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Swasey Boat Ramp. Photo: mypubliclands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Swasey Boat Ramp

Kayak spot · United States

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Whitewater: a river with rapids

Is it worth the trip?

63Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sat 7: Wind 3 kn gusting 9, Air 13 °C, River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 63 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 59 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
10°C
Rain
1.5 mm

Thu 5 · 60 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 63 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 64 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 63 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 63 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 363, good
  2. Wed 459, fair
  3. Thu 560, good
  4. Fri 663, good
  5. Sat 764, good
  6. Sun 863, good
  7. Mon 963, good
  8. Tue 1062, good
  9. Wed 1163, good
  10. Thu 1260, good

The spot in one fact

  • Moving waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Swasey Boat Ramp
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Tue 3Nov63, good5 kn11kn12°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov59, fair4 kn9kn10°C1.5 mm
Thu 5Nov60, good4 kn11kn11°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov63, good4 kn10kn12°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov64, good3 kn9kn13°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov63, good3 kn9kn12°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov63, good2 kn8kn12°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov62, good2 kn7kn11°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov63, good3 kn10kn11°C0 mm
Thu 12Nov60, good4 kn12kn11°C2.1 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kayaking days in a typical week, each month, for expert paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov3of 7: a trip from Wed 4 Nov
  12. Dec0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical weather, not a forecast, and not the river's level: a month that is often good to be outside may still be low water.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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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

More kayaking near here

1 place

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 2 November 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$349–US$584
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$637
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$201–US$376
Totalabout US$1,250–US$2,280

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Green River

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Closest

Green River

about 25 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 2 November 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

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