Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USGS 14092500 Deschutes River near Madras Real-time flow and stage | USGS gauge | 44.72595, -121.24699 | Check the reading before you commit to a float; releases and runoff move this river fast. |
| 2 | Warm Springs Boat Ramp US 26 crossing at Warm Springs | Access / boat ramp | 44.75861, -121.22738 | Top of the lower-river float. |
| 3 | Mecca Flat Campground BLM | Campsite | 44.76941, -121.20791 | |
| 4 | Boat ramp at Mecca Flat OSM: unnamed slipway beside the campground | Access / boat ramp | 44.77045, -121.20871 | |
| 5 | Trout Creek Campground BLM | Campsite | 44.81478, -121.09559 | |
| 6 | Trout Creek Boat Launch BLM | Access / boat ramp | 44.81625, -121.09537 | Take-out for the Warm Springs float and put-in for the run down toward Maupin. |
| 7 | Devil's Canyon Campground BLM | Campsite | 45.11791, -121.13007 | |
| 8 | Long Bend Campground BLM | Campsite | 45.12613, -121.13139 | |
| 9 | Longbend Boat Launch BLM | Access / boat ramp | 45.12685, -121.12936 | |
| 10 | Harpham Flat Boat Launch BLM | Access / boat ramp | 45.13365, -121.12156 | |
| 11 | Harpham Flat Campground BLM | Campsite | 45.13670, -121.12123 | |
| 12 | Wapinitia Campground BLM | Campsite | 45.14399, -121.12538 | |
| 13 | Maupin The one town on the lower river | Point of interest | 45.17528, -121.08077 | Shuttles, fuel, lodging and the city park water; the OSM point is the town boundary centre, not a river access. |
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Oasis Campground BLM | Campsite | 45.18354, -121.08344 | |
| 15 | Blue Hole Campground BLM | Campsite | 45.21395, -121.07281 | |
| 16 | Oak Springs Campground BLM | Campsite | 45.21885, -121.07478 | |
| 17 | Buckhollow Boat Launch BLM | Access / boat ramp | 45.26732, -121.01907 | |
| 18 | Pine Tree Boat Launch BLM | Access / boat ramp | 45.29926, -121.01820 | |
| 19 | Twin Springs Campground BLM | Campsite | 45.30912, -121.00550 | |
| 20 | Beavertail Boat Launch BLM | Access / boat ramp | 45.33648, -120.94688 | |
| 21 | Beavertail Campground BLM | Campsite | 45.33679, -120.94926 | |
| 22 | Rattlesnake Canyon Campground BLM | Campsite | 45.33664, -120.93151 | |
| 23 | Macks Canyon Boat Launch BLM - end of the access road | Access / boat ramp | 45.39257, -120.88087 | Last road access; below here the run to the mouth has no road on the river. |
| 24 | Deschutes River State Recreation Area Oregon Parks & Recreation | Park / conservation area | 45.62130, -120.90051 | |
| 25 | Boat ramp at the mouth of the Deschutes Unnamed in OSM | Access / boat ramp | 45.63219, -120.91292 | Ramp on the Columbia at the river mouth, opposite the state recreation area. |
Gauge: USGS 14092500 — DESCHUTES RIVER NEAR MADRAS, OR. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Chinook Salmon, Mountain Whitefish, Redband Rainbow Trout, Steelhead
Regulations: myodfw.com/fishing/regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.