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Visitors, volunteers and BLM employees prepare to survey Utah's Desolation Canyon Area
Swasey Boat Ramp. Photo: mypubliclands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Swasey Boat Ramp

Kayak spot · United States

Whitewater: a river with rapids

Is it worth the trip?

Not for new paddlers. Suits grade III paddlers and up: a river with no grade stated, which we never offer a new paddler.

The spot in one fact

  • Moving waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

Not for new paddlers. Suits grade III paddlers and up: a river with no grade stated, which we never offer a new paddler. See it for grade III paddlers.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot and its town

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Photos of Swasey Boat Ramp

Price- Green River cleanup (1)
Photo: BLMUtah, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The view of Utah's Desolation Canyon Area from the Green River
Photo: mypubliclands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Common Globemallow
Photo: BLMUtah, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Swasey Boat Ramp

A launch on the Green River. Suits grade III paddlers and up: a river with no grade stated, which we never offer a new paddler. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Green River.

  • River Green River
  • Grade No source states its grade: check a guidebook before you paddle it.
  • Who it suits Suits grade III paddlers and up: a river with no grade stated, which we never offer a new paddler.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,250–US$2,280 each

about US$1,250–US$2,280 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to PVU, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$208–US$429
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$583
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$201–US$375
Totalabout US$1,250–US$2,280

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Green River

Closest

Green River

24 min by car · 21 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 21 places to stay in Green River · Booking.com

About Green River its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 8h 35m

About 8h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → PVU, direct, then 3h 30m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

River level

River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go.

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 50 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits