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Paine Creek
Richland Creek Trib
Walden's Ridge Tennessee
Water Quality (1 bad 3 good)
Scenery (1 bad 3 good) 
From Paul Hubbard.
NOTE: The gate at Richland Creek closes at 5:30 pm on the dot. Don't be late or the sheriff's department will have to come and unlock the gate.
Paine Creek in the Spring
River Description Paine is a very small tributary of Richland Creek outside Dayton, Tennessee. The put-in can be a little tricky, but is not that hard, with a topo map. The put-in is on the way for the put-in for Piney River outside Spring City, Tennessee. We took Liberty Hill Road, (the locals call it Insurance Bluff Road). Once you are on top the mountain, slow down, there will be a side dirt road on the left, coming from Dayton. Take it, drive down the road or walk. After 1/4" mile(?) if you haven't come to a big ditch, you took the wrong road.
Here is a picture of the put-in from Liberty Hill Road.
I love the tires beside the "no dumping sign"
To click on a picture map of the headwaters of Paine Creek, just click on the picture
Maps:
Watershed Map (to find
location and size of creek)
Click Here Special thanks to Steve Zerfos for
making the map. Topo Map:
Click Here A special thanks to Randy Hale of NorthRiverGeographic
for the map
Picture complements of Steve Zerefos (You can click on it and download it)
The run is your typical ditch run, but it can be a lot of fun and is better than sitting on the couch. The quality of the run degrades at the end when you are nearing Richland. From there is a hike fest, but you are so close to the car, it's not epic. With the Southern Pine Bug eating killing large stands of pines on the mountain, I would be very paranoid about down wood. The stream is very small, and fast so boater beware.
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