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Distance:
9.1 miles
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 Indian Mound 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
across Tensaw Lake, through
Bayou Jessamine and into
Bottle Creek to a sandbar
landing where a foot trail
leads to the Indian Mound.
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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