Meade
county,
US 60 to Firetower Road section whitewater kayaking, rafting, and paddling information.
CLASS II 6.3 miles
The starting location is a reasonable drive from Elizabethtown, please print out a copy of the road map further down the page so you won’t get lost. If you've been whitewater rafting and kayaking outside this state you might find the rivers here a bit more forgiving, so better not forget that many runs in this state are very easy. Since you're on this site you are probably into whitewater rafting or kayaking, either way this is an area with plenty of places for that. There's camping available near Otter Creek. Getting some good exercise and just being
out on the river for a while have people coming from far and near. This is a pretty decent length section, it's good length for a morning trip. The US 60 to Firetower Road section of Otter Creek in Kentucky is 6.3 miles long and is a class II section of whitewater according to
American Whitewater. This is the only paddling stretch along Otter Creek. The nature scenery of Kentucky and the cool fresh water make the trip here worthwhile.
Briefly about the general area: If you're interested in cool geologic traits, try The Blue Hole, and Boone Hollow is a fine location to go to. A lot of precipitation falls at Otter Creek; the month with most of the rain is March, and the driest month of the year is September. At Otter Creek through the summer months highs are in the 80's. Once the sun is down it plunges down to
the 60's. For the period of the winter highs are in the 30's while Otter Creek night low temperatures through the winter are in the 20's. Lick Bottom is an interesting place to check out while at Otter Creek.
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