This guide covers the upper Willamette River including 12.5 miles on the Coast Fork, 17 miles of the Middle Fork, and 81 miles of the upper mainstem of the Willamette River. It is the companion to the guide for the Lower Willamette River. Together the mapbooks cover the 200 miles of the Willamette Water Trail.

This guide includes options for put-in, take-out and camping, river hazards, and amenities offered at Water Trail sites along the way. The Willamette Water Trail is a collection of publicly owned and accessible sites that enable people to travel the river in human-powered craft such as canoes, kayaks, rafts, and drift boats.