Wadboo Creek: Upper Wadboo Creek

Skill Level: Moderate

Flow Level No Information

Rapids: None

Length: 5.00 miles

Duration: 3 - 4 hours

Portaging: No

What to Expect

Well worth the effort, this lovely cypress swamp is much as it was over two centuries ago when Francis Marion and his Brigade of men frequented the area. Paddle point-to-point, or as a park-and-paddle from the Dennis Landing at Wadboo Bridge.

Access

Put in:

Henry Brown Bridge

Swamp Fox Passage Palmetto Trail

Access Details

Small ramp off of the Henry Brown Bridge on the Palmetto Trail. This launch requires a 300 yard portage to the creek. There is a sign on Highway 17A for the Wadboo Paddling Trail. Parking is at the end of gravel road leading to Palmetto Trail.

Take out:

Rember C. Dennis Landing on Hwy. 402

Wadboo Bridge, Moncks Corner, SC 29461

Access Details

Large paved parking lot, no fees or restrooms.

Trip Details

Waterway:

Wadboo Creek

Downstream Trip (1)

Wadboo Creek: Lower Wadboo Creek

Comments (1)

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Sherrie Zabinski

May 08, 2021 1:27 pm EDT

We did this trip about 3 weeks ago in mid-April (2021). Water is already very low. You will certainly have to portage in many spots throughout the creek, we walked probably a third of a mile pulling our kayaks through the swamp. There are also about a half dozen downed trees to get by. This was the BEST creek. We loved it. It is a very beautiful place. Says the duration is 3 hours. Wrong. It took us almost 7 hours to paddle the length to the Wadboo Bridge landing.

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