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This is an overview that I found on Wikipedia of the larger rapids and highlights of our upcoming Grand Canyon trip.

• Mile 0.0 – Lee’s Ferry
• Mile 0.2-1.0 – Paria River Riffle
• Mile 4.2 – Navajo Bridges
• Mile 7.9 – Badger Creek Rapid (5)(first major rapid in Marble Canyon)
• Mile 11.2 – Soap Creek Rapid (5)
• Mile 16.9 – House Rock Rapid (7)
• Mile 20.5 – North Canyon Rapid (5) (beginning of the “Roaring 20’s”)
• Mile 21.2 – 21 Mile Rapid (5)
• Mile 23.0 – 23 Mile (Indian Dick) Rapid (4)
• Mile 23.5 – 23.5 Mile Rapid (4)
• Mile 24.2 – 24 Mile (Georgie) Rapid (6)
• Mile 24.5 – 24.5 Mile Rapid (6)
• Mile 24.9 – 25 Mile Rapid (6)
• Mile 25.6 – Cave Springs Rapid (5)
• Mile 26.8 – Tiger Wash Rapid (5)
• Mile 29.2 – 29 Mile Rapid, Silver Grotto, and Shinumo Wash Camp
• Mile 31.7 – Stanton’s Cave
• Mile 31.9 – Vasey’s Paradise
• Mile 33.0 – No rapid – site of the proposed Redwall Dam
• Mile 33.1 – Redwall Cavern
• Mile 34.8 – Nautiloid Canyon
• Mile 35.8 – The Bridge of Sighs; this is one of the few Grand Canyon arches visible from the river.
• Mile 36.0 – 36 Mile Rapid (4)
• Mile 43 – Anasazi Bridge
• Mile 43.7 – President Harding Rapid (4)
• Mile 47.1 – Saddle Canyon
• Mile 52.0 – Nankoweap Rapid (3)
• Mile 56.0 – Kwagunt Rapid (5)
• Mile 61.25 – Little Colorado River enters
• Mile 64.7 – Carbon Creek
• Mile 65.5 – Lava Canyon (Chuar) Rapid (4)
• Mile 68.5 – Tanner Rapid (4)
• Mile 72.5 – Unkar Rapid (6)
• Mile 75.5 – Nevills Rapid (6)
• Mile 76.6 – Hance Rapid (8)
• Mile 78.5 – Sockdolager Rapid (7) – (Sockdolager is an archaic slang word for knockout blow!)
• Mile 81.5 – Grapevine Rapid (7)
• Mile 83.6 – 83 Mile Rapid (3)
• Mile 84.7 – Zoroaster Rapid (5)
• Mile 85.3 – 85 Mile Rapid (3)
• Mile 87.5 – Kaibab Bridge and Phantom Ranch boat beach
• Mile 87.7 – Bright Angel Rapid (3) and Bright Angel Bridge
• Mile 88.9 – Pipe Springs Rapid (3)
• Mile 90.2 – Horn Creek Rapid (8)
• Mile 93.4 – Granite Rapid (8). One of the more difficult rapids with a strong pull to the wall on river right.
• Mile 94.9 – Hermit Rapid (8). Perhaps the strongest hydraulics and biggest waves in the canyon.
• Mile 96.7 – Boucher Rapid (4)
• Mile 98.2 – Crystal Rapid (9). Dangerous rock garden at bottom of rapids on river left.
• Mile 99.1 – Tuna Creek Rapid (6)
• Mile 99.4 – Lower Tuna (Willie’s Necktie) Rapid (4)
• Mile 100.5 – Agate Rapid (3). The beginning of “the gems.”
• Mile 101.2 – Sapphire Rapid (7)
• Mile 102.0 – Turquoise Rapid (3)
• Mile 103.9 – 104 Mile (Emerald) Rapid (5)
• Mile 104.5 – Ruby Rapid (5)
• Mile 106.0 – Serpentine Rapid (7)
• Mile 107.7 – Bass Rapid (4)
• Mile 108.3 – Beach and trailhead for Bass’s Camp
• Mile 108.6 – Shinumo Rapid (4)
• Mile 110.0 – 110 Mile Rapid (3)
• Mile 110.9 – Hakatai Rapid (4)
• Mile 112.1 – Waltenberg Rapid (6)
• Mile 116.5 – Elves Chasm is a popular side canyon with a small clear-flowing stream.
• Mile 118.8 – 119 Mile Rapid (2)
• Mile 120.0 – Blacktail Rapid (3)
• Mile 122.0 – Mile 122 Rapid (4)
• Mile 122.7 – Forstel Rapid (5)
• Mile 124.9 – Fossil Rapid (5)
• Mile 127.0 – Mile 127 Rapid (3)
• Mile 128.5 – Mile 128 Rapid (3)
• Mile 130.0 – Specter Rapid (6)
• Mile 130.5 – Bedrock Rapid (7)
• Mile 131.7 – Deubendorff Rapid (7)
• Mile 133.7 – Tapeats Rapid (5)
• Mile 134.8 – 135 Mile (Helicopter Eddy) Rapid (3)
• Mile 135.0 – Granite Narrows. This is the narrowest location of the river at 76 feet.
• Mile 136.2 – Deer Creek Falls is a popular stop, both for the falls themselves and for hikes up to the “narrows” and the “throne room.”
• Mile 137.8 – Dorris Rapid (4)
• Mile 138.5 – 138.5 Mile Rapid (3)
• Mile 139.0 – Fishtail Rapid (4)
• Mile 141.2 – 141 Mile Rapid (2)
• Mile 143.5 – Kanab Rapid (3)
• Mile 149.7 – Upset Rapid (6)
• Mile 156.7 – Havasu Canyon is a beautiful turquoise-watered side canyon. Havasu Canyon (3) follows shortly downstream.
• Mile 171.2 – Gateway Rapid (3)
• Mile 179.2 – Lava Falls Rapid is perhaps the most difficult, if short, run in the entire canyon.
• Mile 185.2 – 185 Mile Rapid (2)
• Mile 186.9 – Whitmore Helipad
• Mile 187.8 – Whitmore Rapid (3)
• Mile 205.2 – 205 Mile (Kolb) Rapid (6)
• Mile 209.0 – 209 Mile Rapid (5)
• Mile 212.0 – Little Bastard Rapid (3)
• Mile 212.9 – Pumpkin Spring
• Mile 215.6 – Three Springs Rapid (2)
• Mile 217.3 – 217 Mile Rapid (5)
• Mile 220.2 – Granite Spring Rapid (2)
• Mile 223.4 – 224 Mile Rapid (3)
• Mile 225.0 – Diamond Creek Take-out. This is the first location downriver from Lee’s Ferry where a road reaches the river (assuming that it’s not washed out by a flashflood of Diamond Creek). This is a popular takeout for Grand Canyon boating trips.