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Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana Micropolitan Area
Local whitewater kayaking, rafting, and paddling information.|
Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana is not exactly whitewater paddling city USA but if you get in your car you can get to some good whitewater.
You'll find some good whitewater in the list below to fit any ability level.
It's not a very long list of nearby whitewater as you can see but not too bad either.
If you pick the right whitewater spot you will have a great trip.
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Important Whitewater Safety Information
Whitewater paddling spots near Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana:
Whitewater 175 to 200 miles from Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana
Okatoma Creek, Mississippi, MS Highway 590 to Lux, 182 miles away, class I-II, 19 miles long.
Whitewater 200 to 250 miles from Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana
Blakely Creek - North Fork, Arkansas, North Fork Road to Highway 84, 224 miles away, class II, 2.9 miles long.
Blocker Creek, Arkansas, Along Highway 369 to Little Missouri below Highway 84, 249 miles away, class III+, 9 miles long.
Caddo River, Arkansas, Norman to Amity, 241 miles away, class I-II, 29 miles long.
De Roche Creek, Arkansas, Highway 283 to Highway 67, 220 miles away, class II-III, 5.5 miles long.
Gulpha Creek, Arkansas, Ridgeway Road to Highway 270, 233 miles away, class II+, 2.2 miles long.
Lake Norrell Spillway, Arkansas, Lake Norrell Spillway, 239 miles away, class III-IV, 0.2 miles long.
Little Missouri River, Arkansas, Highway 84 Bridge to US Highway 70 Bridge, 248 miles away, class II, 11.5 miles long.
Little Missouri River, Arkansas, Narrows Dam to CR 222, 234 miles away, class II, 5.2 miles long.
Ouachita River, Arkansas, Remmel Dam to I-30 at Malvern, 226 miles away, class I-II, 6 miles long.
Ouachita River, Arkansas, Rockport Ledge, 225 miles away, class II, 0.1 miles long.
Rock Creek, Arkansas, Chenal Parkway to Boyle Park, 237 miles away, class II+, 7.2 miles long.
Saline River, Arkansas, Dierks Lake to Highway 70, 249 miles away, class I-II, 5.6 miles long.
Saline River - Alum Fork, Arkansas, Highway 5 to Benton City Park, 233 miles away, class I-II, 20.5 miles long.
Saline River - Middle Fork, Arkansas, Iron Springs to Buffalo Gap Road, 248 miles away, class II(III), 0.9 miles long.
Saline River - North Fork, Arkansas, Steel Bridge Road to Lyle Park, 234 miles away, class I-II, 5.7 miles long.
Chunky River, Mississippi, Chunky River Close to Chunky, 234 miles away, class -blank-, 2 miles long.
Whitewater 250 to 300 miles from Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana
Baker Creek, Arkansas, Ed Banks Road to Weyerhauser road, 261 miles away, class III-IV, 3 miles long.
Bayou Des Arc River, Arkansas, Romance to Lake Barnett, 263 miles away, class II, 7 miles long.
Bear Creek - Big Piney Tributary, Arkansas, Headwaters to Big Piney Creek, 298 miles away, class IV-V(V+), 4 miles long.
Bear Creek South Fourche Tributary, Arkansas, NFR 45 to NFR 86, 254 miles away, class II+(III), 4.5 miles long.
Big Creek, Arkansas, Low water bridge to Old Iron Bridge, 275 miles away, class I, 15 miles long.
Big Piney Creek, Arkansas, Highway 12to Helton's Farm, 296 miles away, class II+, 10 miles long.
Big Piney Creek, Arkansas, Helton's Farm to Long Pool Campground, 292 miles away, class II+(III), 8.4 miles long.
Big Piney Creek, Arkansas, Long Pool Campground to Highway 164, 290 miles away, class II, 4.4 miles long.
Big Shoal Creek, Arkansas, NFR 1601 to NFR 1614, 283 miles away, class III-IV, 7 miles long.
Blaylock Creek, Arkansas, Nfr 106 to Little Missouri River, 254 miles away, class III+, 6 miles long.
Bobtail Creek, Arkansas, FS 1219A to Richland Creek, 299 miles away, class III-IV+, 2.75 miles long.
Brushy Creek, Arkansas, Polk County 408 to Cossatot at Highway 246, 268 miles away, class II+(III), 6.2 miles long.
Cadron Creek, Arkansas, Highway 124 to Pinnacle Springs Campground, 269 miles away, class I(II), 13 miles long.
Cadron Creek, Arkansas, Pinnacle Springs to Highway 65, 268 miles away, class I(III), 4.5 miles long.
Cadron Creek, Arkansas, Cove Creek Run: Highway 65 to Highway 285, 267 miles away, class I(III), 10 miles long.
Cadron Creek - East Fork, Arkansas, Rose Bud to Highway 36, 266 miles away, class I-II, 5.5 miles long.
Cadron Creek - East Fork, Arkansas, Highway 36 to White Oak Bridge, 265 miles away, class I-II, 9 miles long.
Cadron Creek - East Fork, Arkansas, Highway 107 to Hardin Bridge, 263 miles away, class I-II, 10 miles long.
Camp/Flat Creek, Arkansas, Polk County Road 33 to Cossatot River, 267 miles away, class II-III+, 4.5 miles long.
Cedar Creek, Arkansas, Petit Jean St. Park, 265 miles away, class II-IV(V+), 3.5 miles long.
Cossatot River, Arkansas, County Road 31 to Highway 246, 266 miles away, class II+, 3.4 miles long.
Cossatot River, Arkansas, Highway 246 to Ed Banks Road, 266 miles away, class II+, 3.1 miles long.
Cossatot River, Arkansas, Ed Banks Road to Highway 278/4, 263 miles away, class II-IV, 6.25 miles long.
Cossatot River, Arkansas, Gilliam Lake to County Road 70, 256 miles away, class I-II, 9 miles long.
Cove Creek, Arkansas, Martinville to Mallet Town, 268 miles away, class I(II), 4.9 miles long.
Crooked Creek, Arkansas, NFR 43 to Little Missouri, 256 miles away, class III-IV, 3 miles long.
Falling Water Creek, Arkansas, Falling Water Falls to Richland Campground, 297 miles away, class II-IV, 7 miles long.
Fiddlers Creek, Arkansas, NFR 274 Access to Ouachita River Close to Sims, 261 miles away, class II, 5.5 miles long.
Galla Creek, Arkansas, Crow MtNorth Road to Galla Creek Lake, 273 miles away, class III-IV, 3.15 miles long.
Graves Creek, Arkansas, Headwaters to Big Piney Creek, 293 miles away, class III+(IV), 1.9 miles long.
Gutter Rock Creek, Arkansas, FR 1631C to Robert Hill Road, 287 miles away, class III+, 3 miles long.
Harris Creek, Arkansas, Highway 246 to Highway 278/4, 259 miles away, class II-III+, 6 miles long.
Haw Creek, Arkansas, Along Highway 23, 299 miles away, class II-III+, 4 miles long.
Hogan's Creek, Arkansas, Highway 92 to Cove Creek, 272 miles away, class II-III, 4.5 miles long.
Illinois Bayou, Arkansas, Bayou Bluff to Hector, 285 miles away, class II, 8 miles long.
Illinois Bayou, Arkansas, Hector to Scottsville, 284 miles away, class I-II, 10 miles long.
Illinois Bayou - East Fork, Arkansas, FS Road 1301 to Bayou Bluff, 293 miles away, class II, 10 miles long.
Illinois Bayou - Middle Fork, Arkansas, Smyrna to Bayou Bluff, 288 miles away, class II-III, 12 miles long.
Illinois Bayou - North Fork, Arkansas, CR1000 to FS181, 289 miles away, class II-III, 14 miles long.
Jack Creek, Arkansas, Jack Creek Road to Jack Creek Rec Area, 282 miles away, class III+, 3 miles long.
Left Hand Prong, Arkansas, Headwaters to Victor Road, 295 miles away, class II-IV, 8.5 miles long.
Little Missouri River, Arkansas, Albert Pike Campgound to Highway 84 Bridge, 251 miles away, class II-III+(IV), 8.5 miles long.
Little Piney Creek, Arkansas, Mt Levi to Hagarville, 294 miles away, class II, 12 miles long.
Little Red River - Archey's Fork, Arkansas, Morris Road Bridge to US 65, 287 miles away, class II-III, 20 miles long.
Little Red River - Middle Fork, Arkansas, Lydalusk to Shirley, 289 miles away, class II-III, 22 miles long.
Little Red River - South Fork, Arkansas, Brushy Fork to Highway 65, 283 miles away, class II(III), 26.5 miles long.
Long Devil's Fork, Arkansas, Hike in from CR 32 to Richland Creek Campground, 300 miles away, class III-IV(V), 5 miles long.
Meadow Creek, Arkansas, CR 1 to CR 3, 294 miles away, class III+, 6.3 miles long.
Mill Creek, Arkansas, Highway 270 to Fourche LaFAvenue River, 276 miles away, class II-III, 3 miles long.
Moore Creek, Arkansas, Highway 246 to Highway 278/4, 258 miles away, class II-III+, 6.5 miles long.
Ouachita River, Arkansas, Acorn to Little Hope Road, 270 miles away, class I-II, 35.4 miles long.
Ouachita River, Arkansas, Little Hope Road to USFS Dragover Campground, 260 miles away, class I-II, 29.4 miles long.
Ouachita River, Arkansas, USFS Dragover, 257 miles away, class II, 2.9 miles long.
Possum Walk Creek, Arkansas, Five Mile Road to Highway 263, 284 miles away, class IV-V(V+), 8.7 miles long.
Richland Creek, Arkansas, Moore to Richland Creek Campground, 299 miles away, class III-IV+, 6.2 miles long.
Robinson Creek, Arkansas, Weyerhauser rd, 266 miles away, class II+, 9 miles long.
Salado Creek, Arkansas, Camp Tahkotah to US 167, 283 miles away, class II(III), 10 miles long.
Saline River, Arkansas, Shady Lake to Highway 84, 256 miles away, class II-III, 4.5 miles long.
South Fourche LaFave, Arkansas, Highway 7 to Deberrie low-water bridge, 256 miles away, class II+(III), 11.3 miles long.
Sugar Creek, Arkansas, NFR 19 to Jack Creek Rec Area, 282 miles away, class II+(III), 6.2 miles long.
Trace Creek, Arkansas, NFR 780 to Highway 7, 253 miles away, class II+, 3.5 miles long.
Wolf Bayou, Arkansas, Galens Road to Highway 14, 287 miles away, class II-IV, 6.4 miles long.
Big Creek, Oklahoma, Arkansas state line to Page Oklahoma, 292 miles away, class II-III, 6 miles long.
Big Eagle Creek - Eagle Fork, Oklahoma, Highway 259 south of Cucumber Crk to Highway 259 Close to Smithville, 291 miles away, class II-III, 12.5 miles long.
Bok tu kolo Creek, Oklahoma, Weyerhauser Road to Highway 259, 288 miles away, class II-III, 9 miles long.
Buffalo Creek, Oklahoma, Weyerhauser Road 28000 to Broken Bow Lake, 284 miles away, class II-III, 11 miles long.
Glover River, Oklahoma, Rd 56000 Close to Octavia to Highway 3 at North Pole, 290 miles away, class II+, 25 miles long.
Kiamichi River, Oklahoma, Above Highway 63 to Highway 259 at Big Cedar, 293 miles away, class II-III, 7 miles long.
Mountain Fork, Oklahoma, Highway 259 Close to Hatfield Ar to Narrows above Broken Bow Lake, 284 miles away, class I-II+(IV), 28 miles long.
Mountain Fork, Oklahoma, Broken Bow dam to Highway 70, 271 miles away, class II+, 3.2 miles long.
Outlaw Creek, Oklahoma, Broken Bow spillway to Mountain Fork River, 277 miles away, class II-III, 1.25 miles long.
Rocky Creek, Oklahoma, Timber Road 74000 to West Fork Glover River, 297 miles away, class III-IV, 3.5 miles long.
Brazos River, Texas, Hidalgo Falls, 291 miles away, class II, 0.2 miles long.
Neches River, Texas, Lake Palestine to US 175, 253 miles away, class II+, 3 miles long.
* Distances listed are direct linear distances from the center of the metro area to the middle of the river section listed, actual driving distance is longer.
Other Outdoors Recreation Nearby:
Ski Resorts near Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana:
Ski Areas 400 to 500 miles from Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana
Hidden Valley, Missouri, 438 miles, vertical drop 250 feet
Ski Areas 500 to 600 miles from Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana
Paoli Peaks, Indiana, 574 miles, vertical drop 300 feet
Ski Snowstar, Illinois, 566 miles, vertical drop 262 feet
Ski Areas 600 to 700 miles from Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana
Cataloochee, North Carolina, 675 miles, vertical drop 740 feet
Sky Valley, Georgia, 644 miles, vertical drop 210 feet
Ober Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 651 miles, vertical drop 600 feet
Perfect North, Indiana, 671 miles, vertical drop 400 feet
Seven Oaks, Iowa, 603 miles, vertical drop 275 feet
Sundown Mountain, Michigan, 613 miles, vertical drop 475 feet
Sunburst, Wisconsin, 698 miles, vertical drop 214 feet
Highlands of Olympia, Wisconsin, 676 miles, vertical drop 205 feet
Little Switzerland, Wisconsin, 689 miles, vertical drop 200 feet
Alpine Valley, Wisconsin, 666 miles, vertical drop 388 feet
Grand Geneva, Wisconsin, 657 miles, vertical drop 211 feet
Wilmot mountain, Wisconsin, 660 miles, vertical drop 260 feet
Devils Head, Wisconsin, 661 miles, vertical drop 500 feet
Tyrol Basin, Wisconsin, 645 miles, vertical drop 300 feet
Cascade Mountain, Wisconsin, 671 miles, vertical drop 460 feet
Christmas Mountain, Wisconsin, 673 miles, vertical drop 250 feet
Mount La Crosse, Wisconsin, 662 miles, vertical drop 516 feet
Nordic Mountain, Wisconsin, 690 miles, vertical drop 265 feet
Afton Alps, Minnesota, 697 miles, vertical drop 350 feet
Welch Village, Minnesota, 692 miles, vertical drop 350 feet
Mount Kato, Minnesota, 687 miles, vertical drop 240 feet
Villa Olivia, Illinois, 641 miles, vertical drop 180 feet
Four Lakes, Illinois, 637 miles, vertical drop 100 feet
Chestnut Mountain, Illinois, 613 miles, vertical drop 475 feet
* Distances listed are direct linear distances from the center of the metro area to the ski areas listed, actual driving distance is longer.
National Parks near Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana:
National Parks 100 to 200 miles from Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana
Big Thicket National Preserve, 160 miles
Jean Lafitte National Historic Park & Preserve, 137 miles
Poverty Point National Monument, 122 miles
National Parks 200 to 300 miles from Opelousas-Eunice, Louisiana
Gulf Islands National Seashore, 216 miles
Hot Springs National Park, 234 miles
* Distances listed are direct linear distances from the center of the metro area to the parks listed, actual driving distance is longer.
Important Outdoors Safety Information
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