Paddling near Boise City, ID

Seat of Ada County in southwestern Idaho, Boise sits at the center of the West's epicenter for paddling. Idaho holds more than 3,100 navigable whitewater river miles—more than any other Lower 48 state—and the city's marquee water, the Boise River, runs 63 miles from below Lucky Peak Dam to the Snake. The famous 6-mile urban float from Barber Park to Ann Morrison Park draws roughly 125,000 floaters a year, while the Payette, Owyhee, and Snake add everything from flatwater to Class V.