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Black Oak Mountain can be seen from Old Camp Cosby Lake; Shadow Lake is a nearby lake that you could stop by. During your visit to Old Camp Cosby Lake you'll meet some people from Birmingham-Hoover for sure, and a round of golf at nearby Cumberland Lake Country Club is a brilliant way to kill some time. If you don't mind getting covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Gurley Creek; there's some exciting stuff to catch a sight of at Camp
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| | Cosby Dam in the neighborhood of Old Camp Cosby Lake. This lake is so wonderful. A tremendous location for whitewater paddling close to Old Camp Cosby Lake is Cahaba River, and if you came to camp Alabama WMU Camp is a brilliant place to do that.
This lake is so wonderful. Old Camp Cosby Lake gets a good deal of water; during the month of March you get the most rain around here while October is the month with the least amount of precipitation. What a site this | |
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is for outdoors folks. Dry warm beds await you at Jameson Inn Trussville; while you're here, you could also explore pretty Shadow Lake.
For the duration of the days of summer highs here at Old Camp Cosby Lake reach the 80's, and
during summer nights temperatures are in the 60's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 50's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Old Camp Cosby Lake. Comfort Inn & Suites is a splendid place to get some rest. There's
so much to do here at Old Camp Cosby Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Holiday Travel Park is a magnificent site for that.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.68333
Longitude: -86.62667
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 5 miles away
Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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Gurley Creek, Blount / Jefferson CountyCounty, 7 miles away
Class II-III - 3.5 miles long (Narrows Road to State Route 79) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 10 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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Cahaba River
| ...ced 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. You NEED to go look at the take out before you go on your trip though. The take out is ... |
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3 miles away
