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Androscoggin River. Photo: Jon Platek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Androscoggin River

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

86Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: Wind 1 kn gusting 6, Air 21 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 89 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 93 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 98 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 99 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 80 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
15°C
Rain
22.8 mm

Sat 7 · 81 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
9°C
Rain
7.8 mm

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
11 kn
Gusts
30kntoo gusty
Air
6°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 179, good
  2. Mon 289, good
  3. Tue 393, good
  4. Wed 498, good
  5. Thu 599, good
  6. Fri 680, good
  7. Sat 781, good
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 986, good
  10. Tue 1083, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Androscoggin River
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov79, good6 kn18kn9°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov89, good6 kn19kn16°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov93, good4 kn11kn16°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov98, good5 kn14kn21°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov99, good1 kn6kn21°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov80, good2 kn7kn15°C22.8 mm
Sat 7Nov81, good5 kn12kn9°C7.8 mm
Sun 8Nov0, poor11 kn30kntoo gusty6°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov86, good3 kn9kn12°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov83, good4 kn15kn10°C0 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. The river's level is under In the water. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Androscoggin River

A launch on the Androscoggin River. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. None within 10 km, the nearest 26 km away. The town to stay in is Gorham.

  • River Androscoggin River
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire None within 10 km, the nearest 26 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,220–US$2,210 each

about US$1,220–US$2,210 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to PWM, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$174–US$362
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$583
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$201–US$375
Totalabout US$1,220–US$2,210

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Gorham

Closest

Gorham

7 min by car · 15 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 15 places to stay in Gorham · Booking.com

About Gorham its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 6h 25m

About 6h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → PWM, direct, then 2h 10m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

River level

Gauge at Androscoggin River near Gorham, NH, 11 km upstream: 37.4 m³/s, low for November (updated 1 h ago). Running.

Bands are this gauge's own record: under its usual low, running, high, and in flood on its few highest days a year. Not a runnable range for the section: check before you go. River levels in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey (public domain). Credits

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 25 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits