Pick a river and this page follows it from the dam to where it ends, with everything the public records place along the way. Campgrounds come from Recreation.gov and the Park Service. Gauges come from the USGS, with the flow as of the last reading. Towns come from the Census, and the elevation comes from the national hydrography dataset. We have two rivers so far. The Green in Utah is a long trip with permits and a shuttle to arrange. The New in West Virginia is a day trip with a town every few miles.
A campground within two and a half miles of the river is listed, which includes rim campgrounds a thousand feet above the water. The distance after the name tells you which kind it is. River camps inside Dinosaur, Desolation Canyon and Canyonlands are permit sites and do not all appear in the federal reservation system. The rapids, falls and dams marked in red are placed by hand at their approximate river mile from the park and BLM river guides. The list is not complete and the miles can be off by one or two. Flow is the last instantaneous reading at each gauge and can be an hour old. Check the permit office and the gauge before you launch.
Sources: USGS NHDPlus High Resolution (mainstem flowlines, elevations); USGS National Water Information System (gauges and readings); Recreation.gov and the Forest Service via Campsite Atlas and the National Park Service via Park Atlas (campgrounds); US Census TIGERweb (places); NPS (park units). Basemap USGS National Map. Data refreshed .
Campsite Atlas for the booking links and site guides · Dinosaur, Canyonlands and New River Gorge on Park Atlas · Dark and clear tonight for the sky over these canyons