North Avenue Park-and-Play
Milwaukee - C) Estabrook Park to N.Riverboat Road (PnP or up to 3.6 miles) (WI)
Gauge Conditions
Intermediate flow. Perhaps ideal flows for beginner-to-intermediate boaters (full run or PnP at EPL, UPk, TD or North Ave). (See description for details.)
Description
Nearly a mile of flatwater downstream of Locust Street leads to the North Avenue Bridge, where you'll encounter the start of ~300 yards of swift water and waves, before the remnants of the North Avenue dam (now spanned by a pedestrian bridge).
It doesn't offer much for the full-out rodeo crowd, since no features (at virtually any flows) have enough depth or retention to allow any vertical moves (cartwheels, stalls, squirts) or aerial moves (loops, etc). However, when flows are in the 800-1500 cfs range, it will offer sweet soul-surfs on two to six (or more?) waves, and at some flows allows sweet flatspins (or slightly elevated spins) on a couple of the waves. Most of the possible waves are detailed below.
Unfortunately (as mentioned in an 'alert' at top of this page), these features are very likely to be destroyed within a few years (from 2025). Enjoy them while you can!
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (20)
Waterfall
N/A
Waterfall
II+
Playspot
II
Playspot
I
Hazard
II
Playspot
II
Playspot
II+
Playspot
II
Hazard
II
Rapid
N/A
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
American Whitewater