NFOW River Maps

To pinpoint where you put in and take out is an important decision because of distance between accesses and the water you want to fish.  This river map may help with your decision.

Clickable and printable Map of the North Fork of the White River. Click this iamge and it will open in a pdf file format.

Thanks to Brian Wise for his help on this map.

River Mileage from start to finish-

Bridge. Access.
0.5 Low-water bridge on connecting road between Hwys. 76 and E. Access.
6.6 Low-water bridge and spring at Topaz. An old mill remains standing. Access.
11.1 Slab ford. Access.
11.4 Indian Creek enters on left.
12.2 Osborn Ford low-water bridge in Round Valley, on County Road AH-260 off Hwy. AH and County Road 284 off
Hwy. 181.
14.8 Hale Ford Bridge access on County Road 275 off Hwy. 181 and County Road W-278 off Hwy.
16.1 Fiddle Springs Hollow on left.
18.7 Bridge on connecting road between Hwys. AA and 14. Hebron Access on left, on County Road 279 off Hwy. 14.
Gravel ramp.
24.1 Hwy. 14 Bridge at Twin Bridges. Other bridge is over Spring Creek. Access and camping. Roadside park on left
bank just above Hwy. 14 Bridge is a popular access and campground. Store between bridges.
25.9 Spring Creek enters on left. The lower 8 miles of the creek have a gradient of 12.5 but it is more a wading/fishing
stream than a floating stream and tends to be blocked by logs and other obstacles. Big Spring, 2.5 miles upstream, is
only a third magnitude spring.
26.0 Hicks Spring on right just below the mouth of Spring Creek.
28.2 Mary's Hollow and creek on right. Spring up hillside on opposite side of river.
29.2 Hammond Camp Access just off Hwy. CC. Concrete bridge on West Plains Road. Forest Service North Fork
Recreation Area and campground on left.
29.9 Blue Spring on left, at river level. The flow is seldom less than 7 million gallons per day.
33.3 North Fork spring issues from rock ledge on left.
33.5 Upper branch of Rainbow (Double) Spring on right. Lower branch enters river 1500 feet downstream from source.
No admittance. Private use only. This is rated as the fifth largest spring in the state with mid-summer flows of up to 137
million gallons per day. There is a rocky riffle on the bend just below the mouth of the lower spring.
35.0 McKee Bridge. Private use only.
36.0 The Falls is merely a rock ledge about 2-3 feet high. Chute is best handled from the left and go toward the right, but
check first.
39.2 Blair Bridge, concrete low-water bridge, on extension of Hwy. KK to Hwy. H. Access. It is necessary to pull boats
over this bridge. Approach with caution, since a broadside approach in medium-high water could result in being
swamped and pinned against the upstream side. Just below the bridge are some old concrete bridge piers which
produce a tricky channel in low water.
39.4 Blair Bridge Access on left, on County Road H-354 off Hwy. KK.
39.9 Private campground on right.
40.9 Spring Creek on left, is fed by numerous springs, none of them large. It has a gradient of 14 on the 6 miles above
its mouth but access to it is poor except at the Duncan Ford 2.3 miles upstream. It has often been floated from this point
in springtime and provides a good ride, but a float from Cureall (12 miles) could entail much walking. 42.1 Hwy. H lowwater
bridge. Patrick Bridge Access at northeast side of bridge. Gravel ramp. Althea Spring, rated as Missouri's 23rd
largest, is just downstream on the left. 42.3 Althea Spring Branch enters the river at a fast riffle.
43.6 Private campground on right.
45.3 Hwy. PP Bridge. This is a high bridge, but the old road goes down to the water for easy access.
47.0 Dam Mill Dam. Water is backed up for about a quarter mile by this low dam. The dam has been run in high water,
but it is a "canoe buster" and you must know the right spot. It is easily "portaged" by sliding the canoe down a shallow
chute on the right end of the dam where there is also a rough path around the dam. There is a good rapids below the
dam which is easily run.
47.1 Dam Bridge. Going under this bridge in high water is dangerous. Approach with caution and make sure there is
clearance! The Dawt Mill is one of the most picturesque of those still operating in the area. The run from here to
Tecumseh access has a number of riffles depending on lake level.
48.8 Repeating Riffle. This is the last drop when the lake is high. A ledge produces good standing waves which
whitewater enthusiasts rerun by using a strong upstream eddy on the right to carry them to the ledge again with little paddling effort.
49.1 Junction with Bryant Creek.
49.5 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tecumseh Access and campground on right.