Neshota/West Twin,

Zander Road to Hwy.147 (3.5 miles)

Lower Ledge of Devil's Meet

Lower Ledge of Devil's Meet
Photo by Rob Smage @ Low boatable

Gauge Information

River Description

Quick Facts:

Location: About midway between Manitowoc and Green Bay (~20 miles to each).
Shuttle Length: 3.2 mile. (See details in "Directions" Tab.)
Character: Fine rural trip has a mini-dells early on, and an number of short (6"-1') ledges. A sweet series of waves may form where the river slides down sloping bedrock just before the confluence with the Devils River.

Put-in is approximately 674' elevation.
Take-out is approximately 619' elevation.
Thus total elevation change is approximately 55'.

General Overview
A cute, small dells, and short bedrock ledges make a pleasant beginners paddle.
In the unlikely event that you catch this at high water, the approach to the confluence with the Devil's River may become significantly interesting (I.E., could push into class III).

Note: After the confluence with the Devil's River, the Nashota becomes the West Twin, one of the two rivers which give the town of Two Rivers its name. The "falls" marked on the topo maps on this reach are either non-existant, or so inconsequential as to be of no concern to all but the most inexperienced of boaters.

Also, while there is a 'falls' marked near a road on the East Twin (nearby), it appears to be on private property. There is little else apparent on that river in terms of gradient, so I strongly suspect it is a single minor ledge (on the order of a foot or so in height) with little else of whitewater merit on that branch, I have not floated it.

Alternate take-out is at Maribel Caves County Park. This eliminates about 1.1 miles of mostly flatwater and class I riffles, but requires a strenuous hike out, and is not readily identified from the river. I would highly recommend a visit to the park to hike the trails and find the caves, and drive past the ruins of the Maribel Hotel (a bit north of the park entrance on CTH.R).

Additional References
Midwest River Inventory has run details and photos of this reach.