KY 461 to Cumberland R. (34 miles)Class II
34 Miles
Gauge Information
Buck Creek
River DescriptionAndy Messer provides (2004-06-11): Buck Creek is one of the most scenic canoeing streams around. The difficulty level throughout is class I with maybe one or two rapids hovering close to class II. The best scenery is from highway 80 down.It is pretty much all moving water, so it's very easy without being dead flat.
Put in on Rainer Rd is nice. You can break the trip in half taking out at RT 1003 bridge or put in there and paddle the rest of the creek. StreamTeam Status: unverified
Last Updated: 2008-04-20 21:49:43
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*The Rockcastle is being used as a 'reference gauge'. Flows of 600 on this gauge should indicate runnability of Buck Creek.
Rockcastle River at Billows [ KY ] |
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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| KY | Buck Creek— KY 461 to Cumberland R. (34 miles) | II | 19 cfs* | low | 12/2 12:30 | |
| KY | Rockcastle— Beech Creek to Bee Rock Campground (5 miles) | III-IV | 19.00 | low | 12/2 12:30 |
| AW Gauge ID: | 1703 |
| USGS Station: | 03406500 |
| HUC: | 05130102 |
| Latitude: | 37.1711 |
| Longitude: | -84.2961 |
| Class: | 4 |
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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2008-04-20 07:22:30 (226 days ago)
Kevin Black
Just paddled the creek today from rainier rd. to the 80 bridge and the Rockcastle gauge was 750. If it were lower it would be pretty scrappy, but it was doable and there were a few spots to surf some small waves.
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2008-04-08 04:40:59 (238 days ago)
The way I tell if it is runnable is checking the gauge on the Rockcastle River, if it is 600 CFS or more, you got a run. Anything around 600cfs is little scrappy in few spots up stream of RT 80 Edit
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2004-06-11 09:02:29 (1635 days ago)
Andy Messer
Buck Creek is one of the most scenic canoeing streams around. The difficulty level throughout is class I with maybe one or two rapids hovering close to class II. The best scenery is from highway 80 down.It is pretty much all moving water, so it's very easy without being dead flat.
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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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