Cedar River access points and trip distances, Iowa

60 access points (60 public) along 276.0 river miles of the Cedar River in Iowa. 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 mile	Access	Latitude, longitude	To next (river mi)
0.0	Otranto Impoundment Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.45981, -92.98163	8.0
8.0	Klienwort Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.37347, -92.93575	1.7
9.7	Halvorson Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.35391, -92.92275	4.7
14.4	Interstate Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.31849, -92.88078	18.5
32.9	Idlewild Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.16462, -92.75533	12.4
45.3	Cedar River Dock Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.06400, -92.67671	0.2
45.6	Brantingham Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.06206, -92.67277	13.2
58.7	Nashua Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.95396, -92.53271	11.1
69.8	North Cedar Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.84780, -92.52129	6.8
76.7	Boat ramp (north ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.77346, -92.50868	1.3
78.0	Paddle put-in (east ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.75959, -92.49613	3.5
81.5	Three Rivers Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.73705, -92.46996	2.1
83.6	Boat ramp (east ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.72097, -92.46473	10.1
93.7	Janesville City Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.64939, -92.46594	3.8
97.5	Washington Union Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.61340, -92.49615	4.3
101.7	Black Hawk Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.56844, -92.48482	3.5
105.2	Island Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.54328, -92.45307	0.6
105.8	Boat ramp near Snag Creek (south ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.53930, -92.44409	0.8
106.7	Boat ramp near Dry Run Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.52989, -92.43388	2.0
108.7	George Wyth State Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.52973, -92.40222	0.5
109.2	GWSP Portage Put in 6 Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.52268, -92.39724	2.2
111.5	Cedar Bend Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.51870, -92.36599	1.5
112.9	Exchange Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.50617, -92.34813	2.4
115.4	Riverview Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.48179, -92.31406	2.7
118.1	Deerwood Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.46076, -92.30983	7.6
125.7	Gilbertville Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.41431, -92.21708	2.1
127.8	Cedar River Area Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.38558, -92.21610	7.0
134.7	Cedar River Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.32665, -92.14808	0.3
135.0	McFarlane Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.32273, -92.14452	5.5
140.5	Winegar Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.29567, -92.05941	12.4
152.9	Dudgeon Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.17325, -92.02463	0.7
153.7	Riverside City Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.17486, -92.01645	1.6
155.3	Anglers Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.17151, -92.00541	1.7
156.9	Hoefle - Dulin Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.16417, -91.97861	3.7
160.6	Benton City - Fry Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.16182, -91.91970	3.7
164.3	Wildcat Bluff About 0.12 mi from the mapped river line. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.19052, -91.88153	5.0
169.3	North Cedar Natural Area Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.15840, -91.80261	7.9
177.3	Boat ramp near Dry Creek (east ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. About 0.14 mi from the mapped river line. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.06932, -91.78771	1.8
179.1	Chain Lakes Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.04972, -91.77529	4.9
184.0	Seminole Valley Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.00970, -91.74487	4.0
187.9	Manhattan - Robbins Lake Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.00367, -91.69129	0.0
188.0	Mohawk Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.00452, -91.68928	1.8
189.8	Boat ramp near Cedar Lake Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.98200, -91.67525	0.8
190.6	Boat ramp (east ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.97179, -91.66660	1.9
192.5	Otis Road Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.96156, -91.63961	1.8
194.3	Lou's Area Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.94368, -91.62351	0.0
194.3	Sac and Fox Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.94554, -91.62336	1.7
196.0	River Road Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.95582, -91.59804	6.7
202.7	Upper Palisades Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.91757, -91.51445	2.0
204.7	Palisades-Kepler St. Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.90154, -91.50246	0.2
204.9	Boat ramp (east ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.90116, -91.49932	3.7
208.6	South Cedar County Park Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.87769, -91.44370	4.8
213.4	Sutliff Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.83965, -91.39158	9.0
222.4	Cedar Bluff Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.78962, -91.31564	6.2
228.6	Cedar Valley Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.72594, -91.23738	6.8
235.4	Rochester Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.66121, -91.15076	9.1
244.5	Jack Shugar Memorial Park Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.57497, -91.08614	9.3
253.8	Saulsbury Bridge Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.49794, -91.17512	11.5
265.3	McKeown Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.41022, -91.29038	10.7
276.0	River Forks Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	41.28297, -91.34539	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 Iowa DNR Boat Ramps, 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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