freestone river · trout
Laurel Creek
Live conditions for Laurel Creek: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
No live reading right now — the gauge (USGS 03471500) hasn't answered in the last few minutes.
The water
Laurel Creek is a freestone river in Virginia, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Route 58 Roadside Access near Konnarock (Whitetop Laurel Creek headwaters)walk in
- Straight Branch Falls Trailhead (Virginia Creeper Trail)walk in
- Taylors Valley Access (Virginia Creeper Trail / road bridge)bridge
- Creek Junction / Whitetop Laurel Fishing and Viewing Area (SR-728)walk in
- Laurel Creek Park (Damascus)walk in
- Damascus Dog Parkwalk in
- Creekside Park (Virginia Creeper Trail)walk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.