Thursday, March 5, 2015

Canoe Harpeth River And Other Fun Activities

By Leslie Ball


Harpeth River park is an exciting place to visit this vacation. It offers you a chance to play water games and engage in lots of other fun activities. The park sits on the western suburbs of Tennessee City. It boasts of several canoe Harpeth River gates where people can access the water and have fun. The Narrows of Harpeth together with Harris Street Bridge Canoe Access are the most common water entrances in the park. Hundreds of adventure seekers throng these two places during the summer season.

Areas where you can put the canoe into the river and out are close to each other but there is up to seven miles of water expanse that curves along the western rim of the highland to the side of Tennessee City. This entire expanse is accessible by water except areas where archeological work has been undergoing some time back. On the Bell Bend curve there are about five miles where you can float along edges of the ox bow feature. Below are several activities you can engage in this area.

As said earlier canoeing is the most favorite sport in Harpeth River state park. This is a place where you can enjoy a float in a hot summer afternoon. Since floating is free, the park is filled with water enthusiasts that are seeking to paddle with kayaks and canoes. One can come with his or her own canoe or rent one at an affordable rate for one to ten hours.

If fishing is your thing, the park is the place for you. The expansive River gives you a chance to enjoy sports fishing like spin casting, fly-fishing, or the old harpoon fishing as you paddle along the river. The river boasts of crappie, bluegill, mouth bass, bream, and catfish among other species of game fish.

If you love the cool air of the hilltops, try hiking at the park. There are amazing trails starting from easy short ones to long hard ones. Hiking trails are less crowded than the river and there are opulent covers of the forest, magnificent bluffs, and expanses of wildflower. All the trails start at Narrows of Harpeth, an entrance that is found close to the gate. You will feast your eyes on the magnificent Harpeth valley and enjoy its cool, fresh environment.

There is a hidden lake located a mile from the entrance along the easy one-mile long trail. The ox bow lake is surrounded by lush sprouts of wildflower. One of its elongated curves is about a half a mile and at the edges sits ruins of a 1940 resort with the marble dance floor still intact.

Apart from water games and hiking, the River Park is a great spot for bird watching. Resident birds in this park include Belted Kingfishers, Warblers, Green Herons, and Blue Herons. There also American Goldfinch and Field sparrow that can be viewed from along the two mile trails up the Harpeth Valley.

Mid-summer is the best time for bird watchers. This is because flowers are sprouted and birds are all over the place. To make the activity more involving, you can watch the birds as you hike up the valley




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