ACA-Recommended Water Trails are trails that meet a set of basic criteria and have been designated by the ACA as particular good destinations for paddlers. The basic criteria are:
- The trail is a contiguous or semi-contiguous waterway or series of waterways that is open to recreational use by paddlers;
- The trail has public access points for paddlers;
- The trail is covered by a map, guide, signage or a web site that is of reasonable quality and detail and available to the public.
- Published or printed materials for the trail (e.g. guidebook, map, signs, website) communicate low-impact ethics to trail users; and
- The trail is supported and/or managed by one or more organizations.
ACA-Recommended Water Trails earn the right to use a special ACA logo in maps, signs and other printed material related to the trail. The ACA expands this list by designating new trails a few times each year.
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