Kayaking the Upper Iowa River - Decorah, IA - Malanaphy Springs Access to Trout Run Park - Oct 2023

Put-in at the Malanaphy Springs Access in Decorah, IA at 2820 Bluffton Rd, Decorah, IA. The put-in has a dedicated concrete parking lot and a good path down to the river with a rocky shoreline. Take-out is at Trout Run Park in Decorah, IA. Trout Run Park has a cement parking lot and good access to the river with a low grassy bank. The river level at 1.52’ at the Decorah was decent, quite a bit of scraping, an occasional hang-up here and there, but nothing bad. Clearly more water would be better but this wasn’t bad.
This is a nice section of the river but not nearly as good as below the Lower Dam or the upstream sections of the Upper Iowa River.
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