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Hazard TN Class III

Honey Creek Rapid/Kreckels

Cumberland, Big South Fork - 1. The Confluence to Leatherwood Ford (TN)

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Gauge Conditions
South Fork Cumberland River at Leatherwood Ford, TN Downstream Primary
Runnable: 400.0 – 5,000.0 CFS
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Honey Creek Rapid/Kreckels
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
Honey Creek rapid offers something for everybody. It starts with a play spot, continues with a wave train and holes, and then finishes with a couple of sieves.
Work your way down the left bank to find an awesome play hole. Just downstream, the river bends to the right where a long, wave train begins. Enter the wave train in the center then drive left into a large eddy to avoid "Punch in the Nose" which can be a monster wave hole. Next, ferry out of the eddy into the last half of the wave train to run the final drop right of center. Then drive back left across boiling eddies and swirls.
Just above Honey Creek Rapid on river left is an access point. The trail will take you straight up the side of the gorge to the Honey Creek Overlook.
CAUTION: The last drop at the end of the wave train includes a rock, just left of center, that has a sieve under it. A boater once bumped into the upstream side and was sucked under to resurface on the downstream side. Additionally, there are multiple sieves in and around the large river right rocks after this drop. I know of at least one boat that has been eaten by these sieves.
The last part of Honey Creek Rapid creates a terminal hole above 9,000cfs.
Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
1.6 mi
Directions
Navigate
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1. The Confluence to Leatherwood Ford
Cumberland, Big South Fork
II-IV 7.1 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater