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G.
Water
Resources
Boating Access
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources lists twelve public access
areas to the
Big
Darby
Creek
. Public access areas are typically
located at stream crossings and provide public launching facilities for canoes,
fishing frontage, picnic areas, parking, and sometimes campsites.
These public access areas range from five to one hundred acres in size.
The following table lists boating access locations and in-stream hazards
(Bold) for
Big
Darby
Creek
(See Figure 14).
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Figure
14:
Boating Access Location and Hazards
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No.
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Description
of Boating Access or Hazard
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County
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1
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SR
245 bridge east of
North Lewisburg, roadside access river left and right
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Union
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2
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Milford
Center
roadside shelter off SR 4 bridge in
Milford
Center
, access river right
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Union
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3
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DAM
- south of Mill Street bridge crossing in Milford Center, portage river
left
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Union
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4
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SR
38 bridge southeast of
Milford
Center
, roadside access river right
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Union
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5
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Burns Road and closed covered bridge
southeast of Bridgeport, access river left
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Union
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6
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SR
736 and SR 42 bridge (Chillicothe St) roadside rest stop north of
Plain
City
, access river left
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Union
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7
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Old
SR 161
bridge
of
SR
161 east of
Plain
City, roadside access river left
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Madison-
Franklin
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8
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Smith-Calhoun Road
and
Price-Hilliard Road
bridge south of Plain
City, roadside access river left
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Madison-
Franklin
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9
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Riverside
and Darby Drives underneath SR 40 bridge east of
W Jefferson
, access river right and left
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Madison-
Franklin
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10**
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DAM
- below the SR 40 bridge east of W Jefferson, portage river right
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Madison-
Franklin
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11
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DAM -- about 2-3 miles
downstream of the S.R. 40 bridge east of West Jefferson on private
property, portage river left. Call ahead (614) 853-0645 for permission to
portage from owners
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Madison-
Franklin
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12
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DAM --
three rock dams just below dam on private property; call (614) 853-0645
for permission
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Madison
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13
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Battelle Darby Creek Metropark Alkire Road, access river left just
downstream of Little Darby confluence with Big
Darby
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Franklin
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14
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Trapper
Johns Canoe Livery in Darbydale off Georgesville-Harrisburg, access
river left
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Franklin
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15
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Old Harrisburg Road
and SR 62/3 bridge east of Harrisburg
, access river left
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Franklin
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16
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SR
762 bridge and
Darby Creek Road
(Pickaway CR 26), access river right
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Pickaway
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17
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SR
104 bridge northwest of Circleville, access river right
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Pickaway
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Source:
ODNR, Revised 2001. **Dam no longer exists (Peteroski, 2003, Personal
Communication).
  
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