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John Day River access points and trip distances, Oregon

21 access points (21 public) along 181.5 river miles of the John Day 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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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Kimberly
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44.75575, -119.64084 6.5
6.5Shady Grove
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44.81229, -119.71871 7.1
13.6Spray Riverfront Park
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44.82652, -119.79403 8.4
22.1Wooden Bridge
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44.81041, -119.91894 2.6
24.7Muleshoe Boat Launch
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44.80687, -119.96629 2.3
27.0Service Creek Boat Launch
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44.79239, -120.00061 12.9
39.9Twickenham
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44.73681, -120.16547 6.8
46.7Priest Hole Recreation Site
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44.73989, -120.27128 0.6
47.2Boat ramp (east ramp)
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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44.74271, -120.28064 4.9
52.2Lower Burnt Ranch
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44.74619, -120.36419 18.0
70.2Clarno East
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44.88506, -120.44331 0.5
70.7Boat ramp (north ramp)
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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44.89066, -120.43738 3.8
74.5Clarno State Recreation Site
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44.91609, -120.46986 25.1
99.6Thirtymile Launch
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45.16018, -120.47059 43.2
142.8JS Burres Park
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45.47697, -120.46872 10.0
152.8Starvation Lane Boat Ramp
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45.50618, -120.36213 7.3
160.0Rock Creek
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45.56859, -120.40224 1.4
161.4McDonald
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45.58842, -120.40988 0.5
161.9McDonald Crossing
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45.59561, -120.41034 16.2
178.1Philippi Park
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45.70446, -120.60090 3.4
181.5Lepage Park
About 0.10 mi from the mapped river line.
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45.72932, -120.65086 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 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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