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 | Corral Creek Recreation Site BLM · Northgate Canyon reach | Access / boat ramp | 41.26110, -106.57303 | BLM river access and campground, the upstream neighbour of Bennett Peak. |
| 2 | Bennett Peak Campground BLM · Northgate Canyon reach | Access / boat ramp | 41.27096, -106.58978 | BLM river access and campground on the canyon reach; recovered on a second pass after the first bounding box clipped east of it. |
| 3 | Treasure Island River Access Point Upper river above Saratoga | Access / boat ramp | 41.33148, -106.72762 | |
| 4 | Saratoga Hot Springs (Hobo Pool) Saratoga · free public hot spring | Spring | 41.45011, -106.80273 | On the bank beside the river in town; two OSM features at the same site merged. |
| 5 | Don Johnson Boat Ramp Saratoga · town ramp | Access / boat ramp | 41.45098, -106.80409 | |
| 6 | Veterans Island Park Saratoga · river island park | Park / conservation area | 41.45219, -106.80353 | |
| 7 | Hack's Tackle & Outfitters Saratoga · fly shop | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 41.45780, -106.80729 | |
| 8 | Deer Haven RV Park Saratoga · private RV park | Campsite | 41.46044, -106.80846 | |
| 9 | Sinclair Recreation Park Sinclair · town park | Park / conservation area | 41.81690, -107.01504 | Riverside park at Sinclair, near the Fort Steele reach. |
| 10 | USGS 06630000 — North Platte River USGS streamgage | USGS gauge | 41.87217, -107.05760 |
Gauge: USGS 06630000 — N Platte Riv ab Seminoe Reservoir, nr Sinclair, WY. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Snake River Fine-Spotted Cutthroat Trout
Regulations: wgfd.wyo.gov/Regulations/Fish/Fishing-Regulation
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Six Mile Gap (Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest): top of the Northgate Canyon run, raft launch, primitive camping.
Bennett Peak BLM Campground: canyon takeout and valley put-in, boat ramp and campsites.
Treasure Island Access: BLM access below Bennett Peak, common raft takeout.
Saratoga town access and Pic Pike Road: valley floats through and below town.
Foote Public Access Area: Wyoming Game and Fish walk-in and boat access downstream of Saratoga.
Fort Steele and Sinclair: lower valley ramps near the gauge, above Seminoe Reservoir.
Much of the bank between accesses is private; float through and wade only below the high-water line.
April and May: pre-runoff window with good streamer fishing, then rising, off-color water.
June: runoff on the upper river; the tailwater reaches downstream fish better.
July through September: the main guided season, clearing water, hoppers and terrestrials, best mornings before the wind.
October and November: fall browns, cold mornings, very few boats; winter fishing is limited by ice and access