Yielding Lake, Shelby County, Alabama

Yielding Lake, Shelby County, Alabama

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     If you come at the right time of year, Cahaba River offers some splendid whitewater, and if you're visiting from Birmingham-Hoover, you won't be the only one. On a wonderful day you get a panorama of Penitentiary Mountain from Yielding Lake; if you've had enough of Yielding Lake, Mountain View Lake is close by. So many fun things to do here at Yielding Lake, too brilliant to be true. Looking for some flowing water? Try Big Branch; in all probability you're looking
for nearby lakes? Sure, Spring Lake is just a very short distance away. Through the summertime months highs here at Yielding Lake reach the 80's while nighttime lows are regularly in the 60's. For the duration of the winter this place gets highs in the 50's; nighttime lows at Yielding Lake through the winter regularly plunge into the 30's.
Yielding Lake is tremendous enough to spend more than a day at, Holiday Travel Park is a tremendous local campground, and

             Days Inn Leeds is a brilliant place to get some rest. This lake is so wonderful. While you're here at Yielding Lake you must take a look at Baker Point; a nice close by hotel is Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham. Camping at Coosa River Camp Retreat Alabama is always a magnificent experience, and naturally, A journey to Wyatts Gap is always fun.
Yielding Lake sees pretty high levels of rain; the month with most of the rain is March, and October is the month with the least moisture. This lake is so wonderful. Do stop at Yielding Lake Dam if you're here at Yielding Lake.

Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham, Leeds
6 miles away
Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham is conveniently located off of AL-4/Bankhead National Highway/US-78. We are only a few minutes away from Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Barber Motorsports ...

Days Inn Leeds, Leeds
6 miles away
* Near all the attractions and advantages of Birmingham - business, race tracks, restaurants and shopping * Barber Motor Sport Park - 4 miles * Talledega Super Speedway - 29 miles...

Current weather conditions at Yielding Lake, Shelby County, Alabama
Local climate location: BIRMINGHAM FAA AP 9 miles away

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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.46
Longitude: -86.54333

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Outdoors Recreation Near Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
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Hotels Near Yielding Lake:

Americas Best Value Inn Leeds/Birmingham, Leeds, 6 miles away

Days Inn Leeds, Leeds, 6 miles away

Best Western Bass Hotel & Suites, Leeds, 6 miles away

Comfort Inn & Suites, Leeds, 6 miles away

Super 8 Motel - Moody, Moody, 7 miles away

Camp Grounds Near Yielding Lake:

Holiday Travel Park, Leeds, 4 miles away

Coosa River Camp Retreat Alabama, Harpersville, 10 miles away

Alabama WMU Camp, Cook Springs, 13 miles away

Sundance Marina and Campground, Cropwell, 17 miles away

Whitewater Near Yielding Lake:

Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class II - 5.9 miles long (Lovick Bridge to Grants Mill)

Cahaba River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class I-II - 7 miles long (US Route 11 to County Route 10)

Yellowleaf Creek - North Fork, -blank- CountyCounty, 10 miles away
      Class III+ - 1.5 miles long (Ivy Branch to Old Highway 280)

Lakes Near Yielding Lake:

Mountain View Lake, Shelby CountyCounty, 1 miles away

Spring Lake, Shelby CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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Cahaba River

...haba 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 ...