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Put In - Camped at Parkers Creek
Campground at site 224 in Loop 4 North. Here are the directions. The
entrance to Parkers Creek is on US 64. Traveling west on US 64, go over the
bridge on Jordan Lake. The
entrance is on the right. Traveling east
on US 64, the entrance is the first left after seeing lake.
The
campground is broken into
four sections(Loop 1, 2, 3, & 4). Loop 4 is the farthest north and ended up
being very secluded since everyone left late Sunday afternoon. It also
lets you go north and south on the lake for nice paddling trips. The
cost of the campsite was $20 dollars.
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Distance/Time - Trip 1: 5.9 mile, Trip 2: 5.2 miles, Trip 3: 9.8 miles.
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Difficulty - Above Average, because of the wind.
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Trip Directions -
The afternoon trip around the north area and the
Jordan Lake Educational State Forest. The wind was up as is normal
in this part of the lake. So heading north was always a tough
paddling. The second trip at night was down to the Crosswinds Marina
boat ramp and back. Wind was still up some. The moon rose and
allowed a nice paddling back to the campsite. The last trip the next
morning was to White Oak Creek. The water was down 2 feet so was not
able to get up the creek. Stop at the fishing pier just past the
bridge on the way in. All the trips in this area have to deal with
submerged tree stumps. The are found all along the shore and in
various areas in the lake.
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Scenery -
Lots of birds. Turtles were out also as the day warmed up.
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Hazards -
Wind and tree stumps.
