About the Water Trail

The Northwest Discovery Water Trail is a 367-mile recreational boating route on the region’s defining waterways. It begins at Canoe Camp on the Clearwater River in Idaho, follows the Snake River down to the Columbia River, and ends at Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River Gorge.

The Water Trail connects you to nearly 150 sites to launch your boat, picnic, or camp along these rivers when you travel by motorboat, canoe, sailboat, or kayak. Whether you take a day trip or an overnight excursion, the trail can link you to small riverside communities, wildlife refuges and parks, riverside trails, museums and visitor centers, and campgrounds. Following the paddle strokes of tribal cultures and explorers like Lewis and Clark, the Water Trail will guide you through a cross-section of the region’s natural and cultural wonders.

About this site

This is an open-source rebuild of the original classic ASP site using React, OpenLayers, Next.js, and PandaCSS. The trail is managed by the Washington Water Trails Association; trail data on this site is published as static GeoJSON at /data/ndwt.geojson for anyone who wants to build their own map or trip planner. A future phase will integrate directly with WWTA’s database and ArcGIS layers.

Code lives at github.com/ivanoats/ndwt-ol-chakra under the MIT license. Issues and pull requests welcome.