West Virginia whitewater - Cheat River - Laurel Fork, Randolph/ Tucker County
Randolph/ Tucker
county,
US 33 Bridge to Cheat River Dry Fork section whitewater kayaking, rafting, and paddling information.
CLASS III-IV 13 miles
This section of Cheat River - Laurel Fork in West Virginia is 13 miles long and has been determined by American Whitewater to be a class III-IV section. The nature scenery of Randolph/ Tucker County and the sparkling of the sunlight on the water have people coming here. The US 33 Bridge to Cheat River Dry Fork stretch is one of many paddling stretches in this river system. Since you're on this site you are probably into whitewater rafting or kayaking, either way around here you'll find a large number of good places. There aren’t any hotels right nearby
but if you're willing to drive a short distance then no problem but you'd better reserve in advance because these hotels fill up quick. You can enjoy this section more if you take your time, so go ahead and pack your sleeping bag. If you've been whitewater rafting and kayaking
outside West Virginia you might find the rivers here a bit more manageable, so you'd better keep in mind that many of the rivers here are not very demanding. Great exercise and spending some quality time in nature will have you coming back for more.
Briefly about the general area: A short visit to Cunningham Spring is always worthwhile, and a fine place to take a look at is Shears Hollow. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Cheat River - Laurel Fork; Shavers Mountain Trail is a wonderful local trail. Summer brings highs in the 80's to Cheat
River - Laurel Fork. Throughout the moonlight hours it's ordinarily in the 50's. All through the wintertime the highs are frequently in the 30's with temperatures at Cheat River - Laurel Fork dipping down into the 10's during winter nights. Cheat River - Laurel Fork usually gets a lot of rain; the month of July is the wettest with most of the rain, and February on the other hand is the driest.
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These outdoors activities are available near Cheat River - Laurel Fork.
Cheat River - Dry Fork, Randolph Tucker
County
, 3 miles away, Class I-II - 7 miles long (CR 32/4 to Jenningston)
Cheat River - Glady Fork, Randolph Tucker
County
, 3 miles away, Class I-III - 8.9 miles long (CR 12 bridge Close to Sully to confluence of Dry Fork Close to Gladwin)
Cheat River - Dry Fork, Randolph
County
, 4 miles away, Class I-III - 12 miles long (Confluence of Gandy Creek to CR 32/4 bridge over Dry Fork)
Cheat River - Glady Fork, Randolph
County
, 4 miles away, Class I-II - 9.9 miles long (US 33 Bridge to CR 12 bridge Close to Sully)
Roaring Creek, Preston
County
, 5 miles away, Class IV - 6.1 miles long (County Road 3-12 to Cheat River)
Cheat River - Dry Fork, Randolph/ Tucker
County
, 5 miles away, Class III-IV - 12 miles long (Jenningston to Hendricks)
Otter Creek, Randolph / Tucker
County
, 6 miles away, Class IV-V(V+) - 9 miles long (to Big Spring Gap)
Red Run, Tucker
County
, 6 miles away, Class V+ - 4 miles long (Ford at FS 13 road to confluence of Dry Fork)
Cheat River - Dry Fork, Randolph
County
, 7 miles away, Class II - 2 miles long (2 miles above confluence of Gandy Creek to Gandy Creek)
Waites Run, Pendleton
County
, 7 miles away, Class IV - 1.8 miles long (Up Forest Service Road to Seneca Creek)