Olympic’s Lake Crescent by Kayak: Mountains, Blue Water and Quiet Shorelines
Lake Crescent offers mountain-lake paddling in Olympic National Park, with dramatic views, practical boat-cleaning facilities and important cold-water safety advice.
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Bighorn Canyon by Kayak: Paddling Below Wyoming’s Towering Cliffs
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area offers paddling beneath steep canyon walls, with practical launches, guided options and changing water levels to consider.
Paddling Black Canyon: Hoover Dam, Willow Beach and Lake Mohave
The Black Canyon National Water Trail below Hoover Dam offers a memorable Colorado River kayak journey, with specialised access and cold-water precautions.
Lake Clark by Kayak: Planning a Fly-In Adventure in Alaska
Lake Clark National Park offers exceptional mountain-lake kayaking but most visitors arrive by aircraft, creating special demands for equipment and safety planning.
Fire Island by Small Boat: Great South Bay, Watch Hill and Sailors Haven
Fire Island National Seashore can be reached by small motorboat, sailboat or kayak, with permitted docking, anchoring and marina options along Great South Bay.
Lake Meredith: Pontoon Cruises and Paddling in the Texas Panhandle
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area offers pontoon boating, kayaking and waterfront recreation in the Texas Panhandle, with access affected by changing lake levels.
Chickasaw’s Lake of the Arbuckles: A Family Dayboat Holiday in Oklahoma
Chickasaw National Recreation Area offers two different forms of boating: motorboat cruising and fishing on Lake of the Arbuckles, and slower paddling on Veterans Lake.
Lake Amistad by Motorboat: Exploring the Canyons Around Del Rio
Texas's Lake Amistad is a dramatic setting for dayboat cruising, with canyon arms, sheltered coves and specific lake-use and border-navigation requirements.
Floating Missouri’s Ozarks: Current River and Jacks Fork by Canoe
Ozark National Scenic Riverways offers a range of canoe, kayak and raft trips on Missouri's Current and Jacks Fork rivers, including licensed outfitters.
Blue Mesa Reservoir by Motorboat: A Curecanti Holiday in Colorado
Curecanti National Recreation Area offers motorboating on Blue Mesa Reservoir, a large Colorado waterway with scenic arms, regulated launches and changing winds.
Sleeping Bear Dunes by Small Boat: From Platte River to Lake Michigan
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers choices between gentle river floats, peaceful inland lakes and more demanding sea-kayaking on Lake Michigan.
Kenai Fjords by Sea Kayak: Alaska’s Glaciers and a Guided Wilderness Day
Kenai Fjords National Park offers unforgettable guided sea-kayaking opportunities near glaciers and marine wildlife, but its exposed waters demand experience.
Paddling the Saint Croix and Namekagon: A Family River Holiday in the Midwest
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway provides a range of paddling experiences, from short family canoe outings to overnight travel along protected rivers.
Lake Roosevelt by Small Motorboat: Washington Launches and Reservoir Cruising
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area offers small-boat touring and fishing, but reservoir fluctuations can change launch access even within a day.
Upper Delaware River: An Autumn Float Through New York and Pennsylvania
The Upper Delaware offers free-flowing scenery, placid pools and lively riffles, but water temperature and limited transport services deserve attention.
Big Thicket by Canoe: Texas Bayous, Forested Creeks and Water Trails
Big Thicket National Preserve offers paddling along creeks, rivers and bayous, with designated water trails and free ranger-led activities during the year.
Point Reyes by Kayak: A Quiet Tomales Bay Outing on California’s Coast
Tomales Bay offers relatively sheltered kayaking beside Point Reyes National Seashore, but visitors must respect tide, wildlife closures and camping rules.
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