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Methow River access points and trip distances, Washington

8 access points (8 public) along 39.5 river miles of the Methow River in Washington. 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)
0.0Halterman's Hole
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48.34850, -120.10727 11.3
11.3Carlton Hole
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48.24654, -120.11755 2.8
14.1Bendtsen
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48.21616, -120.12591 7.6
21.7McFarland
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48.15142, -120.05747 8.7
30.5Swaram
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48.09306, -120.01876 4.4
34.8Bridge One
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48.07534, -119.95696 4.5
39.3Boat ramp near Methow River (west ramp)
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
About 0.10 mi from the mapped river line.
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48.05145, -119.90383 0.2
39.5Boat ramp near Methow River (east ramp)
Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally.
About 0.30 mi from the mapped river line.
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48.05520, -119.89593 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), WDFW Water Access Sites. 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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