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Tannery Creek (1)
Tannery Creek. Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Tannery Creek

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

83Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Wind 4 kn gusting 9, Air 14 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 86 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 83 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
22°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 79 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
19kntoo gusty
Air
19°C
Rain
1.9 mm

Thu 5 · 77 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
13°C
Rain
1.8 mm

Fri 6 · 87 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
14°C
Rain
2.1 mm

Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 70 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
9°C
Rain
1.8 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 199, good
  2. Mon 286, good
  3. Tue 383, good
  4. Wed 479, good
  5. Thu 577, good
  6. Fri 687, good
  7. Sat 782, good
  8. Sun 870, good
  9. Mon 984, good
  10. Tue 1083, 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 Tannery Creek
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov99, good2 kn7kn20°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov86, good7 kn14kn18°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov83, good10 kn22kn22°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov79, good9 kn19kntoo gusty19°C1.9 mm
Thu 5Nov77, good9 kn20kn13°C1.8 mm
Fri 6Nov87, good4 kn9kn14°C2.1 mm
Sat 7Nov82, good4 kn11kn9°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov70, good9 kn24kn9°C1.8 mm
Mon 9Nov84, good6 kn14kn11°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov83, good7 kn18kn12°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.

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. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 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. Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec4of 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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More kayaking near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Tannery Creek

A launch on the Tannery Creek. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 0.0 km away. The town to stay in is Holland.

  • River Tannery Creek
  • 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 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 0.0 km away.

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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$911–US$1,630 each

about US$911–US$1,630 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: fuel, 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
Fuelabout 355 km there 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 bring your ownabout US$201–US$375
Totalabout US$911–US$1,630

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Holland

Closest

Holland

31 min by car · 22 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 22 places to stay in Holland · Booking.com

About Holland 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 2h 20m

About 2h 20m door to door from Chicago

Drive: Drive, about 2h 20m

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

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

  • Third Coast Paddling 0.0 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