Floatable rivers · Maryland

Maryland rivers you can float

4 rivers where the gauge sits on the water people actually run. Each page shows the year as a flow ribbon — typical highs, typical lows — with today's live reading pinned on top.

Pick your river

• Antietam Creek

  Stone-bridge reach past Burnside Bridge near Sharpsburg

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Sep–Nov canoekayak

• Potomac River (Harpers Ferry)

  Harpers Ferry to Point of Rocks via Brunswick

  Fullest: Feb–Apr Leanest: Aug–Oct tubingcanoe

• Potomac River (Mather Gorge)

  Great Falls and Mather Gorge above Little Falls

  Fullest: Feb–Apr Leanest: Aug–Oct kayaksup

• Youghiogheny River (Upper)

  Upper Yough, Sang Run to Friendsville

  Fullest: Feb–Apr Leanest: Aug–Oct kayakraft

Flow seasonality is context, not a safety rating — every river page opens with the safety notes that actually matter. Checking dates? Try the trip-window checker.