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This is a brilliant area for folks who like lakes. North Valley View Lake is a lake close at hand; since you're here why not stop by Wyatts Gap. If you need a location to stay Days Inn Leeds is a great choice, and why not have a look at close by Big Branch while you're here at Valley View Lake. Valley View Lake truly is in the middle of a wonderful outdoors paradise. Best Western Bass Hotel & Suites is a wonderful site to get some rest, and if you came for
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| | an overnight stay Holiday Travel Park is a tremendous spot to camp. Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always check out close by Moore Lake.
This lake is so wonderful. Valley View Lake Dam is a site that is right next door to Valley View Lake, and Coosa River Camp Retreat Alabama is a wonderful campground nearby. Here at Valley View Lake there are plenty of folks from Birmingham-Hoover, and there are some good whitewater spots on Cahaba River. | |
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Valley View Lake sees pretty high levels of rainfall; most of the rain falls all through March while October is commonly the driest month.
For the period of the warmest time of the year here at Valley View Lake, high temperatures
generally reach the 80's. Through the dark hours of summer temperatures sink down into the 60's. The winter brings highs down to the 50's, and after the sun is down during the wintertime temperatures at Valley View Lake plunge into the 30's.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.48167
Longitude: -86.51417
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Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 9 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
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...ays 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 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 ... |
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