Do You Want To Canoe Harpeth River This Summer? There Is More To This Park

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 a little adventure is what you want, get ready for some hiking in this park. It boasts of a mix of easy and hard trails up the Harpeth valley. There are lovely bluffs, wildflower gardens and forests with a lush cover along the trail. There is a common entrance to all the trails which is located at the Narrows of Harpeth just after you get into the park. The trail offers a chance to view the amazing valley of Harpeth and the cool air in the forest.

When you take a walk down the easy trail, you will find a hidden lake among the wildflower. This is an ox-bow lake detached from the main river. If you move with the curve, you will find the remains of a dance floor from a resort that stood there in early 1940s.

Bird watching is also a lovely activity that you can engage in at Harpeth River Park. In the lush trees are Blue and green herons, Belted kingfishers and Warblers. Down the two mile trail stretch, you will find the Field sparrow and American Goldfinch.

If you would like to view more birds easily, pay the park a visit during mid-summer. Flowers are all over and birds would be enjoying their share of the nectar or worms. Wear your hiking gear and get ready to meet several birds along the trail.




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