Other Rivers

[DGF]

in TN Ilike to paddle are the Duck and the Harpeth, My favorite. Yellow creek can be a lot of fun also. Planning A trip to the Big South Fork the weekkend of May 19-20.

[cindy pendley]

My friend sonny paddles the harpeth regularly. I dont know about yellow creek, can you tell me more about it?? Where is it? I'd love to learn more about it.

[DGF]

Yellow cr runs into the cumberland river near cumberland city in stewart co. Also with in a few miles is Wells CK and Guicess CK.
They are real big but there is no problem canoeing them until late summer if it has been dry, There will be a few shallow places you might have to get out and pull your boat over. There is not very many people that canoe them, there are a few swimming holes that are easy to get to from the road and on a hot summer day there will be quite a few people there.

[cindy]

ok, I googled yellow creek and found this page

www.nps.gov/rtca/nri/states/TN.html

it has lots of rivers listed, including y ellow creek. the one they have listed is in montgomery county, which i think is near clarksville. I dont know where stewart cty is, but for some reason I think cumberland city is in east tenn?? oh well, thanks for the info. I live in N. GA now anyway and dont get to travel in TN that often. I usually stick closer to home.

I am going to the buffalo memorial day weekend, and to bonnaroo in june. I also have a 3 day camping trip on priest lake (nashville) for mid july.

[DGF]

Yellow CK runs in and out of Montgomery and stewart Co. It is about 10-15 mileswest of Clarksville.

[tww38242]

About Yellow Creek - I learned of this creek from the book 'Canoeing in Tennessee' by Holly Sherwin and me and a group of friends were planning on floating Yellow Creek this Memorial weekend.

I know about the put-in at the bridge on Hwy. 13 - my question was whether permission was needed or in other words if anybody was gonna holler at us for trespassing if we park 2 or 3 vehicles off the road there next to the bridge ? If we do need to get permission, who owns it ? Will anyone downstream give us any problems about trespassing either ?
I've had this problem in the past on other creeks is why I ask..

We are planning on taking out at the boat ramp next to Hwy. 149 so I'm not worried about the vehicle at the take-out.


Also have you ever put-in anywhere further upstream from Hwy. 13 ?

Just looking for any advice from someone who has already floated it.

Thanks in advance -
Terry

[DGF]

There is a swimming hole at the hwy 13 bridge that gets a lot of use. I would not worry about my vehicle there. The land on both sides of the creek are private property until you get close to the boat ramp, but if you stay close to the creek nobody generaly will bother you. I have put in at the intersection of 49@46, ther is another place called tatum's that I have put in at also. Ellis Mills RD runs along the creek and there are several places to access the creek, these are all up river from the 13 bridge.

[tww38242]

DGF - Thanks for the info ..

The book says that the creek upstream from Hwy. 13 is too shallow to canoe in summer, do you agree with this ?
After we do this 1st trip and we like it we may decide to put-in a little farther upstream.. Is there any certain place to put-in or section of the creek you like better than the rest ?

Thanks again,
Terry

[DGF]

Up stream from the 13 bridge does get shallow it is best in early summer, but can be done later in the summer but you might have to get out at a couple of shallow places. The creek can change a lot over the winter and so far this year I have only paddled up from the boat ramp, Watch for trees and stumps they get moved around a lot I there has been a lot of rain. It is a nice quiet ride with lots of wild life to see.

[tww38242]

Well so far this year I have paddled Yellow Creek, the Harpeth, the Red River, and White Oak Creek (small local creek)..

My favorite was probaly Yellow Creek, but they all have their own unique qualities.

Plan on doing a 2 night canoe camping run on Shoal Creek the weekend before Labor Day.

Anybody here ever paddled Shoal Creek ?

Terry

[DGF]

Where is Shoal CK ? I have been on Guices ck, Yellow CK, Wells CK, Duck river upper and lower. Kentucky lake A lot. Barkley lake several times. Blood river. Would like to get to the Caney fork or BSF this summer.

[tww38242]

Shoal Creek is in Southwest TN. near Lawrenceburg and Iron City TN. and runs down into Alabama.

Here is a link to a outfitter in Iron City - www.shoalcreekcanoerun.com/

They rent canoes & kayaks and also shuttle private canoes.

We do some geocaching as well and will probaly hunt some of the geocaches along the creek on our trip..


Exactly what parts of the Duck have you paddled ?
We were thinking of doing canoe camping trip from around Centerville to close to where the Duck empties into the TN. River sometime.. Ever paddled this part ?

[DGF]

That would be a good overnight trip. I have paddled around Centerville and around where it goes into Kentucky lake, Was there this Sat morning 11 Aug from day light until about 11am. It started to get very hot and there was no breeze.If you get to make the trip you should consider taking out at the boat ramp at Paint Rock RD and Bakerville RD, The refuge is closed for road constuction. ther is another bost ramp at Sycamore Landing right the mouth of the duck.

[tww38242]

DGF -
I went and scouted out Yellow Creek upstream from 13 at Tatums and at 49/46. Talked to the owner of the store at 49 / 46 about parking there, he was real nice.
Think I'm gonna do a trip where I put in at 49/46 and float down to 13 and camp at a guys place I've got permission to put-in at there if he doesn't care and then float on down to 149 the next day and take out..

Also scouted a new creek which dumps into the Harpeth - Turnbull Creek. It looks promising as well.

Looks like plenty of water right now in all the creeks I've looked at. Hopefully we will have more water for floating this year than last, I think we will..

You scouted any new places ?

Terry

[tww38242]

Can all the spam crap on this thread be deleted and the member names banned ?

Thanks for hosting this forum ..

Terry