only search W.R.W.W.       Lower Whites Creek    Walden's Ridge Tennessee                             Water Quality (1 bad 3 good) Scenery (1 bad 3 good)                   Possum Trot Road to Hwy 27   Shuttle Service: For Shuttles contact the following # 423.365. six nine zero zero. For # 5 dollars a head or $25 a car load. You can get a shuttle. Your car will be driven to the take-out.   Estimated correlation Hwy 27 paddlers gage ft to Daddy's Creek CFS     Special thank to Kemper Begley for all the gage readings. .75ft = 732 CFS 1.0 ft =1040 CFS 1.25ft =1400 CFS 1.50 ft =1550 CFS 2.0 ft = 2000 CFS 2.25ft = 3100 CFS   2.5ft = 5250 CFS   Maps:   Watershed Map (to find location and size of creek) Click Here Special thanks to Steve Zerfos for making the map.   Driving Directions from Google: Click Here   Topo Map: Click Here A special thanks to Randy Hale of NorthRiverGeographic for the map     Map: A special thanks to Randy Hale of NorthRiverGeographic for the map : )                        http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_A5.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_B5.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_B6.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_B7.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_C5.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_C6.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_C7.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_D5.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_D6.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_D7.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_E4.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_E5.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_E6.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_F3.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_F4.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_F5.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_G3.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_G4.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreek_G5.pdf http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/WhitesCreekSeries.pdf                Type of water: Class III.0  With a lot of Class II                                                     Picture taken at 1.5 ft on White's Creek gauge on hwy 27 takeout                                                               Paddler  Todd Bilbrey   Photography by Kemper Begley   River Description: How to know if Whites is running...    Look at our flowpage : )   Paddlers gage: .75ft min at highway 27 bridge WHICH IS THE MIN. .75 MIN. 1 FT  LOW 1.75 FT Starts to get a little pushy but not bad....still good first time level 2.0 ft starts to get pushy..still a good first time. 2.5 ft Playboater fun 3.0 ft Starts to get big 4.0 ft Must have a roll and have self-rescue skills   Picture of gage on Hwy 27 Bridge take-out .75 ft Min run                              From Bill McKinley via email: The way we used to tell if Whites Creek was running was the EmOry at Oakdale needed to be 4500+ and the Collins at McMinnville needed to be 1500+.  This actually worked pretty well.  Our definition of running was 11" at Possomtrot bridge.   Here is a picture of the put-in bridge on Possum Trot Road............                   Video from Chris Arp www.arpvideohd.com      First Rapid......................................                One of the Major Rapids in the Beginning.                                       ***OKAY KNOW THIS RAPID ....THE PICTURE SHOWN BELOW..... IS RIGHT BEFORE THE UNDERCUT -WALL RAPID***     Picture courtesy of Bill McKinley............................................................................................................................................             Picture courtesy of Bill McKinley.............................................................................................................................................     ***Here is the undercut-wall rapid**                                              Here is a video of the undercut at LOW water...........................................................               Picture courtesy of Bill McKinley.............................................................................................................................................         Picture courtesy of Bill McKinley............................................................................................................................................                                                                                                      Kemper Begley on White's Creek below the Mammy's Creek Confluence.                                                      River Description: Hmmmm how to do describe one of the best runs Walden's Ridge has to offer, and this is thru the eyes of a jaded creeker who doesn't playboat or run much much II-III whitewater. Well imagine the Nantahala on steroids, imagine everywhere you look, there is a feature to play, or surf. If you aren't tired by the time you hit the take-out, well it's time to take up a new sport for I don't what to tell you. There are same of your typical features that can get you into trouble, undercuts (some), trees (some), but for the most part this run is the cleanest of the them on the ridge. This is a run to take a person, who has rescue skills, but it is still working on their roll. One to look for when you see the "other" Piney coming in on the left look for one of the best waves of the whole run...it's a blast. Also in this section start looking up for the nesting Bald Eagles the watershed is clean and great habitat for them and you.