday Travel Park.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.46917
Longitude: -86.53694
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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, 9 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Cahaba River
| ...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 the pad the current picks up dead even wit... |
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5 miles away
5 miles away
