Nushagak River Points

For the full mon­ty you will want to float all the way to Dilling­ham along the Nusha­gak Riv­er near its mouth. Here is where the reg­u­lar com­mer­cial flights can take you back to Anchorage.

The long trip is to go all the way to New Stuya­hok on the Nusha­gak Riv­er where there are reg­u­lar­ly sched­uled com­mer­cial flights available.

This trip is best start­ed from Dilling­ham, which can be reached by reg­u­lar­ly sched­uled air ser­vice from Anchor­age. From there, a char­tered plane on wheels can take you to one of sev­er­al grav­el bar land­ing areas near the con­flu­ences with the Chi­chit­nok River.

This trip is best start­ed from Dilling­ham, which can be reached by reg­u­lar­ly sched­uled air ser­vice from Anchor­age. From there, a char­tered plane on wheels can take you to one of sev­er­al grav­el bar land­ing areas near the con­flu­ences with the King Salmon Riv­er. Out­fit­ter & Guide Ani­ak Air Guides has pro­vid­ed out­fit­ting and guides for floats in West­ern Alas­ka since 1995. Their pack­ages include all gear except your sleep­ing bag and food.…  ...more

There is usu­al­ly some­one at New Stuya­hok and Dilling­ham who will, for a small fee, help move your gear by 4 wheel­er, to the airstrip. GPS Coor­di­nates King Salmon Riv­er Con­flu­ence: N 60.26 degrees by W 157.28 degrees Nukakuk Riv­er Con­flu­ence: N 59.81 degrees by W 157.45 degrees Koli­ganek: N 59.51 degrees by W 157.51 New Stuya­hok: N 59.45 degrees by W 157.32 degrees Ekwok Take Out: N 59.35 degrees by W 157.47 degrees Dilling­ham: N 59.04 degrees…  ...more

The riv­er slow­ly becomes east flow­ing as it approach­es the vil­lage of Koli­ganek. It is 10 to 12 miles from the Nukakuk Riv­er to where Koli­ganek vil­lage is found sit­ting on the right shore. There is a new airstrip here and some ser­vices avail­able if you end your trip here. The GPS coor­di­nates for Koli­ganek airstrip are N 59.51 degrees by W 157.51. It is 1 mile east of the vil­lage site.