This is list of water trails designated as part of the National Water Trails System in the United States. The designation was established by the National Park Service in 2012 as a subclass of trails in the National Recreation Trails Program, itself a component of the National Trails System. National Water Trails are fit for navigation by small, non-motorized vessels such as canoes, kayaks, and rafts. Eligible trails must be complete, well designed and maintained, and open to the public. , there are 41 National Water Trails. A number of additional water trails have been designated as National Recreation Trails, but not explicitly as National Water Trails.

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Name State Length Alabama Scenic River Trail AL Arkansas River Water Trail KS Bayou Teche Paddle Trail LA Black Canyon Water Trail AZ, NV Bronx River Blueway NY Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Water Trail GA Chippewa River Water Trail WI Comal River Water Trail TX Cuyahoga River Water Trail OH Fabulous Fox! Water Trail IL, WI Flint River Water Trail MI Great Miami River Watershed Water Trail OH Great Pinery Heritage Waterway WI Green and Nolin Rivers Blueway KY Hudson River Greenway Water Trail NY Huron River Water Trail MI Kankakee River Water Trail IN Kansas River Trail KS Kitsap Peninsula Water Trail WA Mississippi National River and Recreation Area Water Trail MN Mississippi River Water Trail IL, MO Missouri National Recreational River Water Trail IA, NE, SD Mohave Water Trail AZ, NV Musconetcong Watershed National Water Trail NJ New York State Canalway Water Trail NY North Carolina Smoky Mountain Blueways NC Ohio River Water Trail around Parkersburg, West Virginia OH, WV Ohio River Way IN, IL, OH Okefenokee Wilderness Canoe Trail System GA Red Rock Water Trail IA Rock River Water Trail IL, WI Schuylkill River Water Trail PA Shiawassee River Water Trail MI South Carolina Revolutionary Rivers Trail SC St. Louis River Estuary Water Trail MN, WI Suwannee River Wilderness Trail FL, GA The Island Loop Route MI Trinity River Paddling Trail TX Tualatin River Water Trail OR Waccamaw River Blue Trail SC Willamette River Water Trail OR

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