Overview
A guide to cruising rivers along the Great Loop in the United States, from Lake Michigan to Kentucky Lake.
Covering over 800 miles of navigable inland rivers from Lake Michigan to Kentucky Lake, this book guides cruisers through America’s heartland. In eleven regional chapters, Capt. Rick Rhodes explores the entire navigable sections of the Chicago, Calumet, Des Plaines, and Illinois rivers, as well as parts of the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee. Topics specific to inland cruising, such as negotiating floods safely and sharing rivers with commercial traffic, are addressed here. Also, by featuring numerous historical anecdotes and other river lore, Cruising Guide from Lake Michigan to Kentucky Lake gives insight into the region's past along with current restaurant and entertainment options.
Like all of Pelican’s cruising guide series, this book contains up-to-date and thoroughly researched information about the area, including:
- Five NOAA chart excerpts
- Twenty-one sketch charts
- Ninety-one marinas
- Fifty-three fuel locations
- More than thirty cities & towns
- Thirty-three GPS way points
- Fifteen locks
- Over 170 bridges
- 140 launches and ramps
- Hundreds of phone numbers
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