Utah Rivers
Open a river for its map, facts and the lakes on it.
Green River
The Colorado's largest tributary runs south from Wyoming through Fontenelle and Flaming Gorge reservoirs, bends through Browns Park and Dinosaur National Monument, then cuts Desolation and Gray canyons past the town of Green River, Utah.
1,450 milesColorado River
The Colorado drops from the Rockies past Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction and Moab, carves the Grand Canyon, then runs along the Arizona-Nevada-California line past Laughlin, Lake Havasu City, Needles and Yuma toward Mexico.
about 350 milesBear River
Loops north from Utah's Uintas through Evanston, Wyoming, into Idaho past Montpelier and Soda Springs, then turns south through Cache Valley and Cutler Reservoir back into Utah to reach the Great Salt Lake.
402 milesSevier River
Utah's longest river stays entirely in the state, flowing north past Panguitch, Circleville and Richfield, then swinging west across the Sevier Desert near Delta into a closed basin. Heavy irrigation use leaves the lowest reach mostly dry.
51 milesJordan River
A short urban river that drains Utah Lake north through the Jordan Narrows and across the Salt Lake Valley, passing suburbs such as Draper, South Jordan, Murray and Salt Lake City before spreading into Great Salt Lake wetlands.
383 milesSan Juan River
Leaves the San Juan Mountains past Pagosa Springs into Navajo Lake, then crosses northern New Mexico through Farmington and Shiprock before winding through deep Utah canyons near Bluff and Mexican Hat into Lake Powell.
about 162 milesVirgin River
After carving Zion Canyon, the Virgin runs southwest past St. George, cuts through Arizona's Virgin River Gorge, and enters Nevada near Mesquite, with its final 30 miles forming Lake Mead's north arm.
115 milesDuchesne River
Draining the south slope of the Uintas, the Duchesne runs southeast past Tabiona and Duchesne, picks up the Strawberry River, Lake Fork and Uinta River near Myton and Randlett, and meets the Green River at Ouray.
80 milesDirty Devil River
Born near Hanksville where the Fremont River meets Muddy Creek, this remote desert stream runs south through a deep canyon in Wayne and Garfield counties, finishing inside Glen Canyon National Recreation Area at Lake Powell.
Strawberry River
This Uintah Basin stream feeds Strawberry Reservoir, exits below Soldier Creek Dam, flows past the Strawberry Pinnacles, and is held again in Starvation Reservoir at Fred Hayes State Park before reaching the Duchesne River.