Staying Home Sucks, home
2025-11-04 12 31 07 Autumn view southeast down the Delaware River towards the Calhoun Street Bridge along the border of Mahlon Stacy Park in Trenton, New Jersey and Lower Makefield Township and Morrisville, Pennsylvania
Near Ferry Road Canal Access West. Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ferry Road Canal Access West

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 21 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 95 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
17°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 98 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 99 out of 100

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

Thu 5 · 95 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
22°C
Rain
0.6 mm

Fri 6 · 87 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
19°C
Rain
33 mm

Sat 7 · 80 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kntoo gusty
Air
12°C
Rain
0.9 mm

Sun 8 · 86 out of 100

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

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 191, good
  2. Mon 295, good
  3. Tue 398, good
  4. Wed 499, good
  5. Thu 595, good
  6. Fri 687, good
  7. Sat 780, good
  8. Sun 886, good
  9. Mon 988, good
  10. Tue 1070, 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 Ferry Road Canal Access West
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov91, good1 kn7kn14°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov95, good6 kn13kn17°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov98, good6 kn14kn19°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov99, good5 kn14kn21°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov95, good7 kn15kn22°C0.6 mm
Fri 6Nov87, good3 kn11kn19°C33 mm
Sat 7Nov80, good7 kn13kntoo gusty12°C0.9 mm
Sun 8Nov86, good5 kn13kn11°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov88, good3 kn9kn12°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov70, good11 kn24kn12°C6 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. 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.

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Photos of Ferry Road Canal Access West

2025-11-04 12 31 01 Autumn view southeast down the Delaware River along the border of Mahlon Stacy Park in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey and Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Near Ferry Road Canal Access West. Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Ferry Road Canal Access West

A launch on the Delaware Canal. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. None within 10 km, the nearest 19 km away. The town to stay in is Trenton.

  • River Delaware Canal
  • 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 19 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$1,200–US$2,160 each

about US$1,200–US$2,160 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 PHL, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$154–US$315
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$1,200–US$2,160

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Trenton

Closest

Trenton

3 min by car · 11 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 11 places to stay in Trenton · Booking.com

About Trenton 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 5h 05m

About 5h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → PHL, direct, then 1h 15m by road

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

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits