Zoar Bridge to Gowanda (Zoar Valley)Class II-III
10 Miles
Avg Gradient 20 fpm
Winter on Cattaraugus Creek
Winter on Cattaraugus Creek Photo by Ron Turney taken 3/26/05 @ 4 feet Gauge Information
Cattaraugus Creek
River DescriptionCattaraugus Creek is a seasonal creek in the Lake Erie basin that flows through the magnificent 400-foot deep Zoar Valley Gorge. This wild, isolated area contains the largest tract of old growth forest in New York outside of the Adirondack Mountains. The Zoar Valley has been opened to logging. Visit the Friends of Zoar Valley for more information.Directions To the putin: Go to Springville; head South on Rte. 219 to the traffic signal past McDonald's. Turn right at the signal onto Zoar Valley Road. (ZV Road has some steep ups and downs, but is paved.) Take this road to the second bridge over the creek (approx. 8 miles). Turn Left over the bridge; you will see a state fishing access area. The trail is flat to the creek. This is the usual put in for the raft companies. Getting your boat from the putin lot to the creek is a very easy, wide, flat path, lined with large rocks. To the takeout: Go back over the bridge; turn Left on Zoar Valley Road. Head toward Gowanda. You will come to a fork; bear Left and follow the road past the Harley shop to Gowanda. You will go over a railroad as you come into town; go left, then quick right. This will take you to Main St. Park behind the super market (directly across Main St.). You'll see a park along the creek with a bike path. Take out on River Right, along the park. The bank at the takeout is slippery, a very short walk to the car. (Directions adapted from a post by Dave Meyer on the FLOW Massage Board. StreamTeam Status: unverified
Last Updated: 2008-07-11 16:10:10
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Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda [ NY ] |
Current Conditions
Station Graphs |
| Level Legend: | Running | Below Minimum Recommended Flow | Above Maximum Recommended Flow | Unknown |
| State | River Name/Section | Class | Level | Rel. Level | Updated | |
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| NY | Canadaway Creek— Freedonia to Willow Road | 3.14 ft | 7/25 19:00 | |||
| NY | Canadaway Creek— Griswold to Laona | III-IV(V+) | 3.14 | 7/25 19:00 | ||
| NY | Cattaraugus Creek— Zoar Bridge to Gowanda (Zoar Valley) | II-III | 3.14 feet | med | 7/25 19:00 | |
| NY | Cattaraugus Creek, S. Branch— Otto to Gowanda | II-IV | 3.14 ft | low | 7/25 19:00 |
| AW Gauge ID: | 2006 |
| USGS Station: | 04213500 |
| HUC: | 04120102 |
| Latitude: | 42.4639 |
| Longitude: | -78.9353 |
| Class: | 5 |
No guide books for this stream. If you know of a book that describes this stream please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. User Comments |
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2008-07-11 05:37:27 (14 days ago)
The road from Springville is passable but"not open as of July 5th Edit
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2008-07-01 07:20:17 (24 days ago)
Matt Muir
Hazard on Cattaraugus
Posted by AW Director Bob Glanville:
Last night at approx. 3 ft. on Gowanda gauge, I observed two loops of cable about 30 feet from the left shore approximately 100 yards below the first set of rapids downstream from the first concrete wall on river left above town. They were about 3 feet and 2 feet in diameter, nested within one another and protruding about 2 feet and 1 foot above the water surface, respectivey. They were perpendicular to the shoreline and directly in the line of travel down river left. While they were easily visible and avoided at the 3 ft. water level, at higher flows a boat could become entrapped in them.
Bob Glanville
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2008-04-07 03:31:42 (109 days ago)
You can go directly from Gowanda to the fisherman's takeout. Road is open. Edit
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2007-11-27 03:26:06 (241 days ago)
You can no longer get to the fishermans access that way! the road about 3 miles past the first bridge fell into the creek- they arent going to fix it - its bean a year alredy. You have to take the back way from gowanda. Takes longer if your coming from Zoar valley Edit
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No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. 
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