Peaceful run from US 17 to Catoctin Nature Park – Catoctin Creek – US 40 (Doubs Meadow Park) to Potomac River

This trip from the Highway 17 bridge (next to the USGS gage) to Catoctin Nature park was peaceful and uneventful. Class I all the way...maybe Class I bumpiness when aiming for every wave and drop?..and at the gage height of 2.25-2.3 during the trip, was right at the limit of what was runnable. Lots of Belted Kingfishers and other birds, and beaver made an appearance too. Easy hike out at Catoctin Nature Park, then biked back, mostly on back roads, to the put-in.

Reporter	Jacob Malcom
Gauge Reading	2.25 ft at CATOCTIN CREEK NEAR MIDDLETOWN, MD
Flow	Low Flow