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<h1><a href = "https://rivers.run/#edclassic">Ed's Classic Runs with 100 miles of DC</a></h1>
<p>The following are some of the "Classic" trips that define the DC paddling area. All rivers are tagged as "edclassic" for easy search.
The local paddling area is arbitrarily defined as those streams and rivers in the Index Map
of "Nearby Canoeing Streams" by Ron Canter (within 100 miles).
This area includes fall line rapids where the piedmont meets the Atlantic coastal plane.
It also includes the greater Blue Ridge mountains that are the eastern part of the Appalachians.
Then there are the great river valleys and other types of streams that give the area variety.
This eliminates the ever popular Youghiogheny, Cheat and similar extremely popular watersheds not quite local.
ALL listed trips are scenic and in no ranked order.</p>
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<li><a href="/#mather">Potomac's Mather Gorge.</a> From Great Falls to 495 is perhaps THE most popular.
<li><a href="/#violette">Potomac's Violette's Lock</a> loop is probably the most popular novice run.
<li><a href="/#little falls">Potomac's Little Falls</a> is a classic close-in whitewater run with many routes.
<li><a href="/#needles">Potomac Needles</a>through Harper's Ferry cuts through the nearby mountains.
<li><a href="/#paw">Potomac's Paw Paw camper</a> Beautiful family or scouts trip.
<li><a href="/#rock creek">Rock Creek</a> below Military Road is perhaps DC's finest natural asset.<li>Rock Creek below Military Road is perhaps DC's finest natural asset.
<li>Great Seneca Creek defines fine local novice creekin' through farmland.
<li>lower Goose Creek is another short but often up little creek.
<li>Monocacy River is a slow flowing indian commuter route through the piedmont.
<li>The Shenandoah Staircase above Harper's Ferry has it all! Bring your friends.
<li>Antietam Creek is loaded with Civil War history and beautiful stone bridges.
<li>Cacapon River, especially from rt. 50 to rt. 127 is truly classic.
<li>Sideling Hill Creek is beauty personified from headwaters to its' mouth.
<li>Pohick Creek is the spring runoff local little terror.
<li>South Fork Shenandoah has classic mountain beauty from above and below Luray.
<li>Gooney Run is THE local popular "steep creek".
<li>PassageCreek puts it all together into a tightly wound mountain pass package.
<li>Cedar Creek is the novice boater's smile producer, full of surprises.
<li>The Lost River gorge is feisty enough to humble the careless sightseer.
<li>Rappahannock's Kelly's Ford section comes with the term "popular" attached.
<li>The Rap-Rap confluence has scouts scouting routes and stuck aluminum canoes.
<li>The Rappahannock Fall Line still has the blue herons holding their own.
<li>The Hughes River run is as playful as you can get without intimidation.
<li>The Thornton River is another novice stream creekers delight.
<li>The Robinson River is yet another headwaters fun river.
<li>GunpowderRiver fall line culminates the great paddling all along this stream.
<li>Deer Creek is a floater's delight, especially with spring flowers.
<li>Muddy Creek is beauty in small places. Stays up often too.
<li>Marsh Creek is as feisty as the battles at Gettysburg.
<li>The mighty James River FallLine has it's own urban beauty amongst the rapids.
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<p>O.K. so maybe one of your favorites didn't make this composite list. Running Great Falls of the Potomac is truly both beautiful and inspiring but who can watch the scenery? Therefore most of the list candidates contain easier streams. A few like 15 Mile Creek, Licking Creek, Broad Run, Covington River and parts of the Patuxent watershed came close and then there are the "sleepers" like Toms Creek and aptly named Sleepy Creek that don't get paddled enough to be called classic.
If you absolutely had to sample the best in a short time your list must include: Mather Gorge, Shenandoah Staircase, Sideling Hill Creek, Compton's section of the South Fork Shenandoah and the Lost River Gorge. Did I mention the Cacapon... and then there is this section of Passage Creek... [and don't forget the pretty but flat rivers just to the east – like Trussum Pond, Del.].
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