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Williams Street Extension, Bellows Falls VT
Near Connecticut River. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Connecticut River

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

94Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Wind 5 kn gusting 14, Air 20 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 93 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 99 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
20°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 96 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
18°C
Rain
0.2 mm

Fri 6 · 90 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
16°C
Rain
21.6 mm

Sat 7 · 93 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
15°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Sun 8 · 86 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 88 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 297, good
  2. Tue 393, good
  3. Wed 499, good
  4. Thu 596, good
  5. Fri 690, good
  6. Sat 793, good
  7. Sun 886, good
  8. Mon 988, good
  9. Tue 1081, good
  10. Wed 1177, 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 Connecticut River
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov97, good5 kn12kn20°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov93, good2 kn8kn16°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov99, good5 kn14kn20°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov96, good10 kn23kn18°C0.2 mm
Fri 6Nov90, good4 kn10kn16°C21.6 mm
Sat 7Nov93, good4 kn12kn15°C0.3 mm
Sun 8Nov86, good9 kn21kn12°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov88, good2 kn11kn13°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov81, good10 kn24kn8°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov77, good10 kn27kn6°C1.5 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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Photos of Connecticut River

Depot Street Bridge, Bellows Falls
Near Connecticut River. Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bellows Falls Amtrak platform
Near Connecticut River. Photo: Mackensen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Miss Bellows Falls Diner, Bellows Falls, Vermont
Near Connecticut River. Photo: Sfoskett~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Connecticut River

A launch on the Connecticut River. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. None within 10 km, the nearest 32 km away. The town to stay in is Londonderry.

  • River Connecticut 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 32 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$1,210–US$2,200 each

about US$1,210–US$2,200 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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MHT, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$168–US$349
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$255
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$349–US$584
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$637
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$201–US$376
Totalabout US$1,210–US$2,200

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Londonderry

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Closest

Londonderry

about 55 min by car · 1 place to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 1 place to stay in Londonderry · Booking.com

About Londonderry 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 6h

About 6h door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MHT, direct, then 1h 50m by road

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

On the water

River level

Gauge at CONNECTICUT RIVER AT NORTH WALPOLE, NH, 2 km downstream: 60.3 m³/s, very low for November (updated 2 h ago). Low.

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