![]() Seminoe Reservoir - Sand Draw accessible by a rather rough road |
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![]() narrow canyon just above the dam |
Seminoe is a big reservoir with 180 miles of shoreline fed by two rivers: North Platte and Medicine Bow. Vegetation in the are is mostly of the high desert variety including yucca, greasewood, sagebrush, salt sage, willows, and marsh grasses. No trees, except pine and junipers that can be found on the mountains near the dam. There are also some sand dunes. Seminoe is the first in series of reservoirs on the North Platte River (next reservoirs are Kortes, Pathfinder and Alcove). When driving to Seminoe State Park from I-80 you can visit Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site. I have paddled Seminoe twice in summer conditions. Each time I encountered strong winds during afternoon producing steep waves up to 3' tall. Not too many boats. |
![]() North Platte River |
In summer of 2000 when driving to Seminoe (highway 130 - beautiful route across Medicine Bow
National Forest and Snowy Range Pass) I tried to paddle North Platte River below Saratoga.
I started at Pick Bridge (quite remote place) and managed to go upstream about 1 mile in 1 hour.
The current was pretty strong. Going downstream took me less then 10 minutes.
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