Bee Creek,
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Taft Center or County Bridge at Glade Creek to Caney Fork
| Usual Difficulty |
III-V (may vary with level) |
| Length |
8 Miles |
Looking downstream from 1st
Looking downstream from 1stPhoto of Mike Fund by Mark Hammock taken 1998 @ medium
Gauge Information
| Name |
Range |
Difficulty |
Updated |
Level |
|
Caney Fork
|
|
virtual-6555 |
500 - 2500 cfs
|
III-V |
01h26m |
74.125
cfs
(rc= -0.2 ) |
River Description
Take-out is at Caney Fork confluence. Shuttle is very long. Scott�s Gulf Road to the Bee
Creek confluence is now graded and graveled to the bottom thanks to the Tennessee Wildlife
Resources Agency.
Additional information on the Caney Fork River take-out at Bee Creek, the Scott�s Gulf Road
access, and the Firestone-Bridgestone Centennial Wilderness can be found at
Scott�s Gulf.
Please check the dates of managed hunts for deer (Nov-Jan) and turkey (April) that may impact
access to the Caney Fork/Bee Creek take-out. Discussions are in progress that would not restrict
access for kayakers during managed hunts.
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2008-03-23 23:02:42
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User Comments
above medium. I would paddle this from -6" to +6" on the Bee Creek gage. (but thats just a guess,
since this was my first time on the run)
The shuttle took 1 hour 15 minutes one way, with 20 minutes spent just driving out on Scotts Gulf
Road. A 4WD isn't necessary but highly recommended. If you have a 2WD you MUST have good clerance
AND a bit of skill to drive through 2 or 3 really rutted spots.
If you navigate using Delorme Gazetteer, I have a big warning for you. On Page 40, D-4, right on
the White and Cumberland County line is a road named Rogers Creek Road. It looks like a great
shuttle road, however, its really an old logging road. It is too muddy for 2wd and too slow to even
bother with if you have 4WD. Go another way and avoid this long slow bumpy road and having to pull
your 2WD friend out of the mud twice before giving up and backtracking to a real road....or
something like that.
Class 3 for 4 miles. Wide, spread out. Then the action picks up.It has a little over a mile of
Class 3+, 4, 4+ rapids back to back. Makes the section a Class 5, IMHO.
After that, a smooth out, just before the Caney Fork confluence.
I'm not sure of the level, but I know I did the Spring City Piney the day before @ 3 ft, and this
creek was running at a medium-low range.