Join us to clean up this stretch of the beautiful black water Withlacoochee River.
The river is very low, so be sure to bring a rope for the front of your boat, for dragging through Clyattville-Nankin Shoal and possibly over other rocks along the way.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 10 AM, end 4 PM, Saturday, November 22, 2025
Put In: Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 6499 Knights Ferry Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601, in Lowndes County.
GPS: 30.71205, -83.45554
[Knights Ferry to Nankin Clean Up, Withlacoochee River, Low Water; bring a rope, Saturday, November 22, 2025]
Take Out: Nankin Boat Ramp
Bring: Cleanup materials will be provided, but if you’ve got a trash picker, bring it along.
Please follow Leave No Trace principles by packing out all trash, avoiding damage to vegetation, and respecting wildlife.
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Free: This outing is free to everyone, because it is a cleanup!
We recommend you support the work of WWALS by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations
Duration: 6 hours
Paddle: 7 miles, 6 hours, depending on the amount of trash found.
Shuttle: 7 miles. Shuttle provider State Line River Outfitters, 40 minutes.
This outing includes the traditional WWALS shuttle. Everybody takes their boats to the put-in, most people drive to the take-out, and the drivers pile into one or two vehicles and go back to the put-in.
Host: Will Hart w/ Scotti and Sara assist
Contact: Sara Squires Jones
[Wood on rock, 2022-12-03, 12:27:21, 30.6949350, -83.4457282 --jsq for WWALS]
Backup: in case of bad weather or high or low water is: 2025-11-23
Gauge: Quitman US 84 Gauge.
Highest safe 10.5 feet, 94 NAVD. Lowest boatable 2.0 feet, 85.5 NAVD.
[Quitman US 84 Withlacoochee River Gauge]
More: For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page,
https://wwals.net/outings/. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations
https://wwals.net/?p=68774
You may also like the following events from WWALS Watershed Coalition is Suwannee Riverkeeper:
- This Friday, 14th November, 09:00 am, Okefenokee Floyd’s Island Campout, Suwannee River, SCFSP in Fargo
- Next month, 5th December, 04:00 pm, Campfire Cooking at Griffis Fish Camp and Suwannee River paddle in Fargo
- Next month, 12th December, 06:00 pm, Social, bonfire at Janet’s in Valdosta
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