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Chance Pond Brook Covered Bridge, Webster Lake, Franklin, NH
Lagace Beach Boat Launch. Photo: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Lagace Beach Boat Launch

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 13, Air 22 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 94 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 99 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
22°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 96 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
18°C
Rain
1.1 mm

Fri 6 · 91 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
17°C
Rain
0.9 mm

Sat 7 · 93 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 88 out of 100

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

Mon 9 · 87 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
12°C
Rain
5.7 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 296, good
  2. Tue 395, good
  3. Wed 499, good
  4. Thu 595, good
  5. Fri 694, good
  6. Sat 795, good
  7. Sun 892, good
  8. Mon 988, good
  9. Tue 1082, good
  10. Wed 1175, good

The spot in one fact

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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 Lagace Beach Boat Launch
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov96, good7 kn15kn20°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov95, good2 kn5kn18°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov99, good6 kn14kn22°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov95, good9 kn22kn18°C1.1 mm
Fri 6Nov94, good2 kn7kn17°C0.9 mm
Sat 7Nov95, good6 kn16kn18°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov92, good4 kn11kn16°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov88, good9 kn23kn12°C5.7 mm
Tue 10Nov82, good10 kn28kn9°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov75, good10 kn22kn7°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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About

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About Lagace Beach Boat Launch

A launch on the Chance Pond Brook. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water as private or closed to boats: check before you go. None within 10 km, the nearest 48 km away. The town to stay in is Franklin. Within 5 km we also list 1 ski resort and 2 kayak spots.

  • River Chance Pond Brook
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water as private or closed to boats: check before you go.
  • Schools, hire None within 10 km, the nearest 48 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: Franklin

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Closest

Franklin

about 5 min by car · 6 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 6 places to stay in Franklin · Booking.com

About Franklin 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 30m

About 5h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MHT, direct, then 1h 20m by road

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

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

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

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