Staying Home Sucks, home
Bridge Street nb at 3rd Street, New Cumberland, PA, July 2025
New Cumberland, the nearest town, 1 km away. Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's…, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

New Cumberland Borough Park Access

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

97Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Wind 2 kn gusting 10, Air 21 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 99 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
20°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 98 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 96 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
20°C
Rain
12.1 mm

Fri 6 · 100 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
21°C
Rain
3 mm

Sat 7 · 99 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
20°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 87 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 86 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
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 399, good
  3. Wed 498, good
  4. Thu 596, good
  5. Fri 6100, good
  6. Sat 799, good
  7. Sun 887, good
  8. Mon 986, good
  9. Tue 1082, good
  10. Wed 1176, 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 New Cumberland Borough Park Access
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov97, good5 kn12kn18°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov99, good3 kn10kn20°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov98, good7 kn16kn21°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov96, good5 kn15kn20°C12.1 mm
Fri 6Nov100, good2 kn10kn21°C3 mm
Sat 7Nov99, good4 kn10kn20°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov87, good3 kn14kn12°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov86, good7 kn17kn13°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov82, good7 kn24kn12°C0.3 mm
Wed 11Nov76, good8 kn26kn12°C0 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 grade III paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 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. Dec6of 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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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About New Cumberland Borough Park Access

A launch on the Yellow Breeches Creek. 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 New Cumberland. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • River Yellow Breeches Creek
  • 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$1,060–US$1,930 each

about US$1,060–US$1,930 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 ORD to MDT, estimated from distance and season, 4 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$148–US$302
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$1,060–US$1,930

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: New Cumberland

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Closest

New Cumberland

about 5 min by car · 17 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 17 places to stay in New Cumberland · Booking.com

About New Cumberland 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 4h 20m

About 4h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MDT, direct, then 30 min by road

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

On the water

River level

Gauge at Yellow Breeches Creek near Camp Hill, PA, 4 km upstream: 3.29 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 50 km.

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