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In Alabama there are many beautiful lakes, Newfound Creek Lake is one of them. You can take a little visit to New Found Creek Lake Dam while you're here at Newfound Creek Lake, and you can stay the night at M and J RV. This lake is so wonderful. An afternoon playing golf at Mountain View Golf Course is always a diversion, and after a long day outdoors Microtel Inn and Suites Gardendale is a good location to spend a night or two. Newfound Creek Lake gets a lot
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| | of water; the month of March is the wettest with most of the rain, and October meanwhile is the driest month. One of the main characteristics of the surroundings of Newfound Creek Lake is Crocker Hill, and there's some flowing water close by, Sectionline Creek is a stream you can stop at during your stay. There's so much to do here at Newfound Creek Lake that you need to camp here for a while, City of Hoover RV Park is a good location for that; get your | |
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heart pumping on the fine whitewater of Mill Creek. Through the months of summer here at Newfound Creek Lake, high temperatures mostly reach the 80's; the overnight is fairly colder of course, typically in the 60's. For the duration
of the wintertime this place gets highs in the 50's; winter nights come with lows in the 20's to Newfound Creek Lake. This lake is so wonderful. You can run the rapids of Gurley Creek in close proximity to Newfound Creek Lake,
and Best Western Gardendale Inn is a fine place to get some rest. So much enjoyable stuff near Newfound Creek Lake, truly extraordinary. Here at Newfound Creek Lake you'll probably meet some people from Birmingham-Hoover, and since
you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always go to nearby Chetopa Mine - Impoundment Number 2. Not far from Newfound Creek Lake, you'll hit upon Sayre Impoundment Number 1 which is a charming lake; Barrell Spring is always fun to check out.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 33.655 Longitude: -86.88833
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Mill Creek, Blount CountyCounty, 16 miles away Class III - 0.5 miles long (Rt. 31 to Dirt Road off CR 5) |
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Gurley Creek, Blount / Jefferson CountyCounty, 17 miles away Class II-III - 3.5 miles long (Narrows Road to State Route 79) |
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Rice Creek, Cullman CountyCounty, 17 miles away Class IV - 6.4 miles long (CR 38 to CR 91) |
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Cahaba River
 | 17 miles away ...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 with the pad and will take you on down river before you realize it. Just check the weather and the USGS sites for the water level and better yet go look at it at the put in and the take out to get a better idea if you can. The Cahaba is a great river to paddle it just isnt forgivi... |
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