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Youghiogheny River access points and trip distances, Pennsylvania

26 access points (26 public) along 80.4 river miles of the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania. 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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River conditions: Youghiogheny River below Confluence, PA
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Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Somerfield South
About 0.14 mi from the mapped river line.
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39.74973, -79.39219 0.5
0.5Somerfield North
About 0.16 mi from the mapped river line.
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39.75394, -79.39545 5.5
6.0Breast Access
About 0.12 mi from the mapped river line.
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39.79682, -79.36541 0.5
6.5Outflow
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39.80260, -79.36897 2.3
8.8Middle Yough Ramcat
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39.82625, -79.37878 8.6
17.4Middle Yough Take-Out
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39.86891, -79.48694 0.7
18.1Lower Yough Put-In
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39.86724, -79.49416 1.4
19.4Loop Take-Out
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39.87502, -79.49583 5.8
25.2Bruner Run Access
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39.92679, -79.48661 11.3
36.5Connellsville
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40.02085, -79.59720 5.4
42.0Boat ramp near Dickerson Run
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
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40.04513, -79.65631 0.3
42.2Dawson-Dickerson Run
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40.04537, -79.66201 7.2
49.5Hazlebaker
About 0.12 mi from the mapped river line.
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40.09092, -79.72673 1.1
50.5Perry Township
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40.09556, -79.74334 1.2
51.7Whitsett
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40.10728, -79.75542 0.5
52.2Boat ramp near Browneller Run
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40.11359, -79.76063 3.6
55.8Smithton Beach
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40.15818, -79.74649 2.6
58.4Cedar Creek Park Access
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40.17839, -79.77765 3.9
62.4West Newton Public Launch
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40.21891, -79.76528 3.1
65.4Sutersville Borough Rec Park
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40.23753, -79.80619 3.2
68.7Buena Vista
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40.27748, -79.79747 4.0
72.6Coulterville
About 0.25 mi from the mapped river line.
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40.29920, -79.80236 4.0
76.6Boston Park
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40.31195, -79.82889 3.5
80.1Birdie's Landing (private)
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40.34800, -79.87014 0.2
80.3McKees Point Marina
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40.35123, -79.86934 0.1
80.4McKeesport Access
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40.35226, -79.87138 end
Data notes: 5 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), PA Fish & Boat Commission. 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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