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Boater’s Guide to the Verde River: Beasley Flat to Sheep Bridge

Comprehensive maps and descriptions for boating the Verde Wild and Scenic River from Beasley Flat to Sheep Bridge. Published by Prescott National Forest. View Document.

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Middle Verde Paddle Guide

The Verde River Paddle Trail stretches 6.5 miles from the Tuzigoot Bridge to the Highway 89A Bridgeport Bridge. River access points are maintained by the Verde River Greenway-State Natural Area and Dead Horse Ranch State Park.
This guide is intended to help inform canoeists, kayakers and other river paddlers about what to expect along this portion of the Verde River. The guide is composed of four map segments along with a descriptive narrative. The river maps are oriented downstream from a paddler's point-of-view. A vicinity map shows how the segment maps provide coverage of each river reach. View Document.

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Upper Verde Access

Excerpt from the Citizens Proposal for the Upper Verde Wild and Scenic River describing routes to access the river by motorized and non-motorized means. 5 pages. View Document.

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Upper Verde River Access (MAPS)

Four letter sized maps showing routes described in the "Access to Upper Verde" document. This is a zip archive, download only.

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