Points Of Interest On The Flint

A. HIGHWAY 18 BRIDGEPublic boat ramp and parking.

B. DRIPPING ROCKS(3 miles south of Hwy. 18 bridge) – Take a shower in nature under the waterfall only a short hike up Double Branch from the river. (Boy Scout Land).

C. GOAT MOUNTAIN CAMPGROUND 1 day put-in & campground for 2 day trips, located half- way between US 18 and GA 36 bridges. Camping with tables and a spring for drinking water. Also, the mouth of Long Branch which serves Pleasant Valley. A peaceful valley that strangers dared not enter for moonshiners made many a gallon of shine from the crystal clear water.

D. ROCK HOUSE MOUNTAINAbout 1 mile downstream from Pigeon Creek – a short but steep climb to a cave under a large overhang where a family of Indians were said to have lived overlooking the river. (After trail of tears)

E. NATURALDAM (CLASS II)

F. SPREWELL BLUFF – ½ day put-in Day park that is maintained by Upson County. Once pro-posed site for a dam to control floods (High Water) and low water conditions plus supply drinking water for Metro Atlanta. As we see the need for this dam approaching, we ask that the site be moved upstream to the most northern ridge to save the float trips from Goat Mountain Campground to Sprewell Bluff. (Between the mountains).

G. OWENS ISLAND – (1st island below Sprewell Bluff) Formerly called Double Bridges. Site where an old Indian trail crossed the Flint. Later became a stagecoach route. The crossing was changed about 1 mile further south when a Frenchman named Du Bringione built and operated a Ferry Boat. Sometime later two bridges were built from Owens Island and the crossing once again was at Double Bridges. This became a battle site in which the Yankees were victorious and the bridges were burned. The trail had become known as the Old Alabama Road.

H. REBEL CHUTE (CLASS II)

I. DU BRINGIONE FERRY – Alabama Road crossed Flint.

J. TABLE ROCK (CLASS II)

K. SURPRISE RAPID (CLASS II)

L. WYNNS BRIDGE – (GA Hwy. 36) – Sometime after the burning of Double Bridges, a covered bridge was built 4 miles down stream. Here the banks were higher and flood waters were not a threat. The route on the east bank was not linked to the Old Alabama Road, thus only fragments remain. In 1959 the covered bridge, though still in good shape, gave way to a new concrete bridge. (Unfortunately)

M. YELLOW JACKET SHOALS – (About 1 mile south of 36) – was proclaimed to have destroyed more canoes than any other single rapid in the southeast. The only class III or IV rapid on the Flint, should not be run at high water.