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Hotels in and near Brevard, North Carolina:

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites BREVARD, Brevard
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7.9 miles away
Hampton Inn Brevard NC, Brevard
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8.3 miles away
Hampton Inn Suites CashiersSapphire Valley, Sapphire
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16.9 miles away
Wyndham VR Fairfield Sapphire, Sapphire
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18.2 miles away
Highlands Inn Lodge, Highlands
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19.9 miles away
Days Inn Asheville West, Candler
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20.3 miles away
Rock Laurel Bed and Breakfast, Candler
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21.1 miles away
Comfort Inn Canton, Canton
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21.1 miles away
The Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa, Waynesville
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21.1 miles away
Days Inn Canton, Canton
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21.3 miles away
Grandview Lodge, Waynesville
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21.6 miles away
Oak Hill on Love Lane, Waynesville
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21.6 miles away
* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.


Whitewater Rivers near Brevard, North Carolina:

1    French Broad River - North Fork, Transylvania, 4 miles away
      Class III-IV+(V) - 7.2 miles long (Route 1326 Bridge to US Route 64 Bridge)

2    French Broad River - East Fork, Transylvania, 5 miles away
      Class II-IV - 5.5 miles long (East Fork Road at Laurel Branch to French Broad River)

3    French Broad River - West Fork, Transylvania, 6 miles away
      Class IV-V - 3.4 miles long (SR 1309 Bridge to US 64 Bridge)

4    Davidson River, Transylvania, 6 miles away
      Class III+(IV) - 3.5 miles long (Forest Service Road 475-A to Looking Glass Creek)
I love Davidson river campground, my family and I go there every summer and stay 2 weeks at a time..... The last time we were there, we tubed down the...

5    Davidson River, Transylvania, 6 miles away
      Class I-II - 5 miles long (FS Road 475 to Sycamore Flats)

6    Toxaway Creek, Transylvania, 7 miles away
      Class II-V+ - 3.6 miles long (Frozen Creek Road Bridge to Lake Jocassee)

7    Eastatoe Creek, Pickens, 8 miles away
      Class IV+ - 3.52 miles long (US 178 to Smith Creek above Lake Keowee)

8    Pigeon River - Big East Fork, -blank-, 8 miles away
      Class IV-V+ - 5 miles long (Blue Ridge Parkway to Highway 276)

9    Looking Glass Creek, Transylvania, 9 miles away
      Class III-IV(V+) - 5 miles long (Along Highway 278)

10    Courthouse Creek, Transylvania, 9 miles away
      Class III-V+ - 3 miles long (Trailhead to National Forest French Broad)

11    Toxaway River, Transylvania, 10 miles away
      Class V+ - 3.69 miles long (Highway 64 to Lake Jocassee)

12    Pigeon River - Big East Fork, Haywood, 10 miles away
      Class III-V - 2.7 miles long (3800 foot countour line to US Route 276 Bridge)

13    Matthews Creek, Greenville, 11 miles away
      Class III-V(V+) - 6 miles long (Raven Cliff Falls to US 276)

14    Carrick Creek, Pickens, 11 miles away
      Class III - 0.1 miles long (Green Creek Con Fork to Pinnacle Lake)

15    Pigeon River - East Fork, Haywood, 11 miles away
      Class II-III - 8.7 miles long (Route 1887 Bridge to North Carolina Route 110 Bridge)

16    Pigeon River - West Fork, Haywood, 11 miles away
      Class IV-V(V+) - 4 miles long (Along Highway 215)

17    Eastatoe Creek - Lower Gorge, Pickens, 12 miles away
      Class II-III(V) - 2 miles long (Mill Creek to Dug Mountain Access)

18    South Saluda River, Greenville/ Pickens, 13 miles away
      Class II-III - 15 miles long (Table Rock Reservoir to Highway 288)

19    Little River, Transylvania, 13 miles away
      Class III-IV - 1 miles long (Base of Triple Falls to Hooker Falls)

20    Little River, Transylvania, 13 miles away
      Class V+ - 0.75 miles long (Triple Falls)

21    Toxaway River - Upper, Transylvania, 13 miles away
      Class IV-V+ - 2 miles long (Above Lake Toxaway)

22    Horsepasture River, Transylvania, 13 miles away
      Class V+ - 4.2 miles long (US Route 281 to Lake Jocassee)

23    Little Eastatoe River, Pickens, 14 miles away
      Class II-IV - 1.5 miles long (Dirt road off Highway 11 to Highway 11 bridge)

24    Saluda River, Greenville, 14 miles away
      Class III-V - 2 miles long (Jones Gap Trail to Park)

25    Tuckasegee River - East Fork, Jackson, 14 miles away
      Class V+ - 1.5 miles long (Bonas Defeat Gorge)
This place is suicide for anyone in a boat. It's extraordinarily dangerous for someone even hiking. It is dewatered and would probably only run when t...

26    Tuckasegee River, Jackson, 14 miles away
      Class III-V - 4.5 miles long (Above Tanasee Creek Reservoir)

27    Thompson River, Transylvania, 15 miles away
      Class IV-V+ - 5.2 miles long (North Route 281 to Lake Jocassee)
This river will kill you!It is not suitable for any watercraft.  The stream is small, but large waterfalls appear suddenly.  The river is typically to...

28    Oilcamp creek, Greenville, 15 miles away
      Class I-III(IV) - 1.5 miles long (Oilcamp Road)

29    Saluda River, Greenville, 16 miles away
      Class I-IV - 2 miles long (Jones Gap State Park to Gap Creek Road)

30    Pigeon River - West Fork, Haywood, 16 miles away
      Class II-III - 6.3 miles long (Route 215/1129 Junction to confluence with East Fork)

31    South Saluda River, Greenville, 16 miles away
      Class III-IV(V) - 1.5 miles long (Blyth Shoals - Highway 11 to Talley Bridge)

32    Whitewater, Oconee, 17 miles away
      Class III-V+ - 2.4 miles long (Base of Upper Falls to Lake Jocassee)

33    Pigeon River, Haywood, 17 miles away
      Class I-III - 26.7 miles long (Confluence of East-West Fork to New Hepco Bidge)

34    Saluda River, Greenville, 18 miles away
      Class II-III - 11 miles long (County Road 41 to South Saluda River)

35    Whitewater River, Jackson/Transylvania, 20 miles away
      Class IV-V+ - 4 miles long (Bullpen Road to Highway 281)

36    Chattooga River - East Fork, Oconee, 21 miles away
      Class -blank- - 1.9 miles long (Highway 107 to Walhalla Fish Hatchery)

37    Little River - North Fork, Oconee, 21 miles away
      Class I-III - 8 miles long (Highway 11 to Tanyard Bridge)

38    Twelvemile Creek, Pickens, 22 miles away
      Class I-II - 4 miles long (Liberty Highway to South Carolina 137)
There was a dam towards the end of this river with a large sign overhead that reads ''Danger Spillway''.

En ded up pulling the kayak upstream fo...


39    Chattooga River - East Fork, Oconee, 22 miles away
      Class -blank- - 2.46 miles long (Walhalla Fish Hatchery to Chattooga)

40    Chattooga River, Jackson, 22 miles away
      Class V - 6 miles long (North Carolina 1107 to Bull Pen Bridge)
The North Carolina 1107 to Bull Pen Bridge section is currently illegal to paddle due to some legal issues. AW has deemed it safe but you can get in l...

41    North Saluda River, Greenville, 23 miles away
      Class II-III - 3 miles long (Route 89 to Saluda River)

42    Flat Shoal River, Oconee, 23 miles away
      Class I-III - 3 miles long (Flat Shoals Bridge to Tanyard Bridge)

43    Tuckasegee River, Jackson, 23 miles away
      Class I-II(III) - 9.4 miles long (Cedar Cliff Reservior to Cullowhee)

44    Sixmile Creek, Pickens, 23 miles away
      Class II-III - 2 miles long (Jones Mill Road to Lake Issaqueena)

45    Flat Shoal River, Oconee, 24 miles away
      Class I-III(IV) - 4.5 miles long (Highway 11 to Flat Shoals Bridge)

46    Twelvemile Creek, Pickens, 24 miles away
      Class III - 1 miles long (Lay Bridge Road)

47    Todd Creek, pickens, 24 miles away
      Class IV+ - 1 miles long (Brookbend Road to Lake Hartwell)

48    Tuckasegee River - West Fork, Jackson, 25 miles away
      Class III-IV+(V) - 9.5 miles long (Thorpe Dam to Tuckasegee River)

49    Chattooga River, Rabun/Oconee, 25 miles away
      Class III-V(V+) - 5 miles long (Bull Pen Bridge to Burrells Ford Bridge)

50    Chattooga River, Jackson/Macon, 25 miles away
      Class III-IV - 5 miles long (Bullpen Bridge to Burrell's Ford)
The Bull Pen Bridge to Burrell's Ford section is currently illegal to paddle due to some legal issues. AW has deemed it safe but you can get in legal ...

51    Norton Creek, Jackson, 25 miles away
      Class IV-V(V+) - 2.5 miles long (Above Thorpe Lake)
Norton Creek does not have any public land for stream access.  The boat put-in and take-out shown are on private property. I know, as I am the land ow...

52    Chattooga River, Oconee SC/ Rabun GA, 25 miles away
      Class II-V - 11.3 miles long (Burrell's Ford to Highway 28 Bridge)

53    North Saluda River, Greenville, 25 miles away
      Class I-II - 2 miles long (Highway 25 to State Road 11)

54    Oconee Creek, Oconee, 26 miles away
      Class II-III - 1 miles long (Highway 11 to Little River)

55    Cullasaja River, Macon, 26 miles away
      Class I-III+(V+) - 5 miles long (Ravenel Lake to Mirror Lake)

56    Whitewater Outfitter - Rafting With MY Kids, Jackson, 26 miles away
      Whitewater outfitter

57    Scotts Creek, Jackson, 27 miles away
      Class III-IV(V) - 2 miles long (Willets-Ochre Hill to Addie)

58    Whitewater Outfitter - Explore Biltmore Outdoor Center, Buncombe, 28 miles away
      Whitewater outfitter
Team-Building
Rafts
River Guides...


59    Green River, Henderson, 28 miles away
      Class III-V - 1.2 miles long (Summit Lake Dam to powerhouse)

60    Double Branch, Anderson, 28 miles away
      Class III - 0.5 miles long (US 178 to State Road 88)

61    Saluda River, Greenville/ Pickens, 29 miles away
      Class II - 16 miles long (Saluda Dam to South Carolina Route 86 in Piedmont)
3/31/2007
This was a nice trip. Put in behind Riverside Tavern on Hwy124, went to Hwy86 in Piedmont. Only scratched the boats a couple times in th...


62    Eighteenmile Creek, Anderson, 29 miles away
      Class I(II) - 2 miles long (Nettles Park to US 76)

63    French Broad River, Transylvania/ Henderson/ Buncombe/ Madison, 29 miles away
      Class I-III - 6.5 miles long (North Carolina Route 251 to Route 1634)

64    Saluda River, Pickens/Greenville, 29 miles away
      Class II+ - 0.1 miles long (Speedway Play Spot - Park and Play upstream of 124)

65    Big Creek, Rabun, 30 miles away
      Class IV-V(V+) - 2 miles long (Highway 28 to Overflow Creek)

66    Chattooga River, Rabun GA / Oconee SC, 30 miles away
      Class II-III+(IV) - 13 miles long (Earls Ford to Route 76 Bridge)

67    Chattooga River, Rabun GA / Oconee SC, 30 miles away
      Class II-III+(IV) - 13 miles long (Earls Ford to Route 76 Bridge)

68    Chattooga River, Rabun GA / Oconee SC, 30 miles away
      Class II - 7 miles long (Highway 28 Putin to Earl's Ford)

69    Chattooga River, Rabun GA / Oconee SC, 30 miles away
      Class II - 7 miles long (Highway 28 Putin to Earl's Ford)
We run it in 17 ft canoes and Big Shoals is the only class 3 rapid. You will have to portage your boat 1/2 mile uphill at Earls ford take out on the S...



  

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