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Little Miami RiverRoger's Ballpark to Carl A. Rahe Access
Short Warren County scenic float from South Lebanon's Roger's Ballpark Access to the Carl A. Rahe Access at Foster, using the lower Little Miami's public access chain and a conservative Milford-gauge flow floor.
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Access and shuttle
Launch from Roger's Ballpark Access in South Lebanon and take out at Carl A. Rahe Access near Foster. This is the requested 5.5-mile scenic-river reach, separate from the downstream Kelley-to-Milford whitewater/play card.
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Put-in
South Lebanon Roger's Ballpark AccessRoger's Ballpark and Carl A. Rahe are the planned public endpoints; nearby bridges in this corridor are emergency or non-launch context, not substitute access points.
Take-out
Carl A. Rahe AccessCarl A. Rahe is the planned take-out. Continuing downstream changes the trip into the Foster-to-Loveland corridor and should be planned separately.
Road shuttle
Use a two-car shuttle between Carl A. Rahe Access at Foster and South Lebanon Roger's Ballpark Access. Warren County used this exact pattern for a public kayaking event, staging vehicles at Rahe and shuttling paddlers upstream.
Additional access notes
- The scoring uses a downstream Milford gauge proxy and broad lower-Little-Miami flow guidance, so check local water clarity, recent rain, and posted access conditions before launch.
More route and safety guidance
- The app uses a broad lower-Little-Miami flow floor because no manager-published Roger's-to-Rahe gauge ladder was found.
- Stay with the named public accesses and avoid improvising on private banks or bridge-only emergency points.
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- Requested public routeSouth Lebanon Roger's Ballpark to Carl A. Rahe
Warren County Park District used this exact shuttle pattern for a public Little Miami kayaking event, meeting at Carl A. Rahe and shuttling to South Lebanon Roger's Ballpark before floating back to Rahe.
- Route mileageAbout 5.5 miles
Buckeye United Fly Fishers lists Roger's Ball Park at river mile 33.4 and Carl A. Rahe Access at river mile 27.9, supporting a 5.5-mile route.
- Put-in coordinatesRoger's Ball Park: 39.3676, -84.2155
The access list places Roger's Ball Park at Hobart and High in South Lebanon, river right just upstream of the Main Street bridge, with parking and picnicking.
- Take-out coordinatesCarl A. Rahe Access: 39.3182, -84.2526
Warren County Park District publishes Carl A. Rahe Access Park coordinates for the event meet/take-out, and the access list independently places Carl A. Rahe at river mile 27.9 with parking, restrooms, and picnicking.
- Live gaugeUSGS 03245500 at Milford
USGS operates the Little Miami River at Milford monitoring location, and both RiverScout and CanWePaddle use station 03245500 for lower Little Miami flow context.
- Conservative flow floor300 cfs
RiverScout lists the broader Little Miami optimal range as 300-2,000 cfs on USGS 03245500. CanWePaddle lists the adjacent upstream Morrow-to-South-Lebanon Class I reach as generally runnable from 100-2,000 cfs, so Paddle Today uses the more conservative 300 cfs floor and no ideal band.
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