Medoc Mountain State Park, NC "Canoeing"
Looks like a nice place. Booked a trip and was thinking about how does the canoeing part work? I actually have kayaks, but similar thing... If you float down the river 2.5 miles, how do you get back?...
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Camped at Medoc Mountain over Labor Day. Very nice, small, quiet and clean state park. We saw several RVs on campsites with kayaks but never saw one off of its trailer. Did not see any float past while we hiked the various trails along the creek banks, either.
We saw no boat shuttles on the roads. Given the small size of the park and the fact that the creek is not as easily kayaked at say the Nantahala in western NC, I doubt there would be enough business to support one.
The caution that some portaging is required is correct. There are several snags and shallow water locations. That said, today we have had a lot of rain today with more predicted for tonight. A personal weather station in the upper portion of that drainage basin shows 6 inches of precip so far today. Around here that is called a "frog strangler."
We did have a very enjoyable stay. We had an electric-only site which provided 50, 30 and 15 amp service. It must have been decent power because my power protector gave me a good green light. The dump station was easily accessed and the bath house was clean.
Have fun if you go.
We saw no boat shuttles on the roads. Given the small size of the park and the fact that the creek is not as easily kayaked at say the Nantahala in western NC, I doubt there would be enough business to support one.
The caution that some portaging is required is correct. There are several snags and shallow water locations. That said, today we have had a lot of rain today with more predicted for tonight. A personal weather station in the upper portion of that drainage basin shows 6 inches of precip so far today. Around here that is called a "frog strangler."
We did have a very enjoyable stay. We had an electric-only site which provided 50, 30 and 15 amp service. It must have been decent power because my power protector gave me a good green light. The dump station was easily accessed and the bath house was clean.
Have fun if you go.
