Manns Creek
1. Babcock State Park to confluence with Glade Creek(Real Manns)
| Difficulty | V+ |
| Length | 0.9 mi |
| Avg Gradient | 341 fpm |
| Gauge | Meadow River at Nallen, Wv |
| Flow Rate as of 47 minutes | 447 cfsbelow recommended |
| Reach Info Last Updated | October 1, 2003 |
River Description
Rapid names include:
What a Way
Man o Man
Energizer
Around the Bend
Tunnel of Love
Long and Twisted
Normally a Portage
Final Frontier
Pop Top
From there you will hit the confluence with Glade, and have a screaming high-water paddle out on Manns.
Brad Roberts shared on 2002-11-11:
From Boatertalk:
For those who run Mann's Creek, the river-left gauge has changed. They put a bunch of concrete in around the gauge rock, but the gauge still works. We ran it the other day at +8 inches, which seemed to us to be more like +3 inches on the 'old' gauge. Some other people ran it around 0 and said that seemed more like -4. I'd say the gauge actually has changed for the better, with 0 being more of an accurate 'low' level, and 8 inches (the top mark on the gauge) being more of a realistic top end. Most first-timers run it around -3 or 4, so now I'd say -1 or 0 would be good low levels.
Jimmy Blakeney
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Log in to add a reportLogan Bockrath
Feb 25, 2011
Recently the park has put up a live webcam image on their website (www.babcocksp.com) of the mill in which you can see enough of the creek to get a decent idea of what it is running. Here is a photo of the gauge at 2'.
