River
Rogue River
322 km from source to mouth · United States.
United StatesFlows into Pacific Ocean
In numbers
Length
322km
Average flow
190m³/s
Basin
13,400km²
Drop
1,217m
from 1,217 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
322 km of river and 22 stops on the way: 1 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 1,217 m
- 5 kmNational Creek Falls
- 33 kmUnion Creektributary
- 45 kmNorth Fork Rogue River Bridge
- 46 kmMill Creek Falls
- 46 kmBarr Creek Falls
- 65 kmLost Creek Lake11 km²
- 68 kmBig Butte Creektributary
- 74 kmElk Creektributary
- 103 kmLittle Butte Creektributary
- 113 kmKendall Slough0.3 km²
- 113 kmBear Creektributary
- 114 kmGold Ray Reservoir0.3 km²
- 122 kmDillon Falls
- 124 kmTi'lomikh Falls
- 156 kmGrants Pass37,088 people
- 158 kmRogue River Pedestrian Bridge
- 168 kmApplegate Rivertributary
- 181 kmRobertson Bridge
- 233 kmZane Grey Cabin
- 241 kmRogue River Ranch
- 274 kmIllinois Rivertributary
- 316 kmIsaac Lee Patterson Bridge
- 322 kmPacific Oceanat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Oregon, United States
At the mouth it carries 188 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 13 seconds. It drops from 1,217 m to 0 m, 3.8 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 13,400 km², about the size of BS. 288,000 people live in it. Highest water: from January to February; lowest: from June to September. Its dams hold back little of its water (7.2% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- Grants PassLargest city on its banks · 37,088 people
- Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport (MFR)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 38 km from the cityCar hire at MFR airport (Medford)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water39 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe115 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From June to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Rogue River, month by month
Highest water: from January to February
Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from June to September.
From about 43 m³/s in the lowest month to 750 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Rogue River: the basin in numbers
13,342 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 288,000people live in the basin
- 22/km²people per km²
- 895maverage altitude of the basin
- 1,054mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 8.9°Caverage air temperature
- 10%protected areas
- 0.2%covered by lakes
- 0.8km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 94% Forest
- 2% Cropland
- 20% Pasture
- 1% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Rogue River: what you find on the way
- 1Weirs
- 10WaterfallsNational Falls, Nob falls, Mill Creek Falls and 7 more
- 115RapidsTrail Creek Riffle, Rattlesnake Rapids, Hardy Riffle and 112 more
- 37Boat rampsCole Rivers Hatchery Boat Ramp, Casey Park Boat Ramp, Rogue Elk Boat Ramp and 34 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.9 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Rogue River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
5waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
3lakes on its wayLakeyas
5beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
15mountains at the sourcePeakyas
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Waterfalls (5)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- National Creek Fallskm 5
- Mill Creek Fallskm 44
- Barr Creek Fallskm 44
- Dillon Fallskm 118
- Ti'lomikh Fallskm 120
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Lost Creek Lakekm 6311km²
- Kendall Sloughkm 1090.3km²
- Gold Ray Reservoirkm 1100.3km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (5)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Agate Beach5.3 km away11.7°C
- Arizona Beach21 km away11.6°C
- Bailey Beach3.8 km away11.7°C
- Wakeman Beach7.2 km away11.7°C
- Ophir Beach14 km away11.6°C
Mountains at the source (15)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Mount Bailey9.9 km away · prominence 905 m2,553m
- Hillman Peak14 km away
- Grouse Hill12 km away
- Red Cone9.4 km away
- The Watchman14 km away
- Williams Crater13 km away
- Bald Crater2.8 km away
- Buckneck Mountain12 km away
7 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Hunters Island12 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Rogue River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (11)
Also: Big Butte Creek, Little Butte Creek, Illinois River, Applegate River, Elk Creek, Bear Creek, South Fork Rogue River, Union Creek, Grave Creek, Evans Creek, Castle Creek
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1848950) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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