Dirty Devils River, Utah

The Colorado River is a major water source for the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, California, Arizona and Nevada, draining a significant amount of snowmelt water all along the western half of Colorado. The river begins at an elevation of about 10,000 feet MSL in the Rocky Mountains of Grand County, Colorado near Silver Creek on the western edge of Arapaho National Recreation Area northwest of Denver. From its headwaters the Colorado River flows west through Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction, into Utah then down to Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border, where it begins to cut the Grand Canyon. The river then flows through the Grand Canyon to Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border before heading south along the Arizona-California border to its mouth at the Sea of Cortez. Along the way, the Colorado River flows more than 1,400 miles, mostly through three deserts.

Wayne and Garfield Counties in far southeastern Utah, southwest of Moab. Situated to the southeast is the Manti La Sal National Forest of eastern Utah. The headwaters are located off SH 24 near SH 95 and Hanksville in Wayne County, and the run ends in Canyonlands national Park off SH 95 below Cataract Canyon and above Glen Canyon.

Salt Lake City miles; Grand Junction miles; Durango miles; Denver miles; Albuquerque miles; Phoenix miles; Oklahoma City miles; Dallas miles; Austin miles; San Antonio miles; Houston miles; Little Rock miles; Kansas City miles (all distances are approximate and depend upon starting point and destination point on the river.)

There are no known liveries or shuttle services operating on or near the Dirty Devils River. Ask local paddlers or BLM rangers for advice.