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Turkey Creek Lake Dam is a place that is in the vicinity of Shadow Lake, and dry warm beds await you at Comfort Inn & Suites. This lake is so wonderful. Camping is available at Holiday Travel Park, and if you need a place to stay Jameson Inn Trussville is a perfect choice. Shadow Lake is not far at all from Birmingham-Hoover, and the peak of Black Oak Mountain can be distinguished from Shadow Lake. Summer brings highs in the 80's to Shadow Lake. Through the
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| | dark hours of summer temperatures plunge down into the 60's. Daytime highs throughout the winter are in the 50's with temperatures at Shadow Lake dipping down into the 30's during winter nights.
This lake is so wonderful. Don't try to stop me, cause I'm havin' a tremendous time here at Shadow Lake. Playing golf is lots of fun at Cumberland Lake Country Club, and float down the rapids of Gurley Creek in a kayak. A delightful lake like Old Camp Cosby Lake | |
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close to Shadow Lake is a nice location to stop by, and paddling on Cahaba River is so much fun.
The high level of rain makes Shadow Lake a relatively wet location; through March this area sees the most rain; October meanwhile
is the driest month. Why not camp at Alabama WMU Camp while you're here at Shadow Lake; Shadow Lake is a good lake nearby.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.67833
Longitude: -86.63333
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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, 7 miles away
Class II-III - 3.5 miles long (Narrows Road to State Route 79) |
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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
| ... and had a blast. Although 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 dock... |
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