**Put-in: Hart Park**

OUR RECOMMENDED PUT-IN: From State Street, turn South onto 72nd Street, cross the tracks, then immediately turn right. Drive past the football field, baseball field, tennis courts, and two volleyball courts.

Just beyond the second volleyball court, park where you see the railings around a storm-drain outflow at the river's edge. This gives you a very short carry and an easy staging area to get into your boat then peel-out into the swift currents right at the head of the Hart Park Rips for a rip-snorting class I-II start!

NOTE: As of fall of 2025, a HUGE tree has dropped totally across the river from the left bank. Scout that location by walking downstream to the bend before putting on here!