Staying Home Sucks, home
Liverpool, NY Washington Park, July 2023
Liverpool New York, the nearest town, 3 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

Nine Mile Creek

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 6 kn gusting 13, Air 21 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 96 out of 100

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

Tue 3 · 97 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 100 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 89 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
19°C
Rain
12 mm

Fri 6 · 98 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 71 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
6°C
Rain
2.1 mm

Sun 8 · 82 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 193, good
  2. Mon 296, good
  3. Tue 397, good
  4. Wed 4100, good
  5. Thu 589, good
  6. Fri 698, good
  7. Sat 771, good
  8. Sun 882, good
  9. Mon 984, good
  10. Tue 1084, 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 Nine Mile Creek
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov93, good4 kn10kn16°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov96, good3 kn9kn18°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov97, good3 kn10kn18°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov100, good6 kn13kn21°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov89, good6 kn12kn19°C12 mm
Fri 6Nov98, good1 kn8kn19°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov71, good7 kn18kn6°C2.1 mm
Sun 8Nov82, good5 kn15kn9°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov84, good3 kn7kn10°C0.3 mm
Tue 10Nov84, good6 kn13kn11°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.

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.

The map needs JavaScript. Every place on it is listed on this page, and each place's page links to Google Maps.

One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

More kayaking near here

5 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Nine Mile Creek

A launch on the Nine Mile Creek. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. None within 10 km, the nearest 22 km away. The town to stay in is Liverpool New York. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • River Nine Mile 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 None within 10 km, the nearest 22 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$1,060–US$1,940 each

about US$1,060–US$1,940 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 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to SYR, estimated from distance and season, 4 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$147–US$308
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
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$1,060–US$1,940

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Liverpool New York

Closest

Liverpool New York

6 min by car · 2 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 2 places to stay in Liverpool New York · Booking.com

About Liverpool New York 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 4h 20m

About 4h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SYR, direct, then 30 min 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 with a name mapped within 25 km: the map has one 22 km away with no name.

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