Potomac

For the out of towners:

Park at Anglers Inn. 3 major options.

1. walk down the trail, across the bridge, and veer to the left to the wide trail down to the river. From there you can attain up to the maryland and center chute. Easy attainment even in a 6 foot long boat. Best to just follow the crowd. Someone is always there. Float back down to anglers when done. Center is best around 6 feet. Huge wave, nice eddy. Turns into a hole in the 5 foot range.

2. using the same put-in, float downstream and go to the left of the big island. These are the offut waves. Lots of fun in the 4 foot range, and much more user friendly for novices than the upstream chutes. To get back to your car, get out on river left. Follow the trail DOWNSTREAM, it will eventually take you back up the hill to the C&O towpath. From there either paddle back up the canal or carry your boat a half mile back to anglers.

3. From anglers, walk down to the canal, hop in your boat and slide into the canal. Paddle upstream about a mile. Get out when you get to the lock and carry your boat up the trail past the overlook. From the overlook you will look down on the sandy beach put-in. Keep going up the trail until you see the main wide trail on the left going down to sandy beach. From there, pick one of the many options and eventually float back down to anglers. It seems that most people access the Rocky Island waves this way. Good surfing up by sandy beach above 6 feet. Major boiling eddies and swirly water. Rocky Island is a great surf in a fast long boat around 4.5 feet.

Enjoy.

Brad.