Kayak destinations in the USA

Where to go kayaking... If you are looking for some interesting places to go kayaking, see the historic and scenic locations rated on this site from 5 flags to 1.  

Of the places visited by the Flagship Adventure Teams so far, these are the trips we enjoyed most and believe you will as well... with details about facilities and launching.

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1. Jamestown Island, VA...Photo gallery with full screen slideshow   

5  Flag rating ..if you can only take one trip this summer..this is the one. Click here to get the details.

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2. St. Clements Island, MD ... Photo gallery with full screen slideshow 

5 Flag rating...this is a must do picnic trip!!! Click here for details.    See ...  Colton's Point Marina

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3. Wash. DC - Potomac - Roosevelt Island...Photo gallery with full screen slideshow

5 Flag rating...see the nations capital from the seat of a kayak..bring your bike on this trip. Click here for details

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4. Ponce Inlet - New Smyrna, FL..See the Photo Album with full screen slideshow here 

5 Flag rating...bring a picnic and some walking shoes... land on the beach and explore the lighthouse. Click for details.

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5. Coolidge Park - Chattanooga, TN - Photo album with full screen slideshow

5 Flag rating... put in downtown and picnic on McClellan Island...bring your bike on this trip. Click here for details.

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ALSO ***** See Gary's Trips  for reviews of more kayaking locations.

Eastern US  - - - Launch sites listed in GA, MD, DE, NJ, FL, SC, ON, PA...click here.

1. Tennessee and Ohio.....Wolftever Creek,  Coolidge Park - Downtown  Chattanooga,  Skull Island,  Chickamauga Lake, Lake Ocoee, Harrison Bay, Booker T. Washington, Tennessee River Park, Marion County, Cherokee Lake, Douglas Lake, Lake Erie - Back Bay, Sandusky/Cedar Point, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo.

2.  Maryland and Washington DC...Jane's Island, Deep Creek Lake, St. Clements Island - Lighthouse,  Mount Vernon, Elk Neck Island - Lighthouse, Fort Frederick,  Assateague Island, Baltimore Inner Harbor, Annapolis- Naval Academy, Washington DC Downtown- Gravelly Point and Jack's Boathouse, Quiet Waters Park - Annapolis, The National Harbor, Point Lookout, Savage River, Youghiogheny River, Sandy Point Annapolis, Pocomoke State Park, Wye Island, Indian Head - General Smallwood State Park, Chestertown, MD.

3. Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey...Schuylkill River Philadelphia, Onondaga Lake, Onieda Lake -  Syracuse, Boston- USS Constitution, Boston -Christian Herter Park, Connecticut - Mystic Seaport, USS Nautilus, Skaneateles, Owasco, Cayuga, Seneca and Ontario Lakes, Pittsburgh, Statue of Liberty - Liberty State Park

4. Virginia, North and South Carolina, Delaware ...Jamestown Island, Alexandria, Virginia Eastern Shore Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague Island - Oyster Bay (Assateague Lighthouse), Back Bay, Lake Hartwell, New River, Lewes, Cape Henlopen, Wilmington, Milton-Broadkill River

5. Florida, Georgia and Alabama...Ponce Inlet - New Smyrna Beach, St. Augustine, Shell Point, St. Petersburg, Lake Lanier, Lake Talquin, Seminole Lake, Lake Eufaula