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You can take a little visit to Lake Wehapa Dam while you're here at Valley Lake, and if you've had enough of Valley Lake, Crystal Lake is close by. A great nearby hotel is Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham, and you're possibly keen on lakes, Mirror Lakes is one of those close by. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Cahaba River. Camping is available at Coosa River Camp Retreat Alabama, and you could always discover Lowry Gap.
What a site this is for outdoors
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| | people. A good place to camp here at Valley Lake is Holiday Travel Park; after a long day outdoors Days Inn Leeds is a splendid site to spend a night or two. This lake is so wonderful. Big Branch is a beautiful stream that is worth stopping at, and you'll almost certainly meet some folks from Birmingham-Hoover here. All the water falling down from the sky makes Valley Lake a wet spot; March is the wettest month with most rain, and the driest of the months is | |
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During the warm months, highs mostly are in the 80's at Valley Lake. When the night sets in temperatures plunge down into the 60's. Highs during the wintertime are typically in the 50's, and winter nights come with lows in the 30's to Valley Lake.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.47556
Longitude: -86.56361
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 7 miles away
Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill) |
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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
| ... 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 nice but its positioned weirdly. You come ... |
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