West Virginia whitewater - Meadow Creek, Fayette Summers County
Fayette Summers
county,
Meadow Bridge to Meadow Creek section whitewater kayaking, rafting, and paddling information.
CLASS III-IV 5.7 miles
The Meadow Bridge to Meadow Creek section of Meadow Creek is 5.7 miles long and it is classified as a class III-IV section by American Whitewater. The beautiful scenery of Fayette Summers County and the water flowing gracefully down Meadow Creek attract people from near and far. Since you're on this site you are probably into whitewater rafting or kayaking, either way there are lots of good rivers for that around here. The put-in location is a reasonable drive from Oak Hill, please print out a copy of the road map further down the page so you won’t get
lost. The campgrounds here at Meadow Creek are pretty good. This river system is full of great paddling sections, the Meadow Bridge to Meadow Creek section is just one of them. Lodging is available near the river, and if you make reservations in advance you're all set. This is
a pretty decent length section, it's good length for a morning trip. Whitewater rafting and kayaking spots in West Virginia tend to be more forgiving than the national average, so you'd better keep in mind that rivers here are less demanding.
Briefly about the general area: High temperatures at Meadow Creek during the long summer days are in the 80's. For the duration of the moonlight hours it's generally in the 50's. The wintertime comes with highs in the 30's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at Meadow Creek. Meadow Creek is a pretty wet
place commonly with a lot of rain; during the month of July you get the most rain around here, and the driest month of the year is February.
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These outdoors activities are available near Meadow Creek.
Lick Creek, Summers
County
, 3 miles away, Class II-V - 5.8 miles long (Green Sulphur Springs to confluence of New River)
Laurel Creek - New River Tributary, Summers
County
, 5 miles away, Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Route 41 bridge at Kathryn to New River/Sandstone)
Fall Branch, Raleigh
County
, 5 miles away, Class II-IV - 1.5 miles long (ATV trail to River Road on New River above Sandstone falls)
New River, Summers/ Fayette/ Raleigh
County
, 7 miles away, Class I-III(IV) - 11 miles long (Bluestone Dam to Sandstone)
New River, Summers/ Fayette
County
, 7 miles away, Class I-III - 15 miles long (Sandstone to McCreery)
Madams Creek, Summers
County
, 9 miles away, Class III+(IV) - 2 miles long (Madams Creek Road to New River)
Glade Creek - New River Tributary, Raleigh
County
, 10 miles away, Class IV - 5.5 miles long (Confluence with Pinch Creek to confluence with New River)
Glade Creek - Manns Creek Tributary, Fayette
County
, 10 miles away, Class V+ - 1.9 miles long (Babcock State Park to confluence with Manns Creek)
Big Creek, Summers
County
, 10 miles away, Class II-IV - 2.5 miles long (CR 10 bridge to Greenbrier River)
Manns Creek, Fayette
County
, 10 miles away, Class V+ - 1.7 miles long (Babcock State Park to confluence with Glade Creek)