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 | Gorge Dam Seattle City Light | Dam / hazard | 48.69780, -121.20877 | Upstream limit of the free-flowing river; everything above is the Gorge, Diablo and Ross reservoirs. |
| 2 | Lower Goodell Creek Campground North Cascades National Park | Campsite | 48.67794, -121.27249 | Campground at Newhalem, at the top of the Wild and Scenic reach. |
| 3 | Boat launch at Goodell Creek Newhalem - unnamed in OpenStreetMap | Access / boat ramp | 48.67193, -121.26957 | The put-in below Newhalem; OSM maps the ramp but does not name it. |
| 4 | Cascade Wagon Road Campground Marblemount | Campsite | 48.52664, -121.41754 | |
| 5 | Marblemount Fish Hatchery WDFW | Agency / conservation office | 48.52277, -121.41829 | Hatchery on the Cascade River side of Marblemount. |
| 6 | Marblemount Boat Launch Marblemount | Access / boat ramp | 48.52658, -121.42864 | Top of the classic drift, at the Cascade River confluence. |
| 7 | Pressentin County Park Skagit County | Park / conservation area | 48.52448, -121.43447 | County park on the bank just below the Marblemount launch. |
| 8 | Riverside Park | Park / conservation area | 48.49445, -121.54175 | Small riverside park on the reach above Rockport. |
| 9 | Howard Miller Steelhead Park Skagit County - launch and campground | Access / boat ramp | 48.48489, -121.60901 | Rockport's park at the Sauk confluence; the ramp, the park polygon and the campground node merged to one point. |
| 10 | Fisherman Access Concrete | Access / boat ramp | 48.53493, -121.73424 | Bank access above the Baker River mouth. |
| 11 | Baker River Boat Launch Concrete | Access / boat ramp | 48.53385, -121.73850 | Launch at the Baker River confluence, the middle-river hub. |
| 12 | USGS gauge 12194000 - Skagit River near Concrete Live stage and discharge | USGS gauge | 48.52428, -121.77097 | The gauge this water page reads from. |
| 13 | Rasar State Park Campground Washington State Parks | Campsite | 48.51679, -121.90478 | State park campground with river frontage below Birdsview. |
| 14 | Hamilton Boat Launch Hamilton | Access / boat ramp | 48.51651, -121.98109 | Town launch; two OSM polygons 50 m apart merged to one point. |
| 15 | Lyman City Park Lyman | Park / conservation area | 48.52669, -122.06809 | |
| 16 | Ann Wolford River Edge Park Lyman | Park / conservation area | 48.52045, -122.09196 | Lowest mapped river park on this reach; below here the Skagit runs to Sedro-Woolley and the delta. |
Gauge: USGS 12194000 — Skagit River near Concrete, WA. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Bull Trout, Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Coho Salmon, Pink Salmon, Steelhead
Regulations: wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Marblemount: upper river ramp near the Cascade River confluence.
Rockport and Howard Miller Steelhead Park: campground and ramp in the heart of the upper river.
Sutter Creek and Sauk River confluence: access to the Sauk and the middle Skagit.
Concrete and the Baker River confluence: access near the gauge.
Birdsview and Faber Ferry: middle river ramps.
Sedro-Woolley, Burlington and Mount Vernon: lower river access toward the sound.
Check current Washington rules before planning; Skagit seasons change year to year.
Winter and early spring: catch-and-release steelhead when a season is open, bull trout on the upper river.
Summer: glacial melt colors the river; sea-run cutthroat and resident fish in the tributaries.
Late summer and fall: pink salmon in odd years, then chinook, coho and chum through the fall.