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Rapid WV Class II

Dam #3 (Start of the "Needles")

Potomac - 0.7 Dargans Bend Boat Ramp to Potoma Wayside, VA or Weverton, MD · WV

American Whitewater 39.3366, -77.7563

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Gauge Conditions
Potomac River at Point of Rocks, MD Downstream Primary
Runnable: 0.5 – 9.0 FT
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Description
This broken out Dam is shortly below the Bakerton put-in on the Potomac.  The "Needles" whitewater section of the Potomac (just above and at Harpers Ferry, WV), starts at this Dam and continues for about 1.5 miles.   
Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class II
Mile Marker
2.5 mi
Directions
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0.7 Dargans Bend Boat Ramp to Potoma Wayside, VA or Weverton, MD
Potomac
II+ 5.5 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater