Floatable rivers · Minnesota

Minnesota rivers you can float

6 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

• Cannon River

  Cannon Falls to Welch

  Fullest: Apr–Jun Leanest: Dec–Feb tubingcanoe

• Crow Wing River

  Nimrod-area water trail

  Fullest: Apr–Jun Leanest: Dec–Feb canoekayak

• Kettle River

  Banning State Park gorge below Sandstone

  Fullest: Apr–Jun Leanest: Dec–Feb kayakraft

• Root River

  Lanesboro to Houston

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Dec–Feb canoekayak

• Rum River

  Cambridge to St. Francis

  Fullest: Apr–Jun Leanest: Dec–Feb canoekayak

• St. Croix River

  Interstate Park dalles from Taylors Falls downstream

  Fullest: Apr–Jun Leanest: Dec–Feb canoekayak

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.