Pennsylvania whitewater - Blacklick Creek, Indiana County
Indiana
county,
Route 56 to Josephine section whitewater kayaking, rafting, and paddling information.
CLASS II-IV 10 miles
This was absolutely crazy!!!! I did it in a liquidloqic stingray 12 with a half skirt, ooooppppsssss!!!!! Full skirt is needed and a helmet would be nice. Awesome trip!!! There is noooooo lull in between rapids, just rapids, rapids and moorrreeee rapids for 10 miles!!! Awesome ride!!! Says Kayakingpirate
The Route 56 to Josephine stretch of Blacklick Creek in Indiana County is 10 miles long and it is classified as a class II-IV section by American Whitewater. The nature scenery of Indiana County and the playfulness of the water are reasons enough
to come here and paddle. 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 Blacklick Creek. The rivers for whitewater rafting and kayaking here in Pennsylvania
are often easier than in other states, so if you're not from around here don't forget that rivers here are not as hard as elsewhere. The nearby hotels are a bit away from the river, but if you don’t have reservations you might end up sleeping in your car. There are some good sections to paddle in this river system, the Route 56 to Josephine section is one of them. This section is long enough for an overnight trip if you take your time, so why not pack your sleeping bag too. Getting a good workout and just hanging out with mother nature will make you glad you
came. The put-in location is a short drive from Indiana, as you can see on the road map further down.
Briefly about the general area: For the duration of the summertime months at Blacklick Creek temperatures are regularly in the 80's. Once the sun is down it falls down
to the 50's. Highs through the wintertime are ordinarily in the 30's; after the sun is down through the winter temperatures at Blacklick Creek fall into the 10's. All the water falling down from the sky makes Blacklick Creek a wet spot; July is when you get the most rain here, and February is the month with the least moisture.
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