You should make sure the bag is tied at all times while not in use. The Current is an easy to medium river. It is classified as a Class I, occasionally Class II River. Average gradient is 4.4 feet per mile. Upper water temperature on the Current River ranges from 58 to 65 .
Wildlife is abundant along the river.
Several of the over 300 caves in the park have been identified as housing the endangered Indiana or Gray bats. Many of these caves are gated or signed to protect bat habitat. Please respect these barriers. Much later an Illinois doctor built a two-story sanatorium for asthma sufferers on the bluff above Welch Cave. Cool mineral airs wafted up into the rooms from a tunnel connected to the cave.