Can you float Big Sugar Creek?

Big Sugar Creek provides 24 miles of floatable access during the spring and summer seasons and is classified as class II difficulty. Not only does it provide floating opportunities, but also provides wonderful scenery including bluffs and caves.

Is Elk River open for floating?

Located on the south side of the Elk River bridge in Pineville, Missouri, we are open all year round and specialize in float trips along Missouri’s Elk River & Big Sugar Creek! Pack up your family and head over to our beautiful campground to enjoy your outdoor getaway vacation today!

Is the Elk River safe to float?

How to stay safe if kayaking or rafting. PINEVILLE, Mo. — Floating down Elk river is a summer activity that many are used to participating in. “I think we pulled out four refrigerators out of the river, you know that stuff could still be in there or floating down now, floating debris is always a hazard too.”

How long does it take to float the Elk River?

We offer an 8 mile and a 5 mile float trip. The 8 mile is the most popular for a full day on the river. The 5 mile can be made to last all day if you choose to stop a lot.

What kind of fish are in the Elk River Missouri?

Our streams have many other species of fish too; largemouth bass, catfish, crappie, goggle eye, blue gill, perch, drum and a few others that may be hiding in the lurks.

Is the Elk River spring fed?

These streams also provide excellent fishing, hiking, camping, bird watching, cave exploration and other outdoors activities that attract millions of annual visitors, though (thankfully) only a fraction of them paddle these waters, which are spring-fed, and augmented by runoff from local rainfall.

What river runs thru Noel MO?

The Elk River
The Elk River runs through the quaint town of Noel in the southwest corner of Missouri. Fishing, swimming and canoe trips are popular. Noel is home to legendary Ginger Blue Inn and Shadow Lake.

What River runs thru Noel MO?

Where do they stock trout in Elk River WV?

The Elk River is stocked with 22,000 pounds of trout from the end of the catch and release section to Webster Springs. That equates to more than 40,000 trout annually over roughly 15 miles of water.

Where does the Elk River in Missouri end?

Neosho River
Elk River/Mouths
Course. The Elk is formed by the confluence of Big Sugar Creek and Little Sugar Creek at Pineville, Missouri, and flows generally westward through McDonald County, Missouri, past the town of Noel, into Delaware County, Oklahoma, where it meets the Neosho River.

What kind of fish are in the Elk River in Missouri?

Where is the back fork of the Elk River?

Back Fork Elk River is a stream in West Virginia and has an elevation of 1,444 feet. Back Fork Elk River is situated nearby to Kenney B. Hamrick Sr. Memorial Bridge, and close to Webster Springs Post Office.

What to do in Big Sugar Creek State Park in Missouri?

Big Sugar Creek State Park is a rugged landscape of rare shrubs and trees not often seen anymore in Missouri. Visitors can find solitude in hiking through shady upland woodlands and sunny grassy glades while passing near numerous rock ledges.

Where can I go canoeing in South Dakota?

The Elk River and its scenic tributary, Big Sugar Creek, have become a favorite float with canoeists in the western part of the state. Big Sugar provides good camping and fishing, and is an unusually clear stream. In the Pineville and Noel areas, summer cottages are numerous, but the Elk below Noel again has a more isolated quality.

What are the best places to camp near Big Sugar?

Big Sugar provides good camping and fishing, and is an unusually clear stream. In the Pineville and Noel areas, summer cottages are numerous, but the Elk below Noel again has a more isolated quality. Difficulty: mostly II, seldom over.

What is Sugar Island Campground?

Sugar Island is a second gereration family owned and operated campground and Big Sugar Creek outfitter located in Pineville, Missouri. For the last 38 years the Ables family has grown a small primitive campground in to 11 acres of combined RV and tent camping along with over 100 canoes and kayaks to float Big Sugar Creek.