Access Site
NC
Independence
City: NC
County:
Type: Boat Ramp
Location: 36.57220000, -81.15242500
Air Temp: --
Location
Interactive access map
Loads when you reach this section.
Live Webcam
Nearby Gauge Conditions
Real-time data from USGS Water Services
Whitewater Runs on New River
20 runs (8 nearby)Difficulty Classes
I Easy
II Novice
III Intermediate
IV Advanced
V Expert/Extreme
VI Unrunnable
Position relative to this access site:
Put-in at this location
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I-II(III)
This location is on this run
01. Stuart Dam (Route 58) to Fries (Route 94)
43.9 mi
I-III
Downstream from here (15.5 mi to put-in)
02.0 Fries Dam to Byllesby Dam
7.2 mi
11 ft/mi
II-III
Downstream from here (21.1 mi to put-in)
02.1 Byllesby Dam to Ivanhoe
4.2 mi
I-II
Downstream from here (22.2 mi to put-in)
02.2 Ivanhoe to Austinville
4.7 mi
I-II
Downstream from here (25.3 mi to put-in)
02.3 Austinville to Foster Falls
4.5 mi
II-III
Downstream from here (29.4 mi to put-in)
02.4 Foster Falls
0.6 mi
II
Downstream from here (30.0 mi to put-in)
03.0 Foster Falls to Barren Springs
6.4 mi
II
Downstream from here (33.9 mi to put-in)
03.1 Barren Springs to Allisonia
5.4 mi
These whitewater runs are on the same river but located more than 50 miles from this access site.
I-II
53 mi away
04. Claytor Dam to above McCoy Falls
26.0 mi
I-II(III)
60 mi away
05. McCoy Falls to Eggleston
3.5 mi
I-II
60 mi away
07. Ripplemead to Pearisburg
8.4 mi
8 ft/mi
I-II+(III)
59 mi away
08. Pearisburg,VA to Glen Lyn, VA
9.6 mi
I-III
59 mi away
09. Glen Lyn, VA to Bull Falls Camping Area, WV
21.0 mi
5 ft/mi
I-II
61 mi away
06. Eggleston to Ripplemead
8.4 mi
4 ft/mi
I-III(IV)
76 mi away
10. Bluestone Dam to Sandstone
11.0 mi
10 ft/mi
I-III
85 mi away
11. Sandstone to McCreery
15.0 mi
9 ft/mi
II-III
88 mi away
12. McCreery to Thurmond
13.0 mi
8 ft/mi
I-III
95 mi away
13. Thurmond to Cunard
7.2 mi
III-IV
99 mi away
14. Cunard to Fayette Station
6.9 mi
20 ft/mi
III-IV
107 mi away
15. New River Dries: Hawks Nest Dam to Gauley Bridge
6.0 mi
18 ft/mi
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater