Fall River
Fall River Mills / McArthur · near Fall River Mills · Shasta Cascade
Kayaking & SUP
At a glance
- Best season
- Paddleable year-round (spring-fed, stable flow); spring-fall most pleasant
What is here
- Wildlife
- Turtles, great blue herons, wild trout, waterfowl at the spring boils
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- No
Kayaking & SUP detail
- Nickname
- World-Class Spring-Fed Flatwater (Access-Limited)
- Water types
- river
- Exposure
- sheltered
- Sup friendly
- Yes
- Wetsuit
- Cold spring water year-round - dress accordingly
- Intl tip
- Treat access as the entire planning problem: confirm a legal put-in through the Fall River RCD / IM Recreation before you go - most of the river is private ranchland. Keep strictly to the water, respect the fly anglers, and skip it if you can't confirm legal access.
The guide
When you can legally get on it, the Fall River is a paddling dream - one of the largest spring systems in North America, its cr…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Fall River — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 41.047, -121.5