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4. Ocoee River, Tennessee

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For more of a challenge, head to the Ocoee River in eastern Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest. It’s home to the Ocoee Whitewater Center hosted the white water course in the 1996 Summer Olympics. The course has fun rapids as well as five sets of Class IV rapids. It’s challenging stuff, with ledge drops and hydraulics.

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