Hotels near Ridgeway Campgrounds, South Carolina:
* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.
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Catawba River
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...whose dam is just upstream of Lake Wateree. The average gradient is about 30 feet per mile, and the rapids fairly continuous when there's enough water. Unlike the nearby stretches of the Catawba, this stretch is choked with boulders & contains several islands & multiple channels. Scenery is spectacular, the river coursing through a mini-canyon with granite walls & no development visible from the water. Right now it can be run only when the Catawba is very high, after extended periods of heavy rain. A good indicator is the Catawba USGS gauge at Rock Hill (basically the discharge from Lake Wylie Dam). If it's running well over 10,000 c.f.s., there's probably some flow spilling into the Great Falls run. It needs about 3,000 or 4,000 c.f.s. spilling into the dewatered stretch to be worth running. At these levels it's low class 3. At 10,000 c.f.s. in G.F.(about 20,000 c.f.s. full flow) it's big water class 3-4 & alot of fun. Under the new Catawba/Wateree relicense agreement, there will be (I think) about 28 scheduled releases beginning next year. But it appears that the flows into G.F. wi... |
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Other campgrounds near Ridgeway Campgrounds, South Carolina:
Wateree Lake Campground, Liberty Hill, 9 miles away 
Columbia/camden RV Park, Lugoff, 10 miles away 
Bethel Campground, Kershaw County, 10 miles away 
Goodale State Park, Camden, 13 miles away 
Chester State Park, Chester, 17 miles away 
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Paddling Rivers Near Ridgeway Campgrounds, South Carolina:
Catawba River, Chester LancasterCounty, 16 miles away | | Class III - 2 miles long (Great Falls)
...ls. Scenery is spectacular, the river coursing through a mini-canyon with granit...
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Broad River, RichlandCounty, 27 miles away  | | Class II-III - 4 miles long (I-20 to Congaree River)
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National Parks near Ridgeway Campgrounds, South Carolina:
Congaree Swamp National Monument, Hopkins - SC, 23 miles away
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Golf Courses Near Ridgeway Campgrounds, South Carolina:
Green Hill Golf Club, Lugoff, 5 miles away
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Lakes Near Ridgeway Campgrounds, South Carolina:
Oliver Pond, Kershaw CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Parkers Pond, Kershaw CountyCounty, 3 miles away
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