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Paddlers pause beside Demon Rock
on the Dan River in Stokes County, one of the landmarks on
the scenic float trip the Dan River Basin Association will
enjoy on Saturday, May 7. |
Following is an
excerpt from an announcement for one of DRBA’s scenic First Saturday
river trips:.
“This section of the
river is quite scenic,” Truslow said, adding “It’s not too
challenging—nothing more difficult than Class 1 and Class 2 rapids.”
According to Truslow,
the Basin Association is now in its fourth year of holding “family
outings” on the first Saturday of each month. Participants, who
should have some experience with moving current, are asked to
provide their own boats, life jackets, rain gear, lunch, and water
for this 6.5-mile float. Shuttle from the meeting place to the
put-in will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis by the
Dan River Company, with overflow boaters driving up with the
shuttle.
Putting in near Big
Creek confluence and the new bridge where NC Route 89 crosses the
Dan, floaters will pass (and may stop at) Moore’s Spring Campground
2.1 miles from the put-in. The camp, operated by the 4-H Program is
at the site of a nineteenth century health resort at Moore’s Spring,
a natural spring said to have healing properties. Cascade Creek, on
river right, rises in Hanging Rock State Park and passes through the
campground.
A more likely stop,
4.2 miles from the put-in, is “Demon Rock,” a 60-foot-high cliff
formerly called Denman’s Rock, a favorite lunch place where
observers over the years have found many images in the cliff face.
Naturalists find interesting wildlife in the cliff area.
Six miles from the
put-in boaters will pass Indian Creek on the right. This creek also
rises in Hanging Rock State Park and is just upstream from the
Hanging Rock Access. Boaters will now be about a half-mile from the
take-out at the Dan River Company.
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