Jones Falls
Lake Roland to Round Falls
Trip Reports
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About 25 of us ran this on 11/2/13 during a Dam Demonstration. It was definitely an interesting paddle that I highly recommend. The river was clear of strainers once out of the park itself, though one river wide tree has the potential to be life threatening. Don't even try. Portaging is paddling, too.
We all went eyeball deep in the flume and none of us are sick. I would guess to say water quality has improved since this review was written.
About 100 feet above the 'flume,' there is a large strainer in the water. Last time I was out on this run, some of the less experienced members of our group nearly got into some trouble with it. However, my advice would be to either go far left and possibly slide over some of the shallow rocks. Or, if you are paddling a long boat, you can go river right and catch the eddy there, and then ferry across on the wave. Either way, watch out because there is and undercut looking rock right behind the log.
Happy Paddling
Get ready for the 6th Annaul GBCC Jones Falls Down River Race on September 9, 2006. Check the GBCC web site for more details..
Right down the middle, but ended up just fine!
With trees blocking the outflow channel downstream, the height was about 9-10'. The prior month was about 13'.
This great write-up really sums up the Jones Falls experience well. Run the whole thing once to say you did it, run the last part for the Class III stuff, and take a thorough shower afterwords.
I ran the left chute in my open boat and I didn't think it was so bad.
Two topo duos caught sounding in the
beauty of their own habitat...
Believe it or not, there are four people
in this picture.
A good look at the drop about one second
past the point of no return..
A really fun run--especially the second
half after the Meadow Mills takeout (I'd
suggest starting here). Round Falls is
great practice for boofing off of large
drops, and you can easily portage back
up to the top of the falls and run them
several times. The dam is released
about once a month during the
summer check it out at
A better line for the flume, further on
river right with more speed
good line
bad line...aimed too far river left
that expression means he's having FUN!
Fun equals--Bloody forehead...ouch
Paddling under I-83 is just one of the funky delights of this river. This picture is very near the putin for the exciting section.
This is the bottom of the irregular,
turbulent, left chute on the Jones
Falls. It's runnable, but has a weird
hole at the bottom and isn't the
cleanest route..
Round falls somewhere around 13'. This
is just before the finish at the annual
Jones Falls Race held in August...
This is the rocky, shallow center chute
of the large drop on the Jones Falls.
Probably runnable, but doesn't look like
much fun (comparatively speaking)...
Not a particularly brilliant line,
though this is where you most often end
up. A harder launch further on river
right can keep you from disappearing in
the froth...
Surfing out of the sunlight underneath
the expressway on the Jones Falls...