White River
🏞 National Park
Shannon / Mellette Co. · 507 mi · Class I
222CFS/ 8.38 ft
Optimal
→Stable
Optimal: 100–1000 CFS · USGS #06452000
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507 mi
Length
Class I
Difficulty
100–1000 cfs
Optimal
500 cfs
Avg Flow
450 cfs
Hist. Median
#06452000
USGS Gauge
Pine Ridge Reservation · Badlands National Park corridor

A remote prairie expedition through the Badlands and Pine Ridge Reservation — the White River flows 507 miles through some of the most isolated landscape in the Lower 48. Sediment-laden water cuts through Badlands formations and vast Lakota grasslands. Rarely paddled, deeply wild.

Trip sections
Badlands section — 60 mi, White River through eroded formations
Pine Ridge to Rosebud — 120 mi, reservation prairie, remote
Lower White — 100 mi, wider channel to Missouri confluence
Outfitters
Badlands River Expeditions
Guided White River trips, reservation permits arranged
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Data Quality

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