Duck River - Milltown Road to Hardison Mill
Estimated Length: 5.9 Miles
Date: Sept. 23, 2012
Weather: Sunny and in the 70’s
Time on River: 2 and 1/2 hours
River Conditions: Class I
Distance from Nashville: 1 & 1/4 hours
Close By: Columbia and Henry Horton State Park
Put-In: Center Milltown Road
Take-Out: Hardisons Mill
Highlights:
What a great day to be on the river!!! The sun was shining, the summer crowds have gone back to school and best of all there was water in the river. Lex and I could not have asked for a better day.
At Milltown Road you can pull your car right up to the waters edge, making it easy to unload all the gear. From here you can look up river and see Lillard Mill Dam.
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| Lillard Mill Dam |
If anybody knows the best side to portage Lillard Mill Dam I would love to hear from you. I have been trying to figure out how to make the run from Henry Horton State Park to Milltown Rd. without killing ourselves.
While putting in we ran into some Austin Peay students. The Duck River mussels continue to be of interest to biologist and conservationist . Right below Lillard Dam is the richest habitat of the endangered mussels on the Duck.
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| Austin Peay Students |
The Duck was running a bit high leaving many of the gravel bars under water, so we did not find a lot of places to stop along the way. The scenery was typical of the Duck with rocky bluffs and forested hillsides. Lots of turtles were out sunning themselves today but no other wildlife was spotted.
The take out at Hardisons Mill was not as accessible as Milltown Rd. with a very narrow rocky dirt road taking us close to the river but we managed. Down river from the take out is some Class II water, lots of kayakers were playing in the water this afternoon.
Again, what a great day to be on the water!!!
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