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    Chattahoochee River User's Guide
    Chattahoochee River User's Guide
    Chattahoochee River User's Guide
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    Chattahoochee River User's Guide

    By B. J. Freeman, Noel Burkhead and Joe Cook

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    The Chattahoochee River is one of the premier waterways of Georgia and the Southeast. It is a mecca for summer recreation, a priceless natural resource that provides water and power for a great number of Georgia’s citizens, and an essential component to the region’s ecosystem. As public interest in both exploring and protecting Georgia’s rivers such as the Chattahoochee grows, so too has the demand for clear and elegant guides to our rivers. The Chattahoochee River User’s Guide—the latest in a series of river guides from Georgia River Network and the University of Georgia Press—aims to meet that demand.

    The Chattahoochee River User’s Guide traces the 430-mile course of the Hooch from its headwaters at a spring on Coon Den Ridge near Jacks Knob in northeastern Georgia to its confluence with the Flint River, where they form the Apalachicola River.

    The Georgia River Network guides provide many little-known facts about Georgia’s rivers, bring to life the river’s cultural and natural history, and present river issues in an immersive and engaging manner that will inspire users to help protect their local waterways.

    The guide includes
    200 color photographs
    32 user-friendly maps that reveal the towns, roads, entry points,
    bridges, public lands, parks, and other landmarks along the
    river’s course from the southern Blue Ridge Mountains to the
    Georgia-Florida border
    Detailed practical information about public access points,
    potential hazards, camping facilities, and GPS coordinates for
    points of interest
    A primer on fishing
    An introduction and safety overview, as well as a concise natural
    history guide to common flora and fauna of the river corridor

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Georgia Press
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9780820346946
    Chattahoochee River User's Guide
    Author

    B. J. Freeman

    B. J. FREEMAN is director and curator of zoology at the Georgia Museum of Natural History. He has published papers dealing with the Okefenokee and fishes of Georgia.

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      Chattahoochee River User's Guide - B. J. Freeman

      Headwaters

      Length 11 miles (Chattahoochee Gap to Robertstown; 13.5 miles if accessing from Ga. 180 and Jacks Knob Trail)

      Class This section is accessed by foot travel only; however, the section from Low Gap Creek to Robertstown with Class III–IV rapids can be paddled by boaters with whitewater experience when water levels permit. Sections above Low Gap Creek include rapids and falls that approach the limits of navigability.

      Time 8–10 hours on foot

      Minimum Level The Low Gap Creek to Robertstown section can only be run after heavy rain events. Levels below 200 cubic feet per second at the Helen gauge render this section impassable.

      River Gauge The nearest river gauge is downstream at Helen: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ga/nwis/uv?site_no=02330450.

      Trailhead The Jacks Knob trailhead for accessing Chattahoochee Gap/Appalachian Trail and Chattahoochee Spring is at the intersection of Ga. 180 and Brasstown Bald

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