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swampboy62 · 10-01-2014, 09:03 AM

If you're hard up for some river time you can try to get on the Clarion below Piney dam during their releases. It looks like they usually get about 3 or 4 hours of decent water levels, and it usually happens during the afternoon.

You can check the water levels:

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/uv...agency_cd=USGS

Or read the recreational assessment, saying you're allowed to drive in on the dam road, park roadside, and access the river below the dam for boating:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...76477589,d.aWw

I used to do this on occasion. It's not a long trip, but it's secluded and pretty. I dug up a number that I used to call for release info - it may or may not be good any longer: (814) 226-8630 (or there may be a phone number in the recreational assessment - I didn't read every word).

You can take out at Parker, on the Allegheny just downstream from the Clarion mouth.

EDIT: If you want an easier put-in than the haul down the hill by the dam, put in at the mouth of Deer Creek off of Huckleberry Road - easy access and only cuts off a short part of the run.

Steve Z

10-01-2014, 09:03 AM	#4
swampboy62 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Warren, Ohio Posts: 141 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	If you're hard up for some river time you can try to get on the Clarion below Piney dam during their releases. It looks like they usually get about 3 or 4 hours of decent water levels, and it usually happens during the afternoon. You can check the water levels: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/uv...agency_cd=USGS Or read the recreational assessment, saying you're allowed to drive in on the dam road, park roadside, and access the river below the dam for boating: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...76477589,d.aWw I used to do this on occasion. It's not a long trip, but it's secluded and pretty. I dug up a number that I used to call for release info - it may or may not be good any longer: (814) 226-8630 (or there may be a phone number in the recreational assessment - I didn't read every word). You can take out at Parker, on the Allegheny just downstream from the Clarion mouth. EDIT: If you want an easier put-in than the haul down the hill by the dam, put in at the mouth of Deer Creek off of Huckleberry Road - easy access and only cuts off a short part of the run. Steve Z Last edited by swampboy62; 10-02-2014 at 08:03 AM.