1- US 29 to Alcovy Rd.

Gauge Info: A good minimum is 200 cfs and rising The gauge at the put in is the Alcovy at Lawrenceville. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ga/nwis/uv/?site\_no=02208050&PARAmeter\_cd=00065,00060 is at the put in. 2.7 feet at the put in is a good minimum, any lower and you might need to walk some rapids. 3.2 - some things are starting to get padded out, not so scrapy. River Info The Put-in is on the upstream side of the US 29 bridge. Just below the US 29 bridge is a little two foot tall stone dam. Look for enough water to paddle over dam cleanly, otherwise the run is going to be too low. The Upper Alcovy is a nice little creek run near Atlanta. For an Atlanta area creek this little gorge gets an A for scenery. The first 2/3 of this run is solid Class II with a few poorly placed strainers. Most of the rapids are bedrock ledges. Two of these ledges can make a riverwide hole at higher flows. A solid Class III rapid lurks in the middle of the run. This rapid is easy to spot since it consists of large boulders piled up in the creek. The rapid is in a right hand bend in the river. This rapid can collect some nasty wood. The water on river left feeds directly into the undercut so be careful. The conservative line is a hard right hand turn. This move is more difficult at higher flows. After this rapid the river continues with its ledgy nature with a bunch more small slides. There is a second much larger dam, about 15 feet tall, near the takeout. Its runnable at some levels. Please be careful with the dam and portage quickly. River left is the easier portage. The gradient between the dams is just over 100 feet (50 ft mile) but it is fairly constant. The creek requires lots of water. That means a lot of rain, which leads to a lot of street run off. So, the water quality leaves a little to be desired. Directions: Head north out of atlanta on I-85 to highway 316. Take 316 north to highway 29. Go south about a mile on highway 29 to find the put in.