Posted: 6/26/2015 4:23:13 PM EDT
| What are some great places in this country to navigate a waterway with a kayak, with great scenery and all that? I'm sort of on a nature kick and want to go out and experience it more. |
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What are some great places in this country to navigate a waterway with a kayak, with great scenery and all that? I'm sort of on a nature kick and want to go out and experience it more. Alaska. We have lots of waterways and scenery. Everything is on fire right now though. Also strangely Kentucky. Kentucky is #2 behind alaska for miles of navigable waterways in the US. The Cumberland river is nice, as well as the green river and the Dix. I use to go a lot when I was stationed at Knox. |
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What are some great places in this country to navigate a waterway with a kayak, with great scenery and all that? I'm sort of on a nature kick and want to go out and experience it more. Im planning on doing the susquehanna, since im next to it. Just have to talk one of my friends into taking that many days off work. |
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That's very helpful, man. 
I'm thinking more specific like actual certain stretches of rivers to kayak on or whatever. Not all rivers are created equal. 
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Florida. That's very helpful, man.
I'm thinking more specific like actual certain stretches of rivers to kayak on or whatever. Not all rivers are created equal.
Google Itchetucknee Springs. Your welcome. 
Joe |
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Quoted: Google Itchetucknee Springs. Your welcome. Joe Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Florida. That's very helpful, man. I'm thinking more specific like actual certain stretches of rivers to kayak on or whatever. Not all rivers are created equal. Google Itchetucknee Springs. Your welcome. Joe Looks awesome |
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Got to watch out for Manatees. Almost had one flip me with his tail. Big critters. Quoted:
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Florida. That's very helpful, man.
I'm thinking more specific like actual certain stretches of rivers to kayak on or whatever. Not all rivers are created equal.
Google Itchetucknee Springs. Your welcome.
Joe Got to watch out for Manatees. Almost had one flip me with his tail. Big critters. |
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I'm trying to get on some rivers myself, with my kayak. So far I've just been on some ponds/small lakes.
I remember fishing the Au Sable River in the lower peninsula when I was a kid. Dad had a little home made pontoon boat he fished from while we fished/played along the bank. Beautiful place. In WV you've got the Greenbrier River and the Gauley River above Summersville Lake (only ones I've fished from a boat/canoe). Some of the rivers in WV are pretty dangerous though (Gauley River below Summersville Dam and the New River from where the Greenbrier River dumps into it all the way down to the New River Gorge Bridge.) That's why I got a fishing kayak. I wanted to go/fish places where bass boats wouldn't be roaring by or jumping in front of you as you fished a cove. Don't know about other states but Virginia has lots of info on the VDGIF website that shows the public boat landings on the rivers, how many miles it is on the river from one landing to the next, how many miles it is on the road from one landing to the next, maps of the roads from one landing to the next, etc. So far, all I've done is collect information. |
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Quoted: Southern Missouri has a lot of great rivers for kayaking. Yes, the Ozark National Scenic Riverways isn't a National park for nothing. Beautiful clear streams, towering bluffs, caves, springs, and lots of wildlife. You can float and camp on the gravel bars and the fishing is great. I'll be there in a few weeks for a camping and floating trip. |
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Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario Canada is really nice for canoeing and kayaking. I've been there at least a dozen times. Once you get into the interior of the park, you might not see another person for several days. It's an awesome place to visit if you're into canoeing/kayaking through the wilderness. There are primitive camping areas throughout the lake and river shores. I've seen many moose, bear, and even some wolves there. The only real drawback to me is being that it's Canada, firearms are prohibited. I carry a field knife, camp axe, and a large can of bear spray.
http://www.algonquinpark.on.ca/ 
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FL, all day long, if you aren't scared of gators.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeR18Tt1N1g
No Gators to contend with in WI but we do have Muskies! |
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Mangrove Trails.
Caladesi Island State Park in Florida, near Palm Harbor 
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Let's get a boating forum. I am new to kayaking and want to learn more but following a thread in GD for longer than 2 hours is damn near impossible http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_2/1762569_.html&page=1 |
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That's very helpful, man.
I'm thinking more specific like actual certain stretches of rivers to kayak on or whatever. Not all rivers are created equal. Quoted:
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Florida. That's very helpful, man.
I'm thinking more specific like actual certain stretches of rivers to kayak on or whatever. Not all rivers are created equal. Despite all the crazy Florida stories, we're kind of spoiled by the natural beauty down here OP. From a kayaking, fishing, diving standpoint...the options are almost endless. Anywhere in the Keys is gorgeous. A myriad of good choices along the Intracoastal Waterway. Another great option a little further inland is the Santa Fe River |
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Picture rocks along Lake Superior http://www.paddlingmichigan.com/ |
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Quoted: Despite all the crazy Florida stories, we're kind of spoiled by the natural beauty down here OP. From a kayaking, fishing, diving standpoint...the options are almost endless. Anywhere in the Keys is gorgeous. A myriad of good choices along the Intracoastal Waterway. Another great option a little further inland is the Santa Fe River Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Florida. That's very helpful, man. I'm thinking more specific like actual certain stretches of rivers to kayak on or whatever. Not all rivers are created equal. Despite all the crazy Florida stories, we're kind of spoiled by the natural beauty down here OP. From a kayaking, fishing, diving standpoint...the options are almost endless. Anywhere in the Keys is gorgeous. A myriad of good choices along the Intracoastal Waterway. Another great option a little further inland is the Santa Fe River I kind of like the idea of walls of vegetation on the sides of the river that you paddle by. Almost like great corridors for kings made in castles. The big natural displays of being on a lake and seeing snow capped mountains is neat, but doesn't really feel "kayaking" to me, that feels more like being on a boat. I would like to be on narrow strips of water (rivers and creeks). |