Whitewater Run KY Class I-II

Hubble Road/590 to Rankin Road (7.84 miles)

Hanging Fork Creek

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Gauge Conditions
Dix River near Danville, KY Downstream Primary
Runnable: ? – ? CFS
Approximate reading: This gauge is 1.7 miles away on Hanging Fork Creek. Use as a general reference only.
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
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Description
Pretty decent 'bang for the buck', with a 2.8 mile shuttle yielding about 7.8 miles of paddling (~4.3 miles on Hanging Fork Creek, and ~3.5 miles on Dix River). Put-in elevation is ~810'. Take-out elevation is ~755'. Thus, total drop is ~55'. A former USGS sampling site at our put-in location lists drainage area of 91.1 square miles.
Difficulty
Class I-II
Length
7.8 mi
Gradient
7 ft/mi
Rapids
0
Access Points
Put-in
37.6230, -84.6800
Take-out
37.6510, -84.6670
Difficulty Classes
I Easy II Novice III Intermediate IV Advanced V Expert/Extreme VI Unrunnable
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater