Staying Home Sucks, home
Red House Lake at sunset, Allegany State Park, New York - 20211110
Red House Lake Boat Launch. Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Red House Lake Boat Launch

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

82Good out of 100 for your dates

Usually home sucks

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 82 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 82 out of 100

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Wed 4 · 82 out of 100

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Thu 5 · 82 out of 100

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Fri 6 · 82 out of 100

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Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

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Sun 8 · 82 out of 100

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No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

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Usual weather for your dates

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Usual kayak conditions at Red House Lake Boat Launch, each day of your trip
DayWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2to 8usually8 kn23kn9°C0 mm

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Photos of Red House Lake Boat Launch

Sunset at Red House Lake, Allegany State Park - 20210317 - 01
Near Red House Lake Boat Launch. Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
A Forest Creek
Near Red House Lake Boat Launch. Photo: Floyd Hightower, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More kayaking near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Red House Lake Boat Launch

A launch. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Red House.

  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map.

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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$1,180–US$2,130 each

about US$1,180–US$2,130 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 BUF, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$134–US$281
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$1,180–US$2,130

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Red House

Closest

Red House

8 min by car

about US$134/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Red House · Booking.com

About Red House 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 20m

About 5h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → BUF, direct, then 1h 55m 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 50 km.

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