Hotels near Shady Pines RV Park and Campground, Texas:
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Neches River
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... float this yesterday with a friend. (July 11, 2009) This is a totally do-able float. There's not really any fast water to speak of, but you need to be prepared to make short portages and negotiate downed timber in the water. One area in particular you will need to tie some line off to your kayak and let it float under a downed tree, you crawl over the tree and then get back in. I'm sure the when and where the trees are down changes quite often.... And it looks like someone (probably the river authority) takes a saw down and cuts some of this out from time to time.
The put in location is correct. However, the take out is not. You need to float further down to the 175 bridge (less than 1/4th mile) and get out there.
I would suggest that experienced paddlers attempt this only when the water is high from heavy rains or when the dam is letting a lot of water out. There's vegetative litter stuck in the trees 10 foot above the water line.... So at some points of the year... This thing moves... And could represent dangers with the amount of timber.
You might consider ta... |
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Other campgrounds near Shady Pines RV Park and Campground, Texas:
Castle on the Lake Inn and RV Resort, Jacksonville, 7 miles away 
Country Estates RV Park, Rusk, 11 miles away 
Rusk Palestine State Park, Rusk, 11 miles away
Rusk KOA, Rusk, 11 miles away
Lake Tyler Marina, Whitehouse, 14 miles away 
Aok South RV Park, Flint, 16 miles away 
South RV Park, Flint, 16 miles away
Noonday RV Park, Flint, 17 miles away
R Place RV Park and Campgrounds, Palestine, 18 miles away 
Big Steve's RV Park, Frankston, 18 miles away
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Paddling Rivers Near Shady Pines RV Park and Campground, Texas:
Neches River, Anderson CherokeeCounty, 16 miles away | | Class II+ - 3 miles long (Lake Palestine to US 175)
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...rrect. However, the take out is not. You need to float further down to the 175 b...
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Trails near Shady Pines RV Park and Campground, Texas:
Mount Hope Tract Trail, Cherokee County, 11 miles away
Jim Hogg State Historical Park Trail, Cherokee County, 11 miles away 
Nature Trail, Cherokee County, 16 miles away
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Lakes Near Shady Pines RV Park and Campground, Texas:
Jacksonville Club Lake, Cherokee CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Pine Crest Lake, Cherokee CountyCounty, 2 miles away
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