The Columbia Experience

Tributaries of the Columbia:   (Add your local creek, river, or run.  Leave a response below!)

• Pend Oreille Drainage
  • Pend Oreille River
    • Sullivan Creek
      • Mill Pond – NF Sullivan Creek “Upper”
      • NF Sullivan – Hwy 31 “The Gorge”
    • Clark Fork
      • Flathead River
      • Blackfoot River
      • Bitterroot River
    • Pack River
      • Upper “Grottos”
      • Upper “Slides”
      • Upper “Gorgette”
      • West Branch Pack River – Edna & Buck’s Tavern
      • Edna & Buck’s Tavern – Route 95

• Eastern Washington
  • Sand Hollow Creek
    • Mile Post Two – Columbia River
  • Crab Creek
    • Bridge at Mile 5.7 – Columbia River
  • Big Sheep Creek
    • Mile Post 7.5 – Sheep Creek Campground
  • Kettle River
    • Orient – Barstow
  • Spokane River
    • Spokane River
      • Spokane Mainstem
        • Post Falls Dam – State Line
        • Harvard Park – Sullivan Park
        • Fort Wright Bridge – Plese Flat
      • Little Spokane
      • Coeur d’Alene
        • Coeur d’Alene
          • Bumblebee Bridge – Cataldo
        • Big NF Coeur d’Alene
          • Jordan Creek – Teepee Creek
        • Little NF Coeur d’Alene
          • Laverne Creek – Coeur d’Alene River
        • NF Coeur d’Alene
          • Babins Jct – Little NF
          • Teepee Creek – Prichard
        • SF Coeur d’Alene
          • Mullan – Wallace
        • St. Joe
          • St. Joe
            • Heller Creek – Spruce Tree Camp “Upper”
            • Spruce Tree Camp – Gold Creek
            • Conrad Crossing – Bluff Creek “Tumbledown”
            • Turner Creek – Packsaddle “Skookum Canyon”
          • Marble Creek
            • Camp 3 – St. Joe Confluence
          • NF St. Joe
            • Loop Creek – St. Joe Confluence
          • Slate Creek
            • Fritz Creek – St. Joe Confluence
          • St. Maries

• • • Latah/Hangman Creek
      • Latah Hangman Creek
        • North Kentuck Trails Rd – Valley Chapel Rd “Upper”
        • Hatch Road – Spokane River “Lower
      • Rock Creek
        • Rockford – Latah/Hangman Creek

• Middle Columbia
  • Methow River
    • Methow River
      • Carlton – McFarland Creek Access
      • McFarland Creek Access – Pateros “Black Canyon”
    • Lost River
      • Drake Creek – Methow River
    • Chewuch River
      • Andrews Creek – Camp Four “Upper”
      • Camp Four – Five Mile Bridge “Middle”
      • Five Mile Bridge – Winthorp “Lower”
    • Twisp River
      • Buttermilk Creek – Twisp
  • Stehekin River
    • Agnes Creek – Lake Chelan
  • Entiat River
    • • Cottonwood Campground – FR 5605 “Cottonwood”
      • Lake Creek Campground – National Forest Boundary “Canyon” Section
      • Ardenvoir – Columbia “Lower”

• Wenatchee River
  • Chiwawa River
    • Huckleberry Ford – Plain
    • Buck Creek
    • Phelps Creek
    • Willow Creek
    • Rock Creek
    • Chikamin Creek
    • Alder Creek
  • Little Wenatchee River
    • Fall Creek – Lake Creek Campground
  • Nason Creek
    • Berne – Merrit “Upper Nason Creek”
    • Below Merrit – Coles Corner “Lower Nason Creek”
  • Wenatchee Mainstem
    • Wenatchee Lake – Tumwater
    • Tumwater Campground – Leavenworth “Tumwater”
    • Leavenworth – Cashmere
    • Cashmere to Columbia “Lower Wenatchee”
  • Peshastin Creek
    • Ingles to Wenatchee
  • Icicle Creek
    • Rock Island – Ida Creek “Upper Icicle”
    • Ida Creek – Eight Mile Campground
    • Snow Creek – Hatchery “Lower Icicle”

• Yakima River
  • Yakima River Mainstem
    • Teanaway River – Thorp
    • Thrall – Roza Recreation Site
  • Naches River
    • Naches Mainstem
      • Sawmill Flat – Tieton River “Upper”
      • Tieton Confluence – Below Town of Naches “Lower”
    • Tieton River
      • Tieton Mainstem
        • Rimrock – Windy Point Camground “Upper Tieton”
        • Windy Point Campground – Naches River Confluence “Lower Tieton”
      • SF Tieton River
        • Grey Creek Campground – Rimrock Lake
    • Little Naches River
      • Mathew Creek – Little Naches Campground
    • American River
      • Hell’s Crossing – American Forks
      • American Forks – Sawmill Flat
    • Bumping River
      • Bumping Lake – American Forks
    • Rattlesnake Creek
      • NF of Rattlesnake – Nile Road Bridge
  • Cle Elum River
    • Cle Elum River
      • Salmon Le Sac – Cle Elum Lake
      • Cle Elum Lake – Bullfrog Road
    • Cooper River
      • Waterfall – Cle Elum River
  • Teanaway River
    • Teanaway River
      • NF Teanaway – East Masterson Rd
    • NF Teanaway River
      • Johnson Creek – 29 Pines Campground

• Snake River
  • Snake River Mainstem
    • American Falls Dam – Walcott Reservoir
    • Milner Dam – Milner Power Plant
    • Milner Power Plant – Starr Falls (Cauldron Linn)
    • Murtaugh Bridge – Twin Falls Reservoir
    • Crystal Springs – Upper Salmon Falls Reservoir
    • Lower Salmon Falls Dam – Bliss Reservoir
    • Hell’s Canyon Dam – Pittsburg Landing
    • Salmon River – Lewiston
  • SF Snake
    • SF Snake
      • Palisades Dam – Launch Site East of Poplar
    • Pine Creek
      • Headwaters – SF Snake Confluence
  • Palouse River
    • Hooper – Palouse Falls State Park
    • Palouse Falls State Park – Lyons Ferry State Park
  • Imnaha River
    • Imnaha – Snake River “Lower Imnaha River
  • Salmon River
    • Salmon Mainstem
      • Hellroaring Creek – Redfish Lake Creek
      • Stanley – Old Sunbeam Dam
      • Sunbeam Dam – Holman Creek
      • EF Salmon – Town of NF
      • NF – MF
      • Corn Creek – Vinegar Creek
      • Vinegar Creek – Riggins
      • Riggins – White Bird
      • White Bird – Snake River Confluence
    • Yankee Fork
      • Upper road end 15.6 miles – Salmon River
    • Panther Creek
      • Trapper Flat – Birch Creek
      • Clear Creek – Main Salmon Confluence
    • MF Salmon
      • MF Salmon
        • Marsh Creek –Boundary Creek
        • Boundary Creek – Cache Bar
      • Bear Valley Creek
        • Fir Creek CG – MF Salmon
      • Big Creek
        • Big Creek Airstrip – Cache Bar
      • Rapid River
        • Float Creek – MF Confluence
    • SF Salmon
      • SF Salmon
        • Goat Creek – footbridge at Poverty Flats CG
        • Poverty Flats CG – EF of SF
        • EF of SF – Salmon Confluence
      • EF SF Salmon
        • Vibika Creek – Johnson Creek
        • Flight Simulator – SF Salmon River
      • Secesh
        • Loon Creek – Lick Creek
    • Little Salmon River
    • EF Salmon
    • Pahsimeroi River
    • Lemhi River
    • NF Salmon
  • Joseph Creek
    • Joseph Creek – Chief Joseph Wildlife Area
  • Grande Ronde River
    • Grand Ronde Mainstem
      • Troy – Boggan’s Oasis
      • Boggan’s Oasis – Snake River
    • Wallowa River
      • Minam – Troy
  • Clearwater River
    • Clearwater Mainstem
    • Potlatch
      • Potlatch
        • Little Boulder Campground – Cedar Creek
        • Frog Pond – Kendrick
    • NF Clearwater
      • Little NF Clearwater
      • Weitas Creek
        • Upper Weitas Pack Bridge – NF Clearwater
      • Skull Creek
        • Bridge – NF Clearwater
    • MF Clearwater
      • Selway
        • Selway
          • Paradise Falls – Selway Falls
          • Selway Falls – Boyd Creek CGbru
      • Lochsa
        • Lochsa
          • Papoose Creek – Indian Grave Creek
          • Indian Grave Creek – Wilderness Gateway Bridge
          • Wilderness Gateway Bridge – Split Creek Pack Bridge
          • Split Creek Pack Bridge – Lowell
        • Crooked Fork
          • Hopeful Creek – Brushy Fork
        • White Sand Creek
          • Big Flat Creek – Colt Creek CG
          • Colt Creek CG – White Sand CG
    • SF Clearwater
  • Owyhee River
    • Owyhee Mainstem
      • Cruthcher’s Crossing – 3 Forks (Upper Owyhee)
    • Battle Creek
      • Headwaters – Owyhee River
  • Payette River
    • Payette Mainstem
      • Gutter Section
      • Banks – Beehive Bend “Upper Main”
      • Beehive Bend – Jet Boat Rap “Lower Main”
    • NF Payette
      • Upper Payette Lake – Big Payette Lake
      • Below McCall – Hartsell Bridge above Cascade Res.
      • The Cabarton Run
      • Smiths Ferry – Banks
    • SF Payette
      • Deadwood River
        • Deadwood Reservoir – End of the Road
        • End of the Road – SF Payette River
      • SF Payette
        • Grandjean – Lowman
        • Deadwood River – Danskin Station
        • The Staircase Run
        • Swirly Canyon
      • MF Payette
        • Hardscrabble CG – Lightning Creek Bridge
        • West Fork Bridge – Upstream of Trail Creek
  • Blackfoot River
    • Blackfoot Mainstem
      • Blackfoot Dam – Cutthroat Creek CG
      • Cutthroat Creek CG – Trail Creek Bridge
      • Trail Creek Bridge – Cedar Creek (Wolverine Canyon)
    • Slug Creek
    • Lanes Creek
  • Portneuf River
    • Portneuf Mainstem
      • Diversion – Marsh Creek
      • Johnny Creek – I-86
      • Lava Hot Springs to PVC diversion
  • Henrys Fork
    • Henrys Fork
      • Box Canyon – Last Chance
      • Hatchery Ford – Above Upper Mesa Falls
      • Lower Mesa Falls – Warm River
    • Warm River
      • Twisted Draw – Warm River CG
    • Teton River
      • Teton River
      • Badger Creek
      • Bitch Creek
        • Coyote Meadows – Hwy 32 Bridge
        • Hwy 32 Bridge – Teton River
      • Canyon Creek
      • NF Teton
      • SF Teton
  • Boise River
    • Boise
      • The Weir
      • Troutdale CG – Badger Creek CG
      • Troutdale – Willow Creek CG
    • NF Boise
      • Barber Flat – Confluence w/ Boise at Troutdale
    • SF Boise
      • Anderson Ranch Dam – Danskin Bridge
      • Danskin Bridge – Neal Bridge
  • Weiser River
  • Bruneau River
    • Sheep Creek
      • Mary’s Creek – Bruneau RiverC
  • Wildhorse River
    • Bear Creek – Snake River Confluence

• North Central Oregon
  • 15 Mile Creek
    • Petersburg – Viewpoint Road
  • Deschutes River
    • Deschutes River
      • Wickiup Dam – Pringle Falls
      • Pringle Falls – Big River CG
      • Big River CG – Benham Falls
      • Benham Falls – Dillon Falls
      • Dillon Falls – Lava Island Falls
      • Lava Island Falls – Mount Bachelor Village (Bend)
      • Bend – Tumalo State Park
      • Tumalo State Park – Cline Falls State Park
      • Cline Falls State Park – Lower Bridge
      • Lower Bridge – Billy Chinook Reservoir
      • US 26 (Warm Springs) – Sherars Falls
      • Sherar’s Falls to Columbia “Lower Deschutes”
    • Crooked River
      • Crooked River
        • Lone Pine Bridge – Crooked River Ranch
        • Crooked River Ranch – Billy Chinook Reservoir
      • NF Crooked
      • SF Crooked
      • Beaver Creek
    • Metolius River
      • Riverside Forest Campground – Lake Billy Chinook
    • Shitike Creek
  • John Day River
    • Clarno – Cottonwood
  • Umatilla River
    • Fish Hatchery – Umatilla Park

• Klickitat River
  • Klickitat Mainstem
    • Leidl Campground – Klickitat Springs
    • Klickitat Springs – Last Fishing Access
  • Little Klickitat River
    • Olson Road – Klickitat River

• Hood River
  • Hood River Mainstem
    • Tucker Bridge – Hood River Marina “Main Hood”
  • West Fork Hood River
    • West Fork Hood River
      • Lake Branch – East Fork Hood River
    • Lake Branch Hood River
      • Mile 2 – West Fork Hood River
  • East Fork Hood River
    • East Fork Hood River
      • Below Sherwood CG – Hwy 35 Bridge “Upper EF”
      • Dee – Tucker Bridge
    • Middle Fork Hood River
      • Laurance Lake – Red Hill Road “Upper Middle Fork”
      • Red Hill Road – Dee “Lower Middle Fork”

• Columbia River Gorge
  • Little White
    • Upper
    • Lower
  • White Salmon Mainstem
    • Mt Adams Section
    • Farmlands
    • Green Truss
    • BZ Section
      • Trout Lake Creek
      • Little Goose Creek – Kenobi Gorge
      • Cutlus Creek
    • Wind River
      • Wind Mainstem
        • Above Falls Creek – Mineral Springs Rd “Upper”
        • Mineral Springs – Stabler
        • Stabler to High Bridge
        • High Bridge to Columbia
      • Trout Creek
      • Panther Creek
      • Falls Creek
    • Rock Creek
    • Washougal River
      • Washougal Mainstem
        • Prospector’s Creek to Doc’s Drop “Upper Upper”
        • Doc’s to Dougan “Falls Section”
        • Dougan Falls to Salmon Falls “The Gorge”
        • Highway 140 – Washougal Fishing Access “Big Eddy”
      • Little Washougal
      • Stebbins Creek
      • NF Washougal
        • Hagen Gorge

       

      • Sandy River
        • Sandy River Mainstem
          • McNeil Campground – Lolo Pass Road “McNeil” Section
          • Zigzag – Marmot Bridge
          • Marmot Bridge – Marmot Dam
          • Marmot Dam – Revenue Bridge “Sandy River Gorge”
          • Revenue Bridge – Dodge Park
          • Dodge Park – Oxbow Park “Dodge – Oxbow”
          • Zigzag River
          • Toll Gate – Sandy River
        • Bull Run River
          • Bull Run Road Bridge – Dodge Park
      • Willamette River
        • Molalla River
          • Molalla River
            • Table Rock Fork – Glen Avon Bridge
          • NF Molalla
            • Dead Horse Canyon Creek Bridge – Molalla River
          • SF Molalla
            • Cooper Creek – Molalla River
          • Table Rock Fork
        • McKenzie River
          • McKenzie River Mainstem
          • SF McKenzie River
        • Santiam River
          • Santiam Mainstem
          • NF Santiam
            • NF Santiam
              • Bruno Mt. Rd – Detroit Reservoir
              • Big Cliff Dam – Packsaddle Park
              • Packsaddle Park – Mill City
            • Little NF Santiam River
              • Battle Axe Creek – Gold Creek
              • Gold Creek – Three Pools
              • Three Pools – Salmon Falls
              • Salmon Falls – Elkhorn Park
              • Elkhorn Valley CG – NF Santiam
          • SF Santiam
            • SF Santiam
              • Mountain House – Foster Reservoir
              • Foster Dam – Waterloo
            • Crabtree Creek
              • Snow Peak Camp – Larwood Park
              • Roaring River – South Santiam River
        • Clackamas River
          • Clackamas River Mainstem
            • Collawash River – Sandstone Road “Killer Fang” Run
            • Three Lynx – Memaloose “Upper Clackamas”
            • McIver State Park – Barton County Park “McIver Run”
            • Barton County Park – Carver “Barton – Carver”
          • Collawash River
          • NF Clackamas
            • Forest Road 011 – NF Reservoir
          • SF Clackamas
          • Eagle Creek
            • Eagle Creek
              • Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness – Bridge above Hatchery
              • Fish Hatchery – Snuffin Road
              • Snuffin Road – Eagle Creek Road
            • NF Eagle Creek
              • Brian Ranch Road – Main Fork
          • Clear Creek
            • Hwy 211 – Redland Road
      • Lewis River
        • Copper Creek
        • EF Lewis
          • Green Fork – Sunset “Upper”
          • Sunset – Horseshoe “Falls Section”
          • Moulton Falls – Lewisville Park
        • Rock Creek
        • NF Lewis
          • NF Lewis
            • FR 88 – Quartz Creek “Upper”
            • Cussed Hollow to FR 9039 “Middle”
            • FR 9039 – Swift Reservior “Lower”
          • Muddy River
          • Siouxon Creek
          • Canyon Creek
            • Twin Bridges to Fly Creek
            • Above Fly Creek to Lake Merwin
          • Cedar Creek
      • Kalama River
        • Kalama Mainstem
          • Upper Kalama Falls – Gobar Creek
          • Gobar Creek – Fish Hatchery
          • Fish Hatery – Modrow Rd
      • Cowlitz River
        • Upper Cowlitz River
          • Upper Cowlitz
            • Upper Cowlitz
              • La Wis Wis Campground – Packwood
            • Clear Fork Cowlitz
              • Lava Creek – La Wis Wis Camground
            • Ohanepecosh River
              • Ohanepecosh Campground – La Wis Wis Campground
            • Skate Creek
              • Johnson Creek – Craig Road
            • Johnson Creek
              • Glacier Creek – Hwy 12
            • Silver Creek
              • Lynx Creek – Mark Kiona Park
          • Tilton River
            • Tilton River
              • Morton to Bremer “Upper”
              • Bremer to Ike Kinswa State Park “Lower”
            • NF Tilton
              • Above Tilton River Confluence
          • Cispus River
            • Cispus River
              • Adams Fork to FR 23 Bridge “Upper Upper”
              • FR 23 – FR 28 “Upper”
              • FR 28 – Lake Scanewa “Lower”
            • NF Cispus
              • FR 22 Bridge – NF Campground
            • Yellowjacket Creek
              • Yellowjacket Creek
                • Veta Creek – Cispus River
              • McCoy Creek
                • Milepost 8 into Yellowjacket Creek

       

      • • Lower Cowlitz River
          • Lower Cowlitz River
            • Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery – Blue Creek “Lower”
          • Qlequa Creek
          • Toutle River
            • Toutle Mainstem
            • SF Toutle
            • NF Toutle
              • NF Toutle
                • Green River to SF Confluence
              • Hoffstadt Creek
              • Green River
          • Coweeman River
      • Lower Columbia
        • Coal Creek
        • Germany Creek
        • Elochoman River
        • Grays River
        • NF Naselle

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