CWTA - Connecticut Paddling Trails - New London County - Yantic River

If you put in at the dam you'll travel through a 1/2 mile of ripples before you reach the Yantic River Park picnic area. You'll then flow through some quickwater before the river calms down.

A mile into a trip you'll come to the first dam you'll need to portage on the left hand side. A mile of flatwater will follow after the dam before you'll pass under a railroad bridge and then Connecticut Route 32 bridge.

A short while after the bridge you'll hit Class I waters which you'll travel on until you take a turn into another section of flatwater and then the current speeds up again until you pass under your next bridge and flows into a flatwater section.

The river continues until it makes a wide turn to the left over the next 1/4 mile and passes under your next bridge. Then your taken to the right into a Class II section of the river. You'll pass through some challenging sections before you come up to your next bridge where the current will pick up speed.

You'll hit an S curve with some challenging currents as you pass beneath I-395. The take out is after the next bridge on your left by a parking lot.

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