This run can be divided in half using the Miller Dam access on River Road, with the upper half having more rapids. In this part of the run, the three most significant class II rapids are at broken dam sites. The first has a notable horizon line, but there is a center chute, and the rapid can be avoided entirely by staying far left around the island. The other two broken dam sites have multiple chutes but are most easily run in the center. There are numerous other small rapids.
Fun run at 3 ft/900cfs and above on above gauge. Runnable at 2.6 / 650cfs but gets very boney at 2.4 / 450cfs. Good run is from Buena Vista to the bottom of the Balcony run on the James, but the gauge on the Maury needs to be at 3+ to get to the James that fast, a 16 mile paddle. Confluence Rapid at the James/Maury is considered a III. Very rocky drop, run river right.
See Also:
Virginia DWR Maury River Maps
*Classic Virginia Rivers,* Ed Grove (1992 ed), p. 253.
*Virginia Whitewater*, Roger Corbett (2000 ed.), p. 311.
*Exploring Virginia's Waterways*, Ed Gertler (2022 ed.), p. 223.