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Distance:8.9
miles (additional miles
possible via adjacent
sloughs and creeks)
Start: Rice Creek
Landing
End: Rice Creek
Landing
Type of trail:
creek, lake, and slough
Habitats:
bottomland hardwood
swamp, flowing creeks,
side channel sloughs and
backwaters
Reliability:
excellent |
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Optimimal
water levels:
Claiborne Dam river stages
ranging from 6 to 19 feet on
tailrace reading provide
optimum water levels for
this route. River stages
above these values should be
considered hazardous.
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/
The Fisher Island day trail
begins at Rice Creek
Landing, located on the
Forever Wild Land Trust’s
Delta Tract, 2.9 miles north
of the Highway 225/59 split
in Stockton, AL, on Baldwin
County Rd. 21. The map shows
the trail proceeding out of
Rice Creek, around the south
end of Richardson Island and
past Larry Island, across
Tensaw Lake and into Bayou
Jessamine. The Trail then
splits from Bayou Jessamine,
proceeding north into a body
of water known locally as
“Jug Lake,” which bends
around Fisher Island. The
return leg follows the same
route. Paddlers have several
options for selecting the
length and duration of this
day-trip, especially when
incorporating side trips.
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