Please join us Sunday,May 18th, on the Cuyahoga, the ?Crooked River,? from Tannery Park, 300 Stow Street in Kent (
GPS 41.150700, -81.362763) to Waterworks Park, 2025 Munroe Falls Avenue in Cuyahoga Falls.
The trip will meet at Tannery Park in Kent, at
11:30 a.m. Parking here is limited
This 6.5 miles, flat water trip will take about 3.5 hours. Please pack something to eat for lunch along the river.
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For those who wish to paddle a 1.5 mile section of the river upstream of Tannery Park through downtown Kent BEFORE meeting paddlers who will start at Tannery Park, meet at 10:00 a.m.
at River Bend Park, (
GPS 41.168823, -81.347997)
a small access area on 600 River Bend Boulevard, about one-quarter mile east of Ohio Route 43. After unloading boats and gear, we will drive to the take-out at Waterworks Park and shuttle back to River Bend in as few cars as possible.
At lower water levels, this section has about a mile of class 1-2 rapids through a very interesting narrow gorge that includes the historic dam that once spanned the river in downtown Kent. Paddlers who want to run this section should have good boat control in a moderate current. At higher levels, the rapids turn to class 2-3. We will NOT run this 1.5 mile section if the flow exceeds 750 cfs on the USGS gauge. Meet instead at the Tannery Park put-in at 11:30. Watch the club website if there is any question whether we will run this section.
(JP Tolsons write up from last year) Thanks JP
Mike