Reedy River

My friend and I paddled this little stretch on Sunday afternoon. The put-in was freshly weed-whacked and easy to spot on the side of the road. Definitely be sure to not block the gate, but it is easy to avoid.

The take-out looks like it's had some rocks put in recently to block the main parking area, but there's still plenty of space to park between the road and the rocks. I don't think it's possible to get any closer with a 4WD as the description suggests, but it's a short walk from the river to the parking.

The run itself feels surprisingly secluded and has just enough little features to keep things entertaining. The highlight for sure is the slide about 0.1 miles in, but there's other spots that were also nice to keep us entertained. Anything below 5' though and you're doing a LOT of scraping.

There's several trees that are down, but all but one are pretty clearly avoidable. There is one tree down at mile 1.5 that you may have to get out of the boat to get over, but that might not be a problem at higher levels. The river is reasonably clean thanks to the work of locals taking out dozens of tires, but I still wouldn't want to spend all day swimming in the water.

Overall a very logistically easy, beginner-friendly (at least at this lower flow) run super close to town.

I found out the proper way to enter here the hard way. Myself and two of my friends received trespassing tickets this afternoon. The improper way to access the river is to park on the road next to the new house and walk down. The proper way is to park across the road where there is a gate with a No Trespassing sign. DO NOT block this gate and you will not have a problem. Be sure to pull your car down and out of the way so that the landowners (who live in Michigan) can access the gate if they are in town. If you have any questions, ASK FIRST. My friends and I made an assumption and it is going to cost is a nice chunk of change.

This is a warning that landowners are closely monitoring river access at Log Shoals Rd and anyone trespassing (parking or accessing the river on on posted property other than public easement) could be arrested. I have been unable to define public easement precisely at this location, but if you cross a drainage ditch, you're probably in jeopardy. Please do not be confrontational with landowners as AW works to resolve this situation.

check out the interactive map at

http://www.paddlesc.net/map.asp

This map is being provided to clarify public easement at the Log Shoals bridge.