Comments on: 90-Second Escape: Paddling remote Jordan Lake

By: JoeMiller

JoeMiller — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:07:20 +0000

In reply to Tom Hemp. I guess the good thing is that there are a number of places to put in in the Robeson Creek area.

By: Tom Hemp

Tom Hemp — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:14:45 +0000

Now I am really confused. Here is a link to a Birder’s Guide to the Triangle and they seem to point to a different put-in. They describe the one I have linked as the whitewater take out. I actually tried to used their directions on all the maps I can find on the internet and still do not know what they are pointing to…

http://tbg.carolinanature.com/jlcanoe.html#RC

By: Tom Hemp

Tom Hemp — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:55:41 +0000

Joe, ok they must have moved it. Here is the GPS track I did a while back showing the boat ramp and the canoe launch. I always have passed the canoe launch sign on the way to the boat ramp. Never liked the canoe launch because of the muddy put-in and you can paddle up to the Haw rapids in about 1 minute 🙂

So, looks like the new canoe launch is at the end of Providence Church Road now.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://www.thehemps.com/JordanLakeRobesonCrkIIGPS.kml

I am behind the times, Tom

By: JoeMiller

JoeMiller — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:11:11 +0000

Hey Tom,
I see the boat ramp you refer to on the GMCO Map of Jordan Lake, but is it still active? We paddled up to the rapids and I don’t recall seeing a ramp along the north bank.
The access on the map above is relatively new, has ample parking and is the access marked on the drive in.
I’m curious: When was the last time you put in at the ramp you mention?
Joe

By: Tom Hemp

Tom Hemp — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:24:49 +0000

Joe, the map is wrong I think. The canoe put-in is a left turn off of Hanks Chapel Road before you hit the Roberson Creek boat ramp. Your map is taking you down to an access point I have never tried before on Roberson Creek.

The canoe launch is up very close to the start of the rapids, there is a sign as you drive down Hanks Chapel Road. Your put-in may be another that I have never tried, but it would seem the boat ramp would be esaier, I see no parking area on the sat map.