Clear Creek

There is a hike out option for emergencies or 'with permission' short day runs called ''Canoe Hole'' which is park service road / property BUT the road is impassable except by 4wheelers and the road goes through a farm and the last parking is someone's front yard. We asked Mr. Hardwick and his dog Bear for permission to park outside his house at the end of Hardwick road and it was granted. This gave us a 1 mile shuttle to Lilly Bridge, a paddling trip to rocky beach at the end of a long pool 2 rapids below the confluence and a steep / rocky 30 minute hike up to our cars.
If you use this option, be respectful and remember this is the Bible Belt! Do not change clothes in his front yard (there is no where else to do it - so we drove shuttle in fleece) don't let your dog out to chase cattle, drink beer, drop cigarette butts or gas receipts etc. He asked that we stay on the road around his field rather than cut through - which seemed obvious but might have been an issue in the past. We looked for trash to pick up for him and there was NONE.