Ramapo, NY

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 Ran this Feb 08 at 320 cfs, Suffern gage. The falls (CL5) is 0.03 upstream of the Tuxedo Station. There's a fishing access for free parking. There's a construction company just above the falls with 'no parking' sign. No one was around to ask for permission. You might be able to find somewhere to park further up and there might be another falls/dam. Right after the falls is a slide (CL3) followed by some CL2, another little drop and flat water. I drove down rte 17 to the Rockland/Orange county line. Ther's a pull-off, I park there since there were no signs that said I couldn't, park at your own risk. I used a 50ft rope to get my kayak down the steep slope and carried over train tracks. CL2 rapids to start with. What you get here is the most you'll get to where I took out except for the dam. Downstream from here before you pass under 7 Lakes Drive just upstream of a bridge (Washington Ave?) there was a surf-hole. At higher levels this might get really good since the river is constricted here. It looks like there might have been and old rustic dam here. Soon you will pass under 7 Lakes Drive, you can take out here. Stony Brook will pour in from your left after passing under 7 Lakes Drive and the water will go dead flat. This is due to the Dam. It's a low-head dam, however, there's something in there to stop the recirc but all the way left has recirc and probably other spots as well. I ran just left of the recirc, right of the log stickig up. The rocks seem like they have good pin potential and there's junk in this dam. This is the last CL3 I know about. I would look to take out here next time since the sceanery is not great after this and you'll hear and see the throughway. There may be parking on Waldron Ter. which can be accessed by taking 7 Lakes Drive make a right on Waldron and drive until you see the signs 'Do not pass', the dam is on you right. There's easy rapids until I took out when I saw a flag pole on my right. It turned out I was in back of a factory or something. It seems you can park here since there was ample parking and not real buzy and no signs that I saw.