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Top 40 Wild Rivers Far West Trips Tuolumne, California Rogue River, Oregon Klamath, California Skyomish, Washington Owhyee, Oregon Alaska Trips Alsek/Tatshenshini Talkeetna River Chitina/Copper Rivers Sixmile Creek Hulahula Southwest Trips Colorado River/Grand Canyon, Arizona Green River/Lodore Canyon, Utah Rio Grande/Big Bend National Park, Texas Upper Rio Grande, New Mexico San Juan, Utah Rocky Mountain Trips Salmon, Middle Fork Arkansas, Colorado Flathead, Montana Animas, Colorado Selway, Idaho Midwest Trips Wolf River, Wisconsin St. Croix, Minnesota Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Missouri Presque Isle River, Michigan Vermilion, Illinois Southeast Trips Chattooga, Georgia and South Carolina Buffalo, Arkansas Cumberland, Kentucky Russell Fork, Kentucky and Virginia French Broad, North Carolina Mid-Atlantic Trips Youghiogheny, Maryland and Pennsylvania New River, West Virginia Hudson River Gorge, New York Upper Gauley James River Basin, Virginia New England Trips Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine Winooski, Vermont Deerfield River, Massachusetts Pennobscot, Maine Kennebec, Maine
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Kennebec, Maine
Top 40 Wild Rivers - New England
Difficulty: Class II to IV
Season: May to October after dam releases
Trip Length: Day Trip
The Kennebec is one of the last Maine rivers to be tamed, and with the dismantling of Edwards Dam, one of the first to be freed. The run from Carry Brook to the Forks combines steep gorges and galloping whitewater. Long considered unrunnable, commercial outfitters with modern equipment have turned this run from lethal to playful.
Top 40 Wild Rivers |
Far West Trips |
Tuolumne, California |
Rogue River, Oregon |
Klamath, California |
Skyomish, Washington |
Owhyee, Oregon |
Alaska Trips |
Alsek/Tatshenshini |
Talkeetna River |
Chitina/Copper Rivers |
Sixmile Creek |
Hulahula |
Southwest Trips |
Colorado River/Grand Canyon, Arizona |
Green River/Lodore Canyon, Utah |
Rio Grande/Big Bend National Park, Texas |
Upper Rio Grande, New Mexico |
San Juan, Utah |
Rocky Mountain Trips |
Salmon, Middle Fork |
Arkansas, Colorado |
Flathead, Montana |
Animas, Colorado |
Selway, Idaho |
Midwest Trips |
Wolf River, Wisconsin |
St. Croix, Minnesota |
Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Missouri |
Presque Isle River, Michigan |
Vermilion, Illinois |
Southeast Trips |
Chattooga, Georgia and South Carolina |
Buffalo, Arkansas |
Cumberland, Kentucky |
Russell Fork, Kentucky and Virginia |
French Broad, North Carolina |
Mid-Atlantic Trips |
Youghiogheny, Maryland and Pennsylvania |
New River, West Virginia |
Hudson River Gorge, New York |
Upper Gauley |
James River Basin, Virginia |
New England Trips |
Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine |
Winooski, Vermont |
Deerfield River, Massachusetts |
Pennobscot, Maine | Kennebec, Maine
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