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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad station
Station Square Marina. Photo: David Brossard, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Station Square Marina

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

95Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 95 out of 100

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

Tue 3 · 100 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 100 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
22°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 98 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
20°C
Rain
9.6 mm

Fri 6 · 92 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
17°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 77 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Sun 8 · 86 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 195, good
  2. Mon 295, good
  3. Tue 3100, good
  4. Wed 4100, good
  5. Thu 598, good
  6. Fri 692, good
  7. Sat 777, good
  8. Sun 886, good
  9. Mon 987, good
  10. Tue 1079, 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 Station Square Marina
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov95, good3 kn10kn17°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov95, good1 kn7kn17°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov100, good4 kn10kn21°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov100, good5 kn13kn22°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov98, good6 kn21kn20°C9.6 mm
Fri 6Nov92, good4 kn20kn17°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov77, good7 kn23kn9°C0.3 mm
Sun 8Nov86, good3 kn10kn11°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov87, good5 kn13kn12°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov79, good6 kn14kn10°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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the spot and its town

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Photos of Station Square Marina

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Complex
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Looking out from Station Square
Photo: daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Smithfield Street Bridge Overview
Photo: daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

More kayaking near here

5 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Station Square Marina

A launch on the Monongahela River. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. None within 10 km, the nearest 10 km away. The town to stay in is Pittsburgh. Within 5 km we also list 7 kayak spots.

  • River Monongahela River
  • 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 10 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$1,070–US$1,940 each

about US$1,070–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 MDW to PIT, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$127–US$268
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$47–US$80
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$1,070–US$1,940

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Pittsburgh

Closest

Pittsburgh

1 min by car · 83 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 83 places to stay in Pittsburgh · Booking.com

About Pittsburgh 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

About 4h door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → PIT, direct, then 40 min by road

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

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

  • Kayak Pittsburgh Aspinwall 10 km

  • Sylvan Canoe Club 15 km

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