Craigheads Pond Canoe Trail

[Terry]

The rain has spiked water station 251432080444100 up from -0.35 to 0.00.

This makes Craigheads Pond Canoe Trail paddleable.   The water will run off the tip of Florida

quick but with beautiful weather expected, this weekend is a rare opportunity to enjoy this

excellent advanced trip once more.

 

[Terry]

 

Oops, you're right, I left out a very important zero:

 

Craigheads Pond Canoe Trail needs -0.05 feet at 251432080444100

 

Correction noted and recorded.

[Terry]

 

Flex - The photos you just posted from Craigheads Pond Canoe Trail,

are these from last month or did you go on it more recently.

I'd be curious if it's still paddleable at the current water level.

[Terry]

 

Paddlers!

Look at the water stations 2514320080444100 (+.47) and 251338080421500 (+.40).

The water level is about a half foot above what's needed to paddle this trail.

And did I hear the first cool front is headed our way this weekend?

Get your boats ready, with the openness of the Craigheads Pond Canoe Trail

and a cool front to make it comfortable this trail is going to be spectacular

in October.

 

[Terry]

Get your log books out and make note of this:

Our group of 3 tandem canoes and 1 kayak paddled to Craigheads Pond on

Saturday 17 December and it was still paddleable.  The paddle would touch

bottom and half way through the stroke it was pushing off the bottom

but all-in-all it was still paddleable the whole way.

Saturday's water level is not posted yet but it's looking like station 251432080444100,

halfway on the route, will be -0.15.  A good reference to record.  That gives Craigheads

Pond Canoe Trail a respectable paddle window.

Enjoy.

[Terry]

Craigheads Pond Canoe Trail is in the Miami Herald today:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/22/2556862/seeking-the-everglade...

[Daniel Madrigal]

Saw the article in the paper today! This is great! My brother and I did Craigheads pond about a year ago with Keith and it was a lot of fun, pretty unique and different paddle then the rest of the stuff. 

[Amazon Bill]

Thanks for a great trip Terry. Max and I are headed to Hells Bay, Roberts River or Joe River after New Years for our first backcounty canoe-camping trip!

[0hmgywazkroze]

Last thursday, I went out to nine mile with a buddy for the first time in years. It was a beautiful day and a comfortable paddle on a windy day. We started late 2:30, so it was just for the afternoon. I kinda fell in love with that trail again. Anyways, after reading about y'alls explorations to Craig'shead pond, i kinda felt foolish turning and following the marked trail, but it was just a day trip.

The water was relatively shallow on the prairie section. Does it stay low all the way or is there deeper pools along the route?

[Terry]

Most of the trip has about the same water depth as near marker 65A but has you turn

southwest approaching the Craigheads Pond area it gets a little deeper.   The water level

now is low for paddling to Craigheads Pond.  As with all grass paddling trips,

the more water the better.

Remember, it's a 16 mile round trip only attempt Craigheads Pond Canoe Trail

with an early morning start, aerials and a GPS.

[Esther Luft]

Nice job!  Thanks to Terry and Keith this has become one of my favorite paddles.  It's gorgeous out there.   Does the term Taylor River sound interesting?  For another time and with proper permission or course.

[Flex Kayakfari.com]

On this gray rainy day think SUNNY .. like it was for our trip here:

Craighead Pond Canoe Trail

What I'd like to know is the origins of the names for these backcountry places, like 'Craighead' ?? Anybody?

[Terry]

From the Craighead brothers of National Geographic.

They were documenting the area way back and once the USGS named the

water station Craigheads Pond Water Station the name stuck.