Update 2022-05-10: Pictures: Mayday to Statenville, Alapaha River 2019-03-23.
Let’s complete this missing link in the Alapaha Quest, a stretch of the Alapaha River never before done as a WWALS Outing!
When: Gather 8AM, Launch 9AM, Saturday, March 23, 2019
Put In: Mayday Landing, 49 Howell Road, Stockton, GA 31649, in Echols County, Georgia. South of Howell Road, east side of the Alapaha River, north of the railroad bridge.
GPS: 31.82827, -83.017179
Take Out: Statenville Boat Ramp, 206 GA 94 West, Statenville, GA 31648, in Echols County.
Bring: the usual personal flotation device, boat paddles, food, drinking water, warm clothes, and first aid kit. Also trash pickers and trash bags: every WWALS outing is also a cleanup.
Free: This outing is free to WWALS members, and $10 (ten dollars) for non-members. We recommend you support the work of WWALS by becoming a WWALS member today!
Sand bank, 14:22:12, 2016-05-07 30.8284600, -83.0186200
Duration: 8 hours
Shuttle distance: 13.1 miles one way
Shuttle duration: 40 minutes
Paddle distance: 14.51 miles
Paddle duration: 7.3 hours
Host: Ronnie Thomas
Contact: Ronnie Thomas
Backup: in case of high or low water is: Banks Lake, 2.9 miles west of Lakeland, GA on US 122. in Lanier County.
More: For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS calendar or the WWALS outings and events web page. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
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