Current

Montauk State Park to Gooseneck

November 15, 2019

Fall Day Trip on the Current River

ReporterThomas O'Keefe
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Thomas O'Keefe and Ammen Jordan enjoyed a day trip on the Current River. We camped overnight at Two Rivers Campground located immediately downstream of the Jacks Fork confluence with the Current River. It was a cold night and we had the campground to ourselves on a Friday evening in November. We left our vehicle in the campground and arranged a shuttle with Two Rivers Canoe Rental. They were able to trailer our sea kayaks up to Round Spring Access where we launched aroud 9am. From there it was a 19 mile paddle back to Two Rivers Campground. We arrived back at the campground around 3pm making an approximately 6 hour trip with a stop for lunch on the gravel bar at Jerktail Landing. We were the only people out on the water on a Saturday. Sea kayaks were a great way to do the trip at this time of year (a canoe would have worked well too), but required consistent paddling to make the distance on a cold, but sunny, short winter day.