Mayor & Chairman’s Withlacoochee River Paddle

Join us for a leisurely seven-mile four-hour paddle with the Mayor of Valdosta and the Chairman of Lowndes County on a new route this year. We’ll go three miles from Langdale Park Boat Ramp 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.
Stop at Sugar Creek to see the WaterGoat trash trap purchased by the City of Valdosta and cleaned out by volunteer Russell McBride and family, which keeps much trash out of the river.
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 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.
When: Gather 8 AM, launch 10 AM, end 4 PM.
Put In: Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 3781 N. Valdosta Rd., Valdosta, GA 31602.
Take Out: Troupville Boat Ramp, 19664 Valdosta Hwy, Valdosta, GA 31602.
Paddle: 7 miles, 4 hours.
Shuttle: 9 miles one way, 16 minutes one way.
Tickets: Thanks to a generous pledge from Georgia Power, there is no charge to paddle. https://wwals.net/?p=64095 Please reserve a spot through eventbrite so we'll know how many are coming.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mayor-and-chairmans-paddle-langdale-park-to-troupville-2024-tickets-799890352577
There is also a paid ticket through eventbrite if you want to support the advocacy and activities of WWALS.

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