Cartecay
1. GA Route 52 to Lower Cartecay Road
| Difficulty | I-II |
| Length | 13.4 mi |
| Avg Gradient | n/a |
| Gauge | Cartecay River Near Ellijay |
| Flow Rate as of 59 minutes | 1.68 ftbelow recommended |
| Reach Info Last Updated | May 20, 2009 |
River Description
Min Recommended Flow: 1.8 ft.
Max Recommended Flow: 6.0 ft.
VisitÃÂ 2. Lower Cartecay Road to Stegall Mill Road Road (Middle Cartecay) ÃÂ for more details.
River Features
Take Out
Put In
Trip Reports
Log in to add a reportWe ran the Cartecay on Sunday 5/16/2017. It was at 1.95 and it was fun. S turn as always threw me in the water but I cleared Blackberry Falls by going to the far right of the Rooster Tail. Only a handful of people were on the river so that made for a relaxing time in between the rapids. The trees were full with summer flowers and the water was not too cold.
I think they have the map wrong too. They have the Put In at lat 34.6522, long -84.3981 and the Take Out at lat 34.6917, long -84.4789 which is way off. Based on the description it should be more like
34.649700,-84.395100 to lat 34.6383, long -84.4087 as seen here: http://goo.gl/tr84w
Looks like most of these Pics are from the next section. The upper section is far easier than these Pics make it look to be.
Big paddle slap trying to convert ender to cartwheel.
Learning to link ends.... or whatever.