Helpful Links
Weather + Water Levels
Water Levels:
- USGS Water Resource Information site for river levels and conditions USA
- USGS and Colorado DWR maintained streamflow gage in Colorado
- Arkansas River near Nathrop
- Most recent 72 hours of data
- Custom Streamflow Map
Fishing Licenses
Secure your Colorado Fishing License online.
Purchase Arkansas River Trip Photos
Click here to purchase photos from your trip on the Arkansas River!
Local Tourism Offices
- Arkansas Headwaters Recreaction Area & State Park, Leadville to Canon City
- Denver, CO Visitors Bureau – Chamber of Commerce
- Cortez, CO Chamber of Commerce (Dolores River)
- Montrose Chamber of Commerce (Gunnison River)
- Chamber of Commerce (Green and Colorado Rivers)
- Steamboat Springs Chamber of Commerce (North Platte River)
- Colorado West Tourism Council
- Chaffee County Visitors Bureau (Central Colorado) Arkansas River Valley Buena Vista to Salida
- Colorado Springs Visitors Bureau – Colorado vacations
Local Lodging
- Mt Princeton Hot Springs Resort Nathrop, CO 719.395.2447 or 888.395.7799
- Joyful Journeys Hot Springs Spa & Conference Center Moffat, CO 719-256-4328
- Grand Vista Hotel Grand Junction, CO (800) 800-7796 (Green and Gunnison River)
- River Terrace Inn- Best Western Lodge (435) 564-3401 Green River, UT (Green River)
- Historical Hotel Colorado (970) 945-6511 Glenwood Springs, CO (Glenwood Canyon – Colorado River)
- Ray’s Motel (970) 865-2235 Naturita, CO (Dolores River)
- The Turquoise Inn (970) 565-3778 Cortez, CO (Dolores River or San Miguel River)
- Lodging options in Walden, CO (North Platte River)
- Baymont Inn & Suites Salida, CO 719-539-8500 (Mention Dvorak’s for discount)
Our Favorite Outfitters
- Yoga Adventures around the world | Deborah Kohen and David Blehert
- Idaho River Journeys – Salmon River in Idaho Outfitter
- Fishing for Kids Resource Guide – Introduce kids to fishing!
Our Favorite Books
- CANYONLANDS RIVER GUIDE, Bill and Buss Belknap
- COLORADO OUTWARD BOUND RAFTING MANUAL, Al Brown
- DESERT SOLITAIRE, Edward Abbey / McGraw Hill
- DESOLATION RIVER GUIDE, Laura Evans and Buss Belknap
- DINOSAUR RIVER GUIDE, Laura Evans and Buss Belknap
- EXPLORATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER AND IT’S CANYONS, J.W. Powell Dover Publications
- PETERSON FIELD GUIDE SERIES, Houghton Mifflin Co
- FIELD GUIDE TO ANIMAL TRACKS, Olas J. Murie
- FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS, Johna Frank Craighead with Ray Davis
- FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS, Roger Tory Pererson
- FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, Robert C. Stebbins
- THE MAN WHO WALKED THRU TIME, Colin Fletcher / Alfred A. Knopf
- THE MONKEY WRENCH GANG, Edward Abbey / McGraw Hill
- RIVER RUNNING, Verne Huser / Henry Regnery & Co
- RIVERS OF COLORADO, Earl Perry / American Canoe Assoc.
- RUN RIVER RUN Ann Zwinger / Harper and Row
- A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC, Aldo Leopold / Oxford Univ. Press
- WHITE WATER RAFTING, William McGinnis / Quadrangle