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Distance:
14.1 miles
Start: Rice Creek
Landing
End: Rice Creek
Landing
Campsites: Two
Rivers Point
Type of trail:
old river channel,
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 10 to 19 feet
on tailrace readings provide
optimum water levels for
this route. Levels from
15-18 are the absolute best
for the Globe and Bear Creek
systems. 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 Overnight Route # 1
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, up Tensaw Lake
to Bayou Tallapoosa, through
Bayou Tallapoosa to Tensaw
River, down the Tensaw River
to Two Rivers Point land
based campsite. On day two
the trail proceeds down the
Tensaw River to Bottle
Creek, down Bottle Creek to
Bayou Jessamine, and then
through this bayou to Tensaw
Lake and back to Rice Creek
Landing. |
