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About Antietam Creek
[today's water level link]
[or AW GAUGE &
INFO]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antietam_Creek Antietam is a gentle stretch of intimate cold water creek (browns and Rainbows!) steeped
in significant history and blessed with Mother Nature's best foot forward. The scenery is
beautiful, water clear, clean, cold and generally shallow. Fun to paddle,
swim, fish and
fiddle around.
http://beginnerfish.blogspot.com/2008/05/hidden-trout-fishing-devils-backbone.html
Antietam is a class I - II creek which means that, at normal water levels, a boater needs some skill and boat control in moving water to avoid hazards. It should not be attempted by un-shepherded beginners. (Lots of rocks, twists, turns, bridges, strainers, riffles and rapids as well as flat water in the 22 miles of creek that we paddle.)
Antietam, largely ground water fed, holds it water well and is generally canoeable year
round, drought conditions excepted. The creek drops at a rate of about 7 feet per mile and
carries about 300cfs. At flood it can carry as much as 12,000cfs. The creek becomes
progressively more dangerous as water levels rise and can be lethal when the water is in
the trees along the lowest of it's banks.
With the exception of Antietam Battlefield, Devil's Backbone Park and the C & O
Canal Park Area. The Banks of Antietam Creek are PRIVATE PROPERTY. It is important, when
we use the Creek, to keep in mind that we are in someone else's yard without permission.
We must understand that we are little different than a stranger taking a shortcut across
our own front lawns, and act accordingly.
The gauge, map and reality check links here, and buttons up on the left will get you to more than you ever wanted to know about Antietam Creek
http://beginnerfish.blogspot.com/2008/05/hidden-trout-fishing-devils-backbone.html
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