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Take-out WV

Potoma Wayside Take-out

Shenandoah - 3. Millville, WV to Harpers Ferry (Potoma Wayside, VA or Weverton, MD) (WV)

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Gauge Conditions
Shenandoah River at Millville, WV Upstream Primary
Runnable: 1.7 – 9.0 FT

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Potoma Wayside Take-out
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

River right take-out. This takeout (Potomac Wayside) is on the Virginia side immediately before the lower (MD) 340 bridge. There is space for loading and unloading here, but there are only three parking spaces where you can leave a car. Other parking options near Potoma Wayside are very limited and/or expensive. An empty parking lot near the gas station once was sometimes used, but now it is almost always being used for fireworks sales and other intermittent activities. Finally, the Harpers Ferry Adventure Center has a take-out just downstream that can sometimes be used during the week (Mon-Thurs) by prior arrangement (It depends upon who you talk to and what they think about their constraints).The whole parking and traffic situation on the VA side can be somewhat daunting because of the narrowness of the shoulder and the speed of the heavy two lane traffic.

Location
Type
Take-out
Difficulty
Class N/A
Mile Marker
6.0 mi
Directions
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3. Millville, WV to Harpers Ferry (Potoma Wayside, VA or Weverton, MD)
Shenandoah
II-III 6.1 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater