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Salmon River access points and trip distances, Idaho

13 access points (13 public) along 69.1 river miles of the Salmon 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)
0.0Salmon River Bridge Access
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44.22353, -114.92768 6.2
6.2Mormon Bend Boat Ramp
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44.26257, -114.84386 7.3
13.4Elk Creek Boat Launch
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44.26582, -114.72258 8.0
21.5Torrey's Hole Boat Ramp
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44.25561, -114.59350 9.4
30.9South Butte
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44.24798, -114.45592 0.1
31.0South Butte Boat Ramp
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44.24933, -114.45420 15.5
46.5Boat ramp (east ramp)
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44.34514, -114.27004 0.2
46.7Deadman Hole Boat Ramp
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44.34714, -114.26590 3.4
50.1Bayhorse Recreation Site
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44.38549, -114.26071 0.9
51.0Dugway River Access
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44.39356, -114.26332 7.7
58.6Challis Bridge Recreation Site
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44.46998, -114.19964 6.4
65.1Pennal Gulch
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44.54509, -114.17922 4.0
69.1Tappan
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44.59196, -114.19239 end
Data notes: The NHDPlus line for this river has 1 break, so distances across a break may run short.

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). 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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