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.

Despite the close proximity of the put-in points and take-out points, there is a whole stretch of seven miles where one can enjoy the curves of particular rivers towards the western side of the great highland rim facing Tennessee City. On the eastern side, there is the Bell Bend that spreads a whooping five miles down the ox-boy lake. You can try any of these fun activities.

Canoeing is the most popular sport in the park and the greatest crowd puller. Come for an enjoyable hot summer float all along the expanse of the river. There are no charges at the entrance making it favorite zone for die hard water enthusiasts with their kayaks and canoes. An individual can bring your own canoe or rent one from merchants in the area.

If you love fishing, get your fishing gear ready as you come to the park. The expansive river offers all sorts of fishing games as spin casting, the old harpoon throwing and fly fishing as you move in the water. There is a variety of fish including bluegill, crappie, bream, mouth bass, and catfish amongst other game fish species.

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.

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.

As you go about hiking, take time to enjoy watching the various species of birds in the expanse bush. Birds include the Green heron, Blue heron, Warblers and belted Kingfishers. Two miles down the medium trail, you will find a favorite spot for 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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