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| RIVER: | Menomonee River, North Hills section |
| LOCATION: | Menomonee Falls, WI. |
| PUT-IN: | Under Main Street bridge Note#1 Note#2 Note#3 |
| TAKE-OUT: | Butler Village Park, just S. of Silver Spring @ 124th |
| SHUTTLE: | North a couple of blocks to Silver Spring Drive, right (east) 0.7 mi to Hwy.45/100, left (north) 4.5 mi to exit Hwy.74 west. Proceed 1.5 miles west on Hwy.74 to cross river, taking the first left 0.5 block to Lime Kiln Park on your left. |
| DIST: | 8.0 miles |
| TIME: | 3.5 hours |
| CLASS: | 0 (II-III) |
| CHARACTER: | A cute, shallow, small gorge, with two playable drops followed by mostly flat water with occasional shoals type rapids. One good dam/wave in North Hills Country Club (private). Many snags in mid section through Menomonee River Parkway. |
| GRADIENT: | 40+' in first 0.4 mile (equivalent to >100FPM!), then 50' across next 7.5mi (overall ave 12FPM) |
| GAUGE: | U.S.G.S. gauge: min=4.0, opt=4.5, high=5.0 If water is near to the flat rock under the main street bridge and the holes at the two drops are 'well formed', do it! |
| SEASON: | Generally runnable only in early spring or after heavy rain. |
| See Falls section description
for initial ½ mile section. The next 6 miles are largely flat water
with occasional shoals type rapids, low bridges ('limbo-able' at low-moderate
levels, mandatory portage in high water) many snags forcing portages in
mid section.
One good dam/wave in North Hills Country Club, which, when playable (the wave, not the golf course), is complicated by being right under a low bridge for the golf carts. |