City: TX
County: Manuel Benavides
Type: Whitewater Access
Location: 29.29680100, -103.95500200
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Real-time data from USGS Water Services
Whitewater Run
II+
Rio Grande - 2. Colorado Canyon: Rancherias Canyon to Lajitas (21 miles)
6 ft/mi
Current Conditions
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• 200.00-10000.00 cfs
Rio Grande near Castolon, TX
Whitewater Runs on Rio Grande
23 runs (3 nearby)Difficulty Classes
I Easy
II Novice
III Intermediate
IV Advanced
V Expert/Extreme
VI Unrunnable
Position relative to this access site:
Put-in at this location
This location is on the run
Take-out at this location
Downstream from here Upstream from here
Downstream from here Upstream from here
II+
This location is on this run
2. Colorado Canyon: Rancherias Canyon to Lajitas (21 miles)
21.2 mi
6 ft/mi
II(III)
Downstream from here (12.1 mi to put-in)
3. Santa Elena Canyon: Lajitas to Santa Elena Canyon River Access (20 miles)
20.6 mi
7 ft/mi
II-III
Upstream from here (7.5 mi from take-out)
1. Hoodoos: Redford to Colorado Canyon (15.75 miles)
16.0 mi
6 ft/mi
These whitewater runs are on the same river but located more than 50 miles from this access site.
II
57 mi away
4. Mariscal Canyon: Talley to Solis Landing (10 miles)
10.2 mi
12 ft/mi
I-II
61 mi away
5. San Vicente & Hot Springs Canyon: Solis Landing to Rio Grande Village (19 miles)
19.4 mi
I-II
69 mi away
6. Rio Grande Village to La Linda (34.5 miles)
34.6 mi
4 ft/mi
II-III+
79 mi away
7. Lower Canyons: La Linda to Dryden Crossing (83.5 miles)
84.3 mi
5 ft/mi
III
468 mi away
08. Otowi Bridge to Cochiti Reservoir
22.3 mi
III
496 mi away
07. Quartzite River Access to County Line River Access
4.4 mi
12 ft/mi
II
497 mi away
06. Taos Junction Bridge to Quartzite River Access
6.6 mi
III-IV
501 mi away
05. John Dunn Bridge to Taos Junction Bridge (Lower Taos Box)
15.0 mi
31 ft/mi
II-III
514 mi away
04. Red River confluence to John Dunn Bridge
8.4 mi
12 ft/mi
V
521 mi away
03. Chiflo Campground to Little Arsenic Trail
7.8 mi
69 ft/mi
II-IV
527 mi away
02. Lee Trail to Chiflo Campground
9.9 mi
47 ft/mi
II-III
536 mi away
01. Lobatos Bridge(Colorado) to Lee Trail
24.0 mi
5 ft/mi
II
536 mi away
08. Lobatos Bridge to Lee Trail
21.0 mi
7 ft/mi
I-II
551 mi away
07. Lasauses to Lobatos Bridge
20.0 mi
3 ft/mi
II
566 mi away
06. Alamosa to Lasauses
20.1 mi
15 ft/mi
II
602 mi away
05. South Fork to Del Norte
20.9 mi
17 ft/mi
II-III+
607 mi away
04. Wagon Wheel Gap to South Fork
11.4 mi
21 ft/mi
II-III
617 mi away
03. Creede to Wagon Wheel Gap
10.2 mi
II-III
622 mi away
02. Box Canyon to Creede
23.7 mi
24 ft/mi
III-IV
625 mi away
01. Box Canyon (CO)
8.1 mi
38 ft/mi
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
About This Access Site
La Cuesta River Access is a whitewater access point on the Rio Grande located in Brewster County near Manuel Benavides, Texas. This remote location serves paddlers looking to access the Rio Grande for whitewater kayaking and canoeing adventures. The site provides direct access to the river in an area known for scenic canyon paddling along the Texas-Mexico border.