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Payette River access points and trip distances, Idaho

12 access points (12 public) along 43.6 river miles of the Payette River in Idaho. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Church Creek Bridge River Access
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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43.93105, -116.33604 4.5
4.5Boat ramp near Chief Eagle Eye Creek
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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43.93937, -116.37899 1.4
5.9Triangle Park Boat Ramp
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43.92786, -116.39102 0.2
6.2Long Hollow Boat Ramp
About 0.14 mi from the mapped river line.
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43.93062, -116.39336 1.9
8.0Black Canyon (Main) Park Boat Ramp
About 0.11 mi from the mapped river line.
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43.92501, -116.41844 6.6
14.6Gem Island Ramp
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43.88186, -116.50517 3.5
18.1Sevenmile Slough
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43.87000, -116.56800 4.9
23.0Sheep Camp Landing
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43.90100, -116.63200 6.5
29.5Falk Bridge
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43.95267, -116.71760 3.8
33.3Fifty-two Bridge
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43.97816, -116.77663 1.4
34.7Blacks Bridge
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43.98924, -116.79677 9.0
43.6Boat ramp (west ramp)
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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44.04246, -116.92569 end
Data notes: 2 access points are more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from Idaho Fish and Game Access, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Boat Ramps. Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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