North Carolina whitewater - Eno River, Orange/Durham County
Orange/Durham
county,
Route 1567 below Duke Dam to US Route 501 section whitewater kayaking, rafting, and paddling information.
CLASS I-III 8.5 miles
If you've been whitewater rafting and kayaking outside this state you might find the rivers here a bit more forgiving, so don't forget that rivers here are not as hard as elsewhere. The put-in location is a reasonable drive from Durham, there's a road map further down the page with more info on that. This stretch of Eno River in North Carolina is 8.5 miles long and is a class I-III section of whitewater according to American Whitewater. There's camping available near Eno River. The wonderful North Carolina scenery and the cool fresh water are reasons
enough to come here and paddle. If you'll be staying in a hotel you're in luck, lodging is available very near the river, but you'd better reserve in advance because these hotels fill up quick. Getting a good workout and just being out on the river for a while will have you coming
back for more. This is a pretty decent length section, you can easily run it on an afternoon. You might be into whitewater rafting or kayaking or both, doesn't matter, this area has a large number of paddling spots. This river system has a few good paddling stretches and the Route 1567 below Duke Dam to US Route 501 section is one of them.
Briefly about the general area: Eno River is a wet location that gets a good deal of rain; through the month of July you get the most rain around here, and the driest month is April. For the period of the
warm months, highs mostly are in the 80's at Eno River. During the dark hours of summer temperatures plunge down into the 60's. High temperatures all through the wintertime are normally in the 40's; overnight lows all through the wintertime for Eno River tend to be in the 20's.
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