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Tippecanoe River access points and trip distances, Indiana

28 access points (28 public) along 174.4 river miles of the Tippecanoe River in Indiana. 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)
0.0Smalley Lake
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41.31365, -85.58300 5.1
5.1Backwater Lake
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41.31621, -85.66997 1.1
6.2Webster Lake (Use Backwater Lake Ramp)
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41.32500, -85.68368 3.0
9.2James Lake (Use Grassy Creek Ramp)
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41.31889, -85.72677 2.2
11.4Oswego Lake (Use Grassy Creek Ramp)
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41.32723, -85.75950 17.3
28.7Canoe Launch
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41.24739, -85.90778 12.5
41.1Mollenhour
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41.24336, -86.04810 10.3
51.5Old Tip Town
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41.21860, -86.11604 7.4
58.9Talma
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41.15367, -86.13924 7.2
66.1Menominee PFA
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41.10588, -86.21030 9.5
75.6Germany Bridge
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41.11691, -86.31401 6.1
81.7Aubbeenaubbee Public Access Site
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41.12518, -86.39146 6.5
88.2Monterey Town Park
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41.15958, -86.48029 11.5
99.7Tippecanoe River State Park
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41.13192, -86.58820 2.9
102.6Tippecanoe River - Picnic Area/Nature Center
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41.11634, -86.57249 1.5
104.2Tippecanoe River - TSRP Otter Bend
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41.10755, -86.57413 1.4
105.5Haschell Bridge
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41.09759, -86.55633 5.9
111.4Winamac City Park
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41.05230, -86.59922 4.2
115.6Winamac - South
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41.02401, -86.58514 6.5
122.1Pulaski
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40.97614, -86.65603 2.6
124.7Pond 'N River
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40.95736, -86.68502 6.3
131.0Boat ramp (north ramp)
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40.88993, -86.73139 11.9
142.9Norway Dam PFA
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40.77668, -86.75903 2.2
145.0Monticello
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40.75402, -86.75497 3.2
148.2Boat ramp (north ramp)
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40.73057, -86.75422 0.1
148.3Lake Freeman- City Park
About 0.12 mi from the mapped river line.
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40.73099, -86.75817 7.3
155.7Oakdale Dam
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40.65323, -86.75617 18.7
174.4Boat ramp near Tippecanoe River
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40.51478, -86.78466 end
Data notes: 1 access point is 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 Indiana DNR Public Access Sites, 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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