Fly fishing near Glenwood Springs, Colorado

The Roaring Fork River in Basalt in autumn, with golden cottonwoods along the bank
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The Roaring Fork River in Basalt, Colorado. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

3 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in a straight line; the nearest are Roaring Fork River (18 mi), Eagle River (21 mi) and Rifle Gap Reservoir (24 mi).

More about Glenwood Springs

2 fly shops and 1 fly-fishing guide are in Glenwood Springs or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Basalt, the Roaring Fork & the Fryingpan, 20 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

3 waters near Glenwood Springs

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Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Roaring Fork RiverFreestone river · 18 mi · Gold Medal Water · live USGS flow
  2. Eagle RiverFreestone river · 21 mi · Featured sport-fishing water · live USGS flow
  3. Rifle Gap ReservoirLake or reservoir · 24 mi · Featured sport-fishing water

Fly shops nearby

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Shops that name Glenwood Springs as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Fly-fishing guides nearby

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Guides and outfitters that name Glenwood Springs as their town or are mapped within 15 miles. Confirm licences, rates and dates directly; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Basalt, the Roaring Fork & the Fryingpan · 20 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 204659, Garfield County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.