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Deschutes River access points and trip distances, Oregon

56 access points (55 public) along 244.1 river miles of the Deschutes River in Oregon. 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)
0.0Little Lava Lake Campground
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43.91066, -121.76145 8.1
8.1Cow Meadow
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43.81262, -121.77655 4.7
12.8Browns Mountain Ramp
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43.75839, -121.79265 2.5
15.3Sheep Bridge
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43.73249, -121.78633 2.6
17.9Gull Point Campground
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43.70262, -121.76365 5.1
23.0Tenino Boating Site
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43.68852, -121.67448 6.0
29.0Bull Bend Campground
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43.72546, -121.62765 1.7
30.7Wyeth Take Out
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43.73791, -121.61618 1.5
32.3Pringle Falls Campground
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43.74894, -121.60278 3.5
35.8Tetherow Log Jam Boat Ramp
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43.76055, -121.58051 4.3
40.1LaPine State Park
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43.77302, -121.52954 8.2
48.2Big River Boating Site
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43.81771, -121.49730 4.5
52.7Boat ramp (south ramp)
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43.83698, -121.46184 2.9
55.6Harpers Bridge
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43.86309, -121.45156 1.8
57.5Besson Day Use Area
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43.88007, -121.46356 1.6
59.0Boat ramp (south ramp) Private marina or resort
Fee not verified; private sites usually charge, check with the site owner.
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43.88722, -121.45567 5.1
64.1Boat ramp (south ramp)
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43.92868, -121.43380 1.4
65.5Benham Falls
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43.93136, -121.41317 2.1
67.5Slough Camp
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43.94524, -121.43044 1.5
69.1Dillon Falls
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43.95714, -121.41660 1.3
70.4Aspen Day Use Area
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43.96980, -121.41489 1.0
71.4Big Eddy Trailhead
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43.97715, -121.40988 1.0
72.4Lava Island Take-Out
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43.98700, -121.39894 1.2
73.6Meadow Camp Day Use Area
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43.99822, -121.38365 4.4
78.0Farewell Bend Park Beach Launch
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44.04098, -121.32906 0.4
78.5Riverbend Park
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44.04209, -121.32076 0.0
78.5Farewell Bend Park Boat Launch
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44.04105, -121.32056 0.9
79.3McKay Park
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44.05062, -121.32225 0.1
79.4Millers Landing Park
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44.05165, -121.32297 0.5
79.9Drake Park
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44.05710, -121.32369 0.1
80.0Harmon Park
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44.05937, -121.32322 0.1
80.1Pageant Park
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44.06060, -121.32126 0.3
80.5Brooks Park
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44.06122, -121.31570 0.6
81.0First Street Rapids Park
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44.06733, -121.31282 1.5
82.5Sawyer Park
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44.08593, -121.30973 5.4
88.0Wayside - Tumalo State Park
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44.13306, -121.32969 12.8
100.7Cline Falls State Park
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44.26790, -121.25485 11.7
112.5Lower Bridge
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44.35962, -121.29484 16.1
128.5Cove Palisades - Upper Deschutes
About 0.12 mi from the mapped river line.
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44.53277, -121.29127 1.1
129.6Cove Palisades - Lower Deschutes
About 0.25 mi from the mapped river line.
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44.54753, -121.27921 8.2
137.9Indian Park Campground
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44.64210, -121.26713 3.5
141.3Pelton Park
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44.68460, -121.23951 6.4
147.7Warm Springs State Recreation Site
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44.75862, -121.22730 1.7
149.4Mecca Flat Campground
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44.77043, -121.20875 7.7
157.1Trout Creek Campground
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44.81639, -121.09501 29.3
186.4Nena Boat Ramp
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45.10126, -121.13049 2.0
188.4Longbend Boat Launch
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45.12685, -121.12936 0.6
189.0Harpham Flat
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45.13364, -121.12152 0.8
189.8Wapinitia
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45.14384, -121.12550 3.4
193.2Maupin City Park
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45.17347, -121.07374 6.2
199.4Sandy Beach Recreation Site
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45.24029, -121.04900 2.6
202.0Buckhollow
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45.26736, -121.01891 3.4
205.4Pine Tree
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45.29926, -121.01790 7.8
213.2Beavertail Campground
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45.33644, -120.94703 7.2
220.3Macks Canyon
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45.39211, -120.88184 23.8
244.1Heritage Landing State Park
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45.63215, -120.91301 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 OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Oregon State Marine Board. 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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