Chattooga River: Section 2

Skill Level: Moderate

Loading

Rapids: Class I , II

Length: 7.00 miles

Duration: 2 - 3 hours

Portaging: No

What to Expect

Experience the beauty of the Wild and Scenic Chattooga River. Section 2 is a good beginner whitewater section with class I and II rapids.

Access

Put in:

Highway 28 Access

Highway 28 River Access

Access Details

About 1.5 miles before crossing the Chattooga River into Georgia, the Highway 28 River Access is on the left.

Take out:

Earls Ford Access

Earls Ford, Sumter National Forest

Access Details

Earls Ford has a trailhead, river access, and camping access. When taking out at Earls Ford, look for two trails at the rocky beach area. The downstream trail is the one that leads to the parking lot.

Trip Details

Waterway:

Chattooga River

Comments (3)

Please Sign In or Create Account to add your photo to this trip

Shane Miller

Jul 06, 2023 1:33 pm EDT

I am new to planning a Kayak trip. I am looking for a good river to go to mid Sept for a 4 day adventure. not sure how the water levels are affected after a summer. any suggestions?

Paula Cumalander

Feb 27, 2023 4:35 pm EST

2018 Showing drop at Big Shoals. We ran the river left channel. Enter just left of the big rock (right side of the rapid) then cut left to avoid rocks at the bottom. .https://youtu.be/uX0p3Mk2ffE

Krzysztof Zaryczny

Aug 10, 2020 11:18 am EDT

Paddled this section on 7/5/20. The flow was 1.69 ft. which was fine. Not sure how 1.5 would be. There were a few nice little rapids where water would splash inside the kayak. Big Shoals was fun. We stayed on river right (river left has a large tree down) and went through the right channel on left part which had the best flow. You can portage easily over the shoal which we saw someone do with their canoe. Nice river, but the long take out uphill is NOT fun. Would recommend a backpack / wheels to help get your gear back to the parking lot.

Please Sign In or Create Account to add your photo to this trip