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Mile ~22
Quick Stop is a small river-right pullout just above Pistol Creek Rapid, used mainly as a scout or short stop rather than a major historic…
Mile ~23.2
Pistol Creek Ranch is a private inholding on river left near mile 23, with cabins and a private airstrip behind the riverside buildings.
Mile ~34.5
Middle Fork Lodge is a private riverside lodge near mile 34.5, reached by the lodge bridge and nearby airstrip.
Mile ~40.06
At about mile 40.06 on river left, a short trail leads to a rock outcrop with numerous Native American pictographs; pit-house remains are…
Mile ~41.6
Cougar Creek / Cougar Ranch sits on river right near mile 41.6 opposite the Mahoney Creek airstrip area.
Mile ~42
The map’s Mahoney Ranch marker sits near mile 42 in the Mahoney Creek corridor, adjacent to the public Mahoney Creek USFS airstrip (FAA…
Mile ~43.7
Paulsens Cabin marks the hillside remains associated with Fred H.
Mile ~47
Pebble Beach is a river-left cobble/bench stop near mile 47 in the reach that also includes heritage-sensitive camps such as Rock Island.
Mile ~50.06
Loon Creek Hot Springs lie about a mile up Loon Creek from its Middle Fork confluence near Big Loon Camp (about mile 50).
Mile ~53
Horsetail is mapped near mile 53 and corresponds to Horsetail Camp, a small river-right site on a timbered bench in American Whitewater’s…
Mile ~57.02
Tappan Ranch at Grouse Creek (about mile 57) began as Willis Jones’s homestead cabin; Fred and Daisy (Paulsen) Tappan bought it for about…
Mile ~62.63
Shark Fin Rock at about mile 62.63 on river left is a distinctive fin-shaped outcrop with pictographs in an overhang reached by scrambling…
Mile ~65
Mormon Ranch on the Middle Fork north of Camas Creek was named for Mormon settlers who located there during the Thunder Mountain boom era.
Mile ~66.46
Flying B Ranch (about mile 66.5, river left) began as an early-1900s homestead used for cattle, hay, and orchard farming in the remote…
Mile ~74.05
Rattlesnake Cave at about mile 74.05 on river right is an overhanging rockshelter with well-known pictograph panels.
Mile ~77.6
Waterfall Creek enters from river right near mile 77.6, cascading steeply from the Bighorn Crags into the Middle Fork just upstream of…
Mile ~80.41
Veil Falls (about mile 80.4, river right) is a short steep hike into an overhanging amphitheater where a thin waterfall sprays like a veil…
Mile ~82.85
Mist Falls at about mile 82.85 on river right is a slender Impassable Canyon waterfall that can rage in runoff season and dwindle to a…
Mile ~83.41
Tombstone Pictographs at about mile 83.41 on river left occupy the base of a flat, lichen-covered wall in Impassable Canyon.
Mile ~96.5
Stoddard Pack Bridge spans the Main Salmon about a half mile below the Middle Fork confluence (guide mile ~96.5).
Mile ~103
Salmon River Lodge is a private riverside lodging property on the Main Salmon downstream of the Middle Fork takeout corridor.
Mile ~11.8
Prospector/packer cabin & placer remains at USFS mile 11.8; named outstanding historic site on rivers.gov.
Mile ~11.3
White Goat stamp mill & cabin at Powerhouse Rapids (~RM 11.3); burned 2007; named on rivers.gov.
Mile ~0
4,500-year Indigenous fishing/camping site excavated by ISU (10VY76); sockeye concentrate at the falls.
Mile ~87
Restored cabin of Earl Parrott, who lived ~30 years alone panning gold; named outstanding historic site on rivers.gov.
Mile ~13.1
Named for Tukudeka; Jack Crane cabin ~1911 and Smith–Hussey winter trapping HQ; major cultural soak site ~RM 13.1.
Mile ~46.8
WWII veteran placer miner killed in a 1954 rockfall and buried on-site with a military headstone; hot spring nearby.
Mile ~33.67
Iconic riverside geothermal (source ~149°F) with pools and hot shower; Shoshone/Nez Perce use area ~RM 33.7.
Mile ~28
1930s fluorspar mine of Budell & Mineshaw plus restricted Tukudeka house-pit area ~RM 28.
Mile ~36
Frontier cabin remains and downstream hot spring at a large river-left camp ~RM 36.
Mile ~52.5
Last major hot-spring stop on the Middle Fork (~RM 52.5); small riverside soak often washed out at high water.
Mile ~25.56
Major alternate put-in and USFS admin site; airstrip built 1930s, extended 1950s (~RM 25.6).
Mile ~7.26
Early-river geothermal pools in cobbles at Trail Flat Camp (~RM 7.3); minerals attract wildlife.
This GPX waypoint is labeled as a POI but describes Tappan II Rapid in Tappan Canyon, part of the ledge-and-boulder whitewater that begins…
Deep snorkel canyon plus cliff pictographs at ~RM 51.1; sacred Tukudeka fishing locale—absent from GPX entirely.
Named with Joe Bump, Parrott, and Powerhouse as an outstanding historic site on rivers.gov—location not established.