Four Mile Creek

B) Cooper Road to Lake Erie(Lower Four Mile)

DifficultyIII-IV
Length3.2 mi
Avg Gradient66 fpm
GaugeBrandy Run Near Girard, Pa
Flow Rate as of 33 minutes
4 cfs
Reach Info Last UpdatedJanuary 8, 2011

River Description

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River Features

Cooper Road

Distance: 0 mi
Cooper Road

The Devil's Staircase

Class: IIIDistance: 0.4 mi
Waterfall / Large Drop
The Devil's Staircase

GE Warm-up Drops

Class: II+Distance: 1.9 mi
Waterfall / Large Drop
GE Warm-up Drops

General Electric Falls

Class: III+Distance: 2 mi
Hazard
Waterfall / Large Drop
General Electric Falls

Grotto Falls

Class: III+Distance: 2.1 mi
Hazard
Waterfall / Large Drop
Grotto Falls

Golf Club Falls

Class: IIIDistance: 3.1 mi
Waterfall / Large Drop
Golf Club Falls

This is the most classic of all the waterfalls and also the tallest. It's about 8 feet high and the lead-in on the right and then total vertical is what makes this a token gem. Keep a low profile with golfers... they don't really like gulfers. (Gulfers... it's an 814 thing, ya just gotta be here.)

Enemy at the Gates

Class: III+Distance: 3.3 mi
Waterfall / Large Drop
Enemy at the Gates

Lake Erie

Distance: 3.5 mi
Take Out
Lake Erie

The GE waterfalls are very managable at this level, Golf Club Falls is in nicely as well with a fairly deep approach for nice clean runs. If you are leary about coming up on wood quickly, this is the level for you to have a nice, safe greenlight.

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Ted Engelhardt

Aug 14, 2013


Five inches of rain fell in about an hour or two onto an already saturated ground right in Greene township, which is the headwaters of this run. Needless to say what followed was the biggest I have seen this creek get to date. I have been told by my uncle who lives nearby and has seen it bigger that this waterfall just turns into a giant hole at crazier levels. An inch of rain on saturated ground in Greene township is about 1.25 feet of water on the creek by my best calculations. Weather underground has a rain gauge in Greene township on Wundermap I use to decide if its worth taking a drive to get a visual. This is too high to paddle not sure why its coming up as runnable high.

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Ted Engelhardt

Nov 10, 2011


Low runnable. Right in Lawrence park golf course. Most of the creeks in town have a waterfall or big slide when you get close to the lake and that's exactly what this is. Might as well finish on a good note! I love this creek to death, starts out with the great drop at Kane hill for the put in, then finish it off with this one. This creek drains twelve miles and you can paddle eight with the bottom 6 being pretty continuous whitewater with proper level. Never heard of another creek with a 3 to 4 ratio, runnable section to drainage, that only has a twelve mile drainage! This is 3 minutes from the lake so its literally about the widest it gets right here.