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Corn Hill Landing. Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Corn Hill Landing

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

95Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Wind 5 kn gusting 12, Air 23 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 96 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
20°C
Rain
4.3 mm

Wed 4 · 100 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
23°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 98 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
19°C
Rain
9.8 mm

Fri 6 · 95 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 93 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
17°C
Rain
0.9 mm

Sun 8 · 85 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 85 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 299, good
  2. Tue 396, good
  3. Wed 4100, good
  4. Thu 598, good
  5. Fri 695, good
  6. Sat 793, good
  7. Sun 885, good
  8. Mon 985, good
  9. Tue 1082, good
  10. Wed 1181, 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 Corn Hill Landing
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov99, good5 kn13kn21°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov96, good2 kn5kn20°C4.3 mm
Wed 4Nov100, good5 kn12kn23°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov98, good7 kn16kn19°C9.8 mm
Fri 6Nov95, good2 kn9kn18°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov93, good5 kn15kn17°C0.9 mm
Sun 8Nov85, good7 kn18kn11°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov85, good7 kn17kn11°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov82, good10 kn30kn10°C0.3 mm
Wed 11Nov81, good9 kn19kn8°C1.2 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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kayaking days in a typical week, each month, for expert paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec5of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical weather, not a forecast, and not the river's level: a month that is often good to be outside may still be low water.

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 Corn Hill Landing

GeneseeRiverCrewPracticeDouglassAnthonyBridge
Photo: DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
HighFallsRochesterNY July 2010
High Falls, 2 km away. Photo: DCwom ( talk ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

More kayaking near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Corn Hill Landing

A launch on the Genesee River. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Rochester. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • River Genesee 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 No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map.

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$1,050–US$1,920 each

about US$1,050–US$1,920 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 ROC, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$141–US$289
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$34
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$1,050–US$1,920

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Rochester

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Closest

Rochester

about 5 min by car · 23 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 23 places to stay in Rochester · Booking.com

About Rochester 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 3h 55m

About 3h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → ROC, direct, then 25 min by road

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

On the water

River level

Gauge at GENESEE RIVER AT FORD STREET BRIDGE, ROCHESTER NY, 1 km upstream: 22.9 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 50 km.

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