Delta River

AK • US

The Delta is a BLM-managed National Wild & Scenic River that begins at the
Tangle Lakes on the Denali Highway and flows north toward the Richardson
Highway. The classic float paddles the Tangle Lakes chain, then Class
II-III river with one Class III-IV canyon (a mandatory portage for most),
through open tundra country with big Alaska Range views.

80.0 mi total 1 sections 2 access points 0 camps 3 rapids

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Click any point for details. Sections without stored geometry are drawn as straight put-in → take-out lines — actual courses follow the river.

Sections (1)

Delta National Wild & Scenic River

● Tangle Lakes Campground → ● Richardson Highway Take-out (MP 212)

35.0 mi 🌊 3

Class II-III