Interior Alaska route planning
Yukon River Route Map: Eagle to Circle
Agency-sourced access points and river confluences for the Eagle-to-Circle float through Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
This is a remote, self-supported float with no road access between Eagle and Circle. The points below are the launch, the take-out, and the major tributary confluences that river parties use to track progress. There are no maintained trails on this stretch, so no trail maps are listed. Check ice-out, wildfire closures, and river levels with the preserve before committing to a launch date.
Access points and landmarks
About 154 river miles from Eagle to Circle, with Slaven's Roadhouse near mile 100. Every coordinate below links to the published source it came from. Recheck access, closures, and water levels with the managing agency before you launch.
| Point | Role | Coordinates | Notes and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle, Alaska (launch) | put in | 64.78944, -141.19778 | Standard put-in at the end of the Taylor Highway; coordinate is the USGS streamgage 15356000, Yukon River at Eagle. USGS gage 15356000 ↗ |
| Nation River confluence | waypoint | 65.19750, -141.71778 | First major tributary below Eagle and a common first- or second-night camp area. USGS GNIS feature record ↗ |
| Kandik River confluence | waypoint | 65.37389, -142.51111 | Northernmost bend of the run; the river widens and braids heavily below here. USGS GNIS feature record ↗ |
| Charley River confluence | waypoint | 65.31722, -142.78056 | Mouth of the Charley, the preserve's designated wild river and the usual side-trip objective. USGS GNIS feature record ↗ |
| Circle, Alaska (take-out) | take out | 65.82556, -144.06056 | Road-accessible village at the end of the Steese Highway; the standard pull-out and shuttle point. USGS GNIS feature record ↗ |
Shuttle planning runs between Eagle, Alaska (launch) and Circle, Alaska (take-out).
What we deliberately left off
- Slaven's Roadhouse and Coal Creek Camp — the National Park Service documents both as public-use sites at Coal Creek but does not publish a coordinate for either, so we do not pin them.
Official sources
- Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve ↗
- Float the Yukon River (NPS) ↗
- Getting to the preserve (NPS directions) ↗
Distances and mileage figures come from the managing agency. Conditions change; this page is a planning aid, not a navigation chart.