Assabet, Massachusetts, US |
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| Usual Difficulty | I-II (for normal flows) |
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| Length | 1.5 Miles |
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| ASSABET RIVER AT MAYNARD, MA | ||||
| usgs-01097000 | 2.50 - 5.00 ft | I-II | 00h34m | 2.54 ft (rc= 0.0 ) |
Posted 3/30/03 by Tommy T. on the NPMB message board
The Assabet in Maynard is a short, easy class II that runs right through downtown Maynard. The
putin is at the junction of Rtes. 117 and 62, just below the dam. I've always used the office
building parking lot. Even though it has been posted "Private Property no river access"
since last fall, I've had no trouble putting on with small groups on weekends. You can access the
river from the other side as well. The take out is at the Maynard Elks on Rte. 62 just above the
next dam. When we were there last December we took out right through the Christmas tree sale.
Nice people. The scenery ain't much. The water quality is so-so. But it's 40 minutes from Boston
and you can scout it all from the road.
You can see the gage at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ma/nwis/uv?01097000.
2.5' is pretty scratchy; 5' is considered flood and you might have trouble getting under one of the bridges. It tends to rise a few days after it rains.
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level | ||||||||
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| ASSABET RIVER AT MAYNARD, MA | ||||||||||||
| usgs-01097000 | 2.50 - 5.00 ft | I-II | 00h34m | 2.54 ft (rc= 0.0 ) | ||||||||
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| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| 10d16h52m | /Assabet-Route 117 to Route 62 [MA] |
Fully blocked last bridge!!!
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n/a | Brooke Sofferman |
| 11d11h58m | /Assabet-Route 117 to Route 62 [MA] |
Tricky Mill Rd. Chute
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n/a | Brooke Sofferman |
| 11d12h00m | /Assabet-Route 117 to Route 62 [MA] |
Account of 01/30/12
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n/a | Brooke Sofferman |
| 11d12h07m | /Assabet-Route 117 to Route 62 [MA] |
Blocked Bridge
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n/a | Brooke Sofferman |
| 39d10h41m | /Assabet-Route 117 to Route 62 [MA] |
Map of the Assabet River run.
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0 cfs | Glen Pearcy |
| 215d15h48m | @Assabet Route 117 to Route 62 [MA] |
Learning the ropes.
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2.00 ft | Glen Pearcy |
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Route 117 to Route 62, Assabet Massachusetts, US (mobile)
User Comments
had one or two of the three tubes blocked.......bad news.......all three are blocked with beams,
trees and sandbags. I guess I'll have to end the run at the McDonald's parking lot before the last
bridge, and avoid the food.
(Acton Street?) The right and left shoots were blocked with steel, and there were sandbags (or
something else) in the middle shoot. We ran through it fine, but it looked like the work was
ongoing.
see any sandbags that time either! It was dusk, so I may have missed them. Anyway, I just uploaded
some pics here, and one is of the bridge from the Tedeschi's parking lot next to the construction
site........it sure makes for a fun rapid chute!
been for a while, around 3.2 feet.....now it's at 3.7. The reason for this post is at the last
bridge before the Elks club, there are two tubes, which were both open weeks ago. Now there is a
large metal support across the right side, making it impossible to go right. The good news is, this
blockage greatly increases the left side water flow. It makes the left side a fun little chute log
ride, and a really fun end to the run. Come on rain, keep coming!
probably only want to scout 2 & 6, if you're scouting at all. 1: Straight shot through the middle
is easiest. 2: Trickiest one. Sneak route is to stay right after the first island, then right of
the second island & through the right of the 3 arches. Center arch is easy enough to line up, but
be careful to not get pushed sideways. Left arch is toughest to get to due to a constriction just
upstream creating a strong rightward push on the left side of the river. 3 & 4: Essentially
flatwater, at least at medium levels. 5: Easiest to stay on the left half of the river, the bridge
is after sharp leftward turn. 6: Straight shot, but there was a downed tree blocking one of the
arches last time I was there (fall 2011).
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We took out a few hundred yards below Maynard Elks (I'm not sure you can see that building from the
river) where the river broadens and flattens out. The dam is significantly further downstream.
off make sure you go through the one to the left. There is a ledge at the end of the right tube
that will hang you up. I ran with open cockpit boats and within 2 seconds of getting stuck the
water came into the cockpit and swamped me.