Methods and systems to enable travel on a waterway

A system to enable travel on a waterway, comprising:

• a user device that comprises a user interface;
• a control circuit communicatively coupled to the user device and configured to:
• receive a river run request that is associated with travel on a waterway;
• determine a river section positioned between a put-in location and a take-out location;
• determine a velocity estimate associated with the river section;
• determine a mileage for the river run request using a desired time and the velocity estimate;
• determine a time of float using the mileage and the velocity estimate;
• transmit the mileage and the time of float to a user interface for conveyance thereon;
• wherein the river run request comprises the desired time, the put-in location, and the take-out location;
• and
• wherein in determining the mileage the control circuit uses the desired time and the velocity estimate.

A method to enable travel on a waterway, comprising:

• receiving, via a computing device, a river run request from a user device, the river run request is associated with travel on a waterway, the user device comprises a user interface, the waterway;
• determining, via the computing device, a river section positioned between a put-in location and a take-out location;
• determining, via the computing device, a velocity estimate associated with the river section using a hydraulic radius, a slope between the put-in location and the take-out location, and a roughness factor, the hydraulic radius is associated with the river section, the roughness factor is associated with the river section;
• determining, via the computing device, a mileage for the river run request using a desired time and the velocity estimate;
• determining, via the computing device, a time of float using the mileage and the velocity estimate;
• transmitting, via the computing device, one or more of the mileage and the time of float to the user interface for conveyance thereon;
• wherein the river run request comprises the desired time, the put-in location, and the take-out location;
• and
• wherein determining the mileage comprises determining, via the computing device, the mileage using the desired time and the velocity estimate.