Access Site
NC
Take Out
City: Big Cove Community ᎪᎸᏅᏱ, NC
County: Swain
Type: Whitewater Take Out
Location: 35.56550000, -83.24550000
Air Temp: --
Location
Interactive access map
Loads when you reach this section.
Nearby Gauge Conditions
Oconaluftee River at Birdtown, NC
9.4 mi away
Cataloochee Creek near Cataloochee, NC
12 mi away
Tuckasegee River at Barker's Creek, NC
12.8 mi away
Real-time data from USGS Water Services
Whitewater Run
III-IV
Take-out
Straight Fork - Round Bottom to Raven Fork
136 ft/mi
Current Conditions
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• 1100.00-4000.00 cfs
Oconaluftee River at Birdtown, NC
Whitewater Runs on Raven Fork
3 runsDifficulty 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
This location is on the run
Take-out at this location
Downstream from here Upstream from here
Downstream from here Upstream from here
II-III+(IV)
Put-in at this location
3. Confluence of Raven Fork and Straight Fork Raven Fork to Cherokee Park-n-Ride
8.1 mi
70 ft/mi
V+
Take-out at this location
2. Enloe Creek Trail to Big Cove Road
4.4 mi
390 ft/mi
IV-V
Upstream from here (3.1 mi from take-out)
1. Right Fork to Enloe Creek Trail
4.0 mi
218 ft/mi
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
About This Access Site
Raven Fork Take Out is a whitewater take-out access point located in the Big Cove Community area of Swain County, North Carolina. This site serves paddlers finishing runs on Raven Fork, a whitewater river in the region. As a take-out location, it provides an exit point for kayakers and canoeists who have completed their upstream paddling or whitewater runs. The site is situated in the Cherokee region of western North Carolina, offering access to one of the area's notable whitewater runs.