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Ocoee & Cohutta Park

Ocoee Whitewater Center

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Cherokee National ForestTN
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The Ocoee Whitewater Center, near Ducktown, Tennessee, United States, was the canoe slalom venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and it is the only in-river course to be used for Olympic slalom competition. A 1,640-foot stretch of the Upper Ocoee River was narrowed by two-thirds to create the drops and eddies needed for a slalom course. Today, the course is watered only on summer weekends, 34 days a year, for use by guided rafts and private boaters. When the river has water, 24 commercial rafting companies take more than 750 raft passengers through the course each day.

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The Ocoee Whitewater Center supports river sports such as rafting and kayaking along the Ocoee River in the Cherokee National Forest, TN.
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The Ocoee Whitewater Center is the site of the 1996 Olympic Whitewater Slalom competition.
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Ocoee Whitewater Center (OWC) blanketed in white. Each year approximately 300,000 people visit this site.
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Fee: $3/vehicleHours: The recreation area and lower parking lot is open during daylight hours year-round. The fenced-in area around the v

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Upper and lower lots open; lower lot day-use fee $3/vehicle; visitor center destroyed by fire 2022-04-26 and fenced off.

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