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About the Creek Page : Antietam Creek Canoe Co., canoe livery and antique shop, detailed
information
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. 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 Creek at
Burnside Bridge Gauge [sometimes referred to as "the
Sharpsburg gauge"] another gauge for the same creek
AW GAUGE - Lower
section, Antietam
Creek is a Class 1ish rec-boat run from 2.5 up to about 3.5. AT which
point it takes on a class 2 look. At 5 to 6 feet [about 1800 - 2800 CFS] Low
bank trees are in the water; the creek picks up speed, and unavoidable parts
of it become honest WW outfitted boat runs for intermediate paddlers;
drops and bends are more pushy and there is a real danger of
strainers that are difficult to avoid [strainers are on the creek at all
levels] The creek is out of it's banks in low areas at 5-8 feet; is in
flood and probably should be avoided by most.
Go here for more information on the Antietam Creek gauge and what it means" With the exception of Antietam Battlefield, Devil's Backbone Park and 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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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.
