Kayaking activities in USA
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Manhattan Kayak Company
Manhattan Kayak Company offers a huge array of waterborne options, suitable for first-timers or experts, from April to November. The five-hour ‘sushi’ trip leads to a Japanese-New Jersey community for sushi lunch ($100, not including food). Other offerings include 90-minute full-moon night tours ($65) and a tough full-day romp around Manhattan ($225). One-hour practice sessions are $35. Call for tour times.
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Downtown Boathouse
New York’s most active public boathouse offers free walk-up 20-minute kayaking (including equipment) in the protected embayment in the Hudson River on weekends and some weekday evenings. Longer rides (eg to Governor’s Island) usually go from the Midtown location at Clinton Cove; there’s another boathouse at Riverside Park on the Upper West Side.
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Long Island Community Boathouse
This boathouse regularly offers free walk-up kayaking, as well as other trips from its other boathouse at Anable Basin, including Friday Night ‘Chill Paddles’ and more adventurous (and demanding) Saturday paddles.
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Boulder City Outfitters
Small-group guided kayak tours launch from the base of Hoover Dam for Willow Beach (two-person minimum), with stop at caves and canyons along the way. All guided outdoor adventures include a picnic lunch and free shuttle service to/from the Strip. Canoe and kayak rentals, trailer rentals and shuttle service available.
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Chicago Kayak
Based in suburban Evanston, this company teaches courses in sea kayaking for the novice to the advanced kayaker. Numerous trips on Lake Michigan and the Chicago River depart from points in the city. Rates start at $75 for a four-hour course.
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Red Hook Boaters
This boathouse, located in the remote harborside neighborhood of Red Hook, offers free kayaking and canoeing out on the East River and in the Buttermilk Channel. Trips are available two or three times weekly from May to October.
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Excursions in Maine
Excursions in Maine offers scenic half-day kayak tours ($60) as well as overnight trips with two days of paddling ($250). If you’re proficient, you can rent kayaks for $35 to 45 per day.
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Water’s Edge
In Franklin, you’re well placed for a quiet kayaking experience far from the madding crowds in Bar Harbor. The Water’s Edge rents kayaks on the shores of tranquil Egypt Bay.
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Chicago River Canoe & Kayak
The launch point is about 2 miles north of downtown, so it’s better for beginners (ie away from traffic). Guided trips, like the Skyscraper Canyon tour ($50) on Sunday evenings, head downtown.
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Hoboken Cove Boathouse
Just across the Hudson River, this nonprofit boathouse offers occasional free kayaking days from June to August at the waterfront shown as Marlon Brando’s turf in On the Waterfront.
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Wateriders
Wateriders is closest to downtown. If you decide to go with a guided tour, it offers excellent daily ‘Ghost and Gangster’ trips ($60) that glide by notorious downtown sites.
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Friends of Brook Park
This Bronx community organization works hard at developing the Harlem River waterfront and hosts various events, including a Harlem River paddle in September.
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National Park Sea Kayak Tours
Numerous Bar Harbor–based outfits offer tours of Acadia National Park and also rentals, including National Park Sea Kayak Tours.
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Coastal Kayaking Tours
Numerous Bar Harbor–based outfits offer tours of Acadia National Park and also rentals, including Coastal Kayaking Tours.
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Venture Athletics
Venture Athletics rents kayaks and can arrange guided kayak tours if you have at least four people in your party.
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Moss Bay Rowing & Kayak Center
Moss Bay offers rentals, extensive lessons and tours on Lake Union.
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Cape Cod Waterways
Cape Cod Waterways, near MA 134, allows you to explore scenic Swan River from the vantage point of a canoe or kayak.
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Confluence Kayaks
Situated under a health food store, this centrally located kayak shop offers gear rental and lots of advice about the area’s whitewater from laid-back, amiable staff. If you’re a beginner they offer lessons at nearby Confluence Park, but the classes fill fast so it’s best to sign up several days in advance.
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