Centennial Canoe Outfitters Inc.

Green River Itinerary

Green River 5-day Canoe Trips (general itinerary)

Here’s a sample itinerary at a glance…it may vary depending on your individual guide.

  • Day 1: Meet your guide staff at the Green River State Park in Green River, UT at a designated location.  After packing your dry bags, you will be ready to load your boats and receive your paddle and safety talk.
  • Paddle downriver until approximately noon and enjoy lunch on the river’s edge,  maybe catching a glimpse of area wildlife or learn about some of the river’s geology & history from your guides.
  • After lunch, continue paddling and having water fights until roughly 4 p.m. and make camp at Anvil Butte where there is a good hike with an old, ruined cabin & petrified wood & nice big cottonwood trees (location depends on campsite availability).
  • Feel free to take a bath in the river & then Happy Hour begins between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 where hors d'oeuvres and wine will be served.
  • Dinner is served around 7 p.m. followed by campfire activities that may include games, singing, western tall tales, or guitar playing.
  • Day 2:  Consists of paddling & having water fights as you enter the towering red sandstone walls of Labyrinth Canyon & Trin-Alcove. Some of the best hiking on the river is in this area with ancient Indian petroglyphs along the route.
  • Day 3:  Your guides may choose to make this a layover day devoted to hiking the canyons, floating in the river, and/or relaxing in camp.  Many times lunches will be packed for the hike where you can explore multi-million year old canyons or hike to the top of a plateau where the panoramic vistas are gorgeous. However, your guides may choose to move downriver. Factors that influence this decision are weather, pace of the group, campsite availability, etc.    
  • Day 4 & 5 & 6: Will consist of paddling past the canyons and landmarks of Hey Joe Canyon, Register Rock and Bowknot Bend. You may hike into a canyon or paddle into a narrow tributary stream, only wide enough for your boat as it cuts through a side canyon. Discovering Register Rock, carved messages & art left by early adventurers, is always a treat. After a short, steep hike at Bowknot Bend, you can see the river on both sides of the pinnacle as it carves back towards itself. On the last day you will take out at Mineral Bottom where you will be shuttled back to Green River State Park where your car has been parked. And then it’s homeward bound!