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Distance:
30 miles
Start: French’s
Lake Coastal Access
Kiosk
End: Rice Creek
Landing
Campsites:
Spoonbill Sandbar, Two
Rivers Point
Type of trail:
old river channel,
creek, lake, and slough
Habitats:
bottomland hardwood
swamp, flowing creeks,
side channel sloughs and
backwaters
Reliability: Good |
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Optimimal
water levels:
Claiborne Dam river stages
ranging from 10 to 19 feet
on tailrace readings provide
optimum water levels for
this route. Levels from
15-18 are the absolute best
for the Globe and Bear Creek
systems. For water level
information at Claiborne
Dam, call 1-888-771-4601 or
visit
http://water.sam.usace.army.mil/
or
http://al.water.usgs.gov/
Overnight Route # 3 is a
combination of routes #1 and
#2, which begins at French’s
Lake Coastal Access Kiosk,
Holley Creek or Boatyard
Lake Landings. Both of the
latter locations are
privately owned, but allow
for public use in the form
of fee associated boat
launching and overnight
vehicle parking. The map
shows the trail begins in
Majors Creek working its way
to the old Alabama River
channel. Day one ends at the
Spoonbill Sandbar campsite.
Day two proceeds down the
Alabama River to Little Bear
Creek, Bear Creek, Stiggins
Lake and the Tensaw River.
Day two ends at the
Two-Rivers campsite. On day
three the paddlers proceed
down the Tensaw River and
then into Bottle Creek,
connecting to Bayou
Jessamine, and then out to
Rice Creek Landing after
crossing the Tensaw River
and Briar Lake. |
