only search W.R.W.W. Coker Creek- Tellico Area.                   Water Quality (1 bad 3 good) Scenery (1 bad 3 good)                                    Coker Creek Falls                                              Section: Option 1 Highway 68 to Hiwassee River Section: Option 2 Coker Creek Cascades Class IV.7 Intel: Length 6 Miles (#1 option) Avg. Gradient 80 fpm Max Gradient 300 fpm Internet Gage: Please see our flowpage Paddlers Gage Tellico >3.5 ft then drive over to Coker Creek. Coker Creek gage: Highway 68 Bridge You will see the gage it will make sense.  0" is zero  6" is just about right and fluffs it up  1ft it starts to become pushy  1.5ft its time to start thinking of going somewhere else. History: First run by Mark Cumnock (K-1) and Brian Collins (K-1) later by Mike "Louie" Lewis (OC-1) Highway 68 to Cascades only. Later the entire run from Cascades to Hiwassee was run by Tom Tohill (K-1) and Dan Grey (K-1) Video:                                                                         Video courtesy of "Cubanpaddler" Jose Jimenez                                      The 12 Footer                         Put-in: Option # 1 Coming from Tellico Plains: Put-in on Highway 68 This options SUCKS! There is so much much flat-water you will want to kill who ever suggested putting in there. Put-in: Option # 2 Coming from Tellico Plains: Go south on Highway 68, make a right onto Monroe County Route 628 after couple of miles and after going through Coker Creek Village. It's the campground on your left After just under a mile, go left next to a cemetery, then after half a mile, veer right at the "Y". If you go to far look behind you in your rearview mirror and you will see a sign for Coker Creek falls Go 2.5 +/- miles, then make a left onto Forest Road 2138, which takes you to the cascades. You can bootleg camp here in the parking lit if you are discreet.   The One That Lands On Rock............................................................................          Take-out: Option #1 Use the hiking trail beside the cascades and walk back to the car at the trailhead put-in at the cascades. Option #2 Paddle to the Hiwassee   12 Footer from downstream........................................................................                  Overview: The letters in bold are correspondent to the pictures on this page. Coker Creek is fun manky; most of the drops are very straightforward. If you put in at the cascades right off the bat the action starts and you will run a 4-5 foot manky drop. From there you will see Coker Creek Falls and its why you came. Its a cascade and not a waterfall.It's about a 20ft scrape. Its very straight forward. Land with some angle From there you will run the 12 footer , run it left or on the right. The left side is the hero route. From there is straight forward until you come to a Fan tailed drop. Its tougher than it looks. You need to scout and access the situation. It has a pinning rock. We prefer to run on the left. Take a look at this one. Then onto a tough one.( aka The One That Lands On Rock) Its about 10ft, its manky and lands on rock. Brian Collins was the first to run this one with his concrete back. Next you will come to a slide, then its on to Reynolds's Rock Reynolds's Rock is the toughest one of the day. Its a slider than tries to stuff you into an undercut. This one was first run my Mark Cumnock. It's a leap of faith rapid. Most of the water will try to stuff you in this rock. I could go into the line here. It's a Class V in anyone's standards. Your line is to be on target at the beginning of the drop. After that its up to luck and the water level and if you bounce right. From the there its onto a ledge that has the highest quality. Note! All of this might have sounded complicated , but all of these drops can be scouted in less than 15 minutes from the John Muir hiking trail that follows the cascades : ) After the cascades it mellows out and keeps mellowing out until you run into the Hiwassee                       Fan Tailed Drop