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?

96Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 98 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 100 out of 100

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

Thu 5 · 100 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 77 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
18°C
Rain
48.9 mm

Sat 7 · 100 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Sun 8 · 88 out of 100

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

Mon 9 · 81 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
9°C
Rain
4.2 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 294, good
  2. Tue 398, good
  3. Wed 4100, good
  4. Thu 5100, good
  5. Fri 677, good
  6. Sat 7100, good
  7. Sun 888, good
  8. Mon 981, good
  9. Tue 1086, good
  10. Wed 1185, 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
Mon 2Nov94, good5 kn12kn17°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov98, good5 kn13kn19°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov100, good6 kn14kn21°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov100, good7 kn17kn21°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov77, good8 kn14kn18°C48.9 mm
Sat 7Nov100, good5 kn12kn21°C0.3 mm
Sun 8Nov88, good5 kn13kn13°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov81, good3 kn13kn9°C4.2 mm
Tue 10Nov86, good10 kn26kn12°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov85, good10 kn27kn11°C0 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$2,170 each

about US$1,200–US$2,170 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 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$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$1,200–US$2,170

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Trenton

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Closest

Trenton

about 5 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 2 November 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