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Hill Lake is not the only place nearby, Hidden Hill Lake is a nearby lake, and the scenery at Hidden Hill Dam is charming. A normal amount of precipitation falls here at Hill Lake; the month of May is the wettest with most of the rain, and August is the month with the least moisture. No way I can stop, cause I'm havin' a wonderful time here at Hill Lake. If you need a site to stay Windsor Inn and Suites is a wonderful choice, and you can run the rapids of
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| | Neches River. If you came to camp #1 RV Park of Tyler is a tremendous place to do that; if you've had enough of Hill Lake, Bellwood Lake is nearby. Summertime brings highs in the 90's to Hill Lake; all through summer nights temperatures are in the 70's. Through the winter this place gets highs in the 50's, and overnight lows through the wintertime for Hill Lake tend to be in the 30's. This lake is so wonderful. A delightful close by hotel is Baymont Inn & Suites | |
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Tyler, and Hill Lake is a place with many visitors from Tyler. Hill Lake is great enough to spend more than a day at, 5 Star RV Park is a great local campground; glorious hiking is available along the Tyler State Park Trail.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 32.34389 Longitude: -95.38583
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Neches River, Anderson Cherokee CountyCounty, 18 miles away Class II+ - 3 miles long (Lake Palestine to US 175) |
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 | 17 miles away 1 PHOTO ... is a totally do-able float. There's not really any fast water to speak of, but you need to be prepared to make short portages and negotiate downed timber in the water. One area in particular you will need to tie some line off to your kayak and let it float under a downed tree, you crawl over the tree and then get back in. I'm sure the when and where the trees are down changes quite often.... And it looks like someone (probably the river authority) takes a saw down and cuts some of this out from time to time.
The put in location is correct. However, the take out is not. You need to float further down to the 175 bridge (less than 1/4th mile) and get out there.
I would suggest that experienced paddlers attempt this only when the water is high from heavy rains or when the dam is letting a lot of water out. There's vegetative litter stuck in the trees 10 foot above the water line.... So at some points of the year... This thing moves... And could represent dangers with the amount of timber.
You might consider taking a machete on this trip just in case. Don't forget th... |
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