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Dry warm beds await you at Jameson Inn Trussville, and don't forget to take a perfect little tour to Beaver Creek. Stay the night at Country View RV Park, and Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites TRUSSVILLE is a good location to get some rest. Golf can be played at Cumberland Lake Country Club; get your heart beating on the magnificent whitewater of Cahaba River. During the warm days of summer, highs regularly are in the 80's at Silver Lake with nighttime lows
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| | in the 60's. The winter brings highs down to the 50's; overnight lows in the 30's for Silver Lake. Silver Lake is a pretty wet place ordinarily with a large amount of rain; the wettest month of the year is regularly March, that's the one that rains the most; October meanwhile is the driest month. Just can't get enough of Silver Lake. You're perhaps keen on lakes, Center Point Lake is one of those close by, and there's whitewater on Gurley Creek for all you | |
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adrenaline rush seekers. This lake is so wonderful. There's some attention-grabbing stuff to see at Center Point Lake Dam right next door to Silver Lake. This is a delightful region for people who like lakes. Shadow Lake is a
lake around here, and nearby you come across good spots like The Narrows. This lake is so wonderful. Silver Lake is a tremendous location to visit for more than one day, Holiday Travel Park is a tremendous location to camp nearby, and there are plenty of folks from Birmingham-Hoover here at Silver Lake.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 33.68639 Longitude: -86.67556
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Gurley Creek, Blount / Jefferson CountyCounty, 6 miles away Class II-III - 3.5 miles long (Narrows Road to State Route 79) |
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 8 miles away Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10) |
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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
 | ... 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 the pad ... |
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