Join us for a leisurely paddle on the Withlacoochee River: three miles to Sugar Creek with early takeout, and another four miles to Troupville Boat Ramp, around all the river frontage of the land recently purchased by Lowndes County for Troupville River Camp and Nature Park.

Paddle with Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson and Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter. Plus many others, including VSU CORE Outdoors. The city and county will probably post press releases.

Thanks to a generous grant from Georgia Power, this outing is free for everyone.

When: Gather 8 AM, launch 10 AM, end 4 PM, Saturday, March 15, 2025

Put In: Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 3781 N. Valdosta Rd., Valdosta, GA 31602.

GPS: 30.88747, -83.32395

Mayor and Chairmans Paddle, Langdale Park to Troupville 2025-03-15, Early Takeout Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee and Little Rivers

We’ll go three miles from Langdale Park Boat Ramp through Langdale Park past Three Mile Branch to Sugar Creek with early takeout. On this all-wooded route it is hard to believe you are next to the most populous city in the Suwannee River Basin.

Early takeout is at Sugar Creek, where there will be a Port-A-Potty, along with ones at Langdale Park and Troupville Boat Ramp.

Then we’ll paddle another four miles under the Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge, past Wood Valley Subdivision and Sheri Run, and the I-75 and GA 133 highway bridges.

We will see all the river frontage of the land recently purchased by Lowndes County for Troupville River Camp and Nature Park. After paddling a third of a mile up the Little River, we will take out at Troupville Boat Ramp.

Both the Put-In and the Take-Out are in parks by the Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA).

At start and end, see the WWALS water trail signs about the WWALS Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT).

Take Out: Troupville Boat Ramp

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 everyone!
Thanks to Georgia Power for the generous grant that makes that possible.

Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1603504050556169/
https://www.meetup.com/withlacoochee-alapaha-suwannee-rivers-wwals-outings/events/305789933/

Duration: 5 hours

Paddle: 7 miles, 4 hours.

Shuttle: 9 miles one way, 16 minutes one way.
This outing includes the traditional WWALS shuttle. Everybody takes their boats to the put-in, most people drive to the take-out, and the drivers pile into one or two vehicles and go back to the put-in.

Gauge: Valdosta at US 41 (North Valdosta Road).
Lowest boatable: 116 feet NAVD88; Highest safe: 123′.

Host: Phil Hubbard

Contact: Phil Hubbard

Deadfalls: To clear Hurricane Helene deadfalls (dead trees across the river), WWALS will be conducting chainsaw cleanups starting in February. You are welcome to come along: you do not have to use any kind of saw; you can pick up trash, take pictures, or just paddle.

Backup: in case of too many deadfalls or too low water or low water quality, is the old route from Troupville Boat Ramp eleven river miles to Spook Bridge.
Thanks to The Langdale Company for agreeing to the lunch stop and takeout on their land.
In case of bad weather or too high water is, we will Reschedule a week later, to Saturday, March 22, 2025.

More: For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, https://wwals.net/outings/. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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