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Green ice on the tittabawassee
Tittabawassee River. Photo: Christian Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Tittabawassee River

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

87Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Wind 9 kn gusting 22, Air 21 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 99 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0.2 mm

Thu 5 · 88 out of 100

Wind
11 kn
Gusts
25kn
Air
14°C
Rain
2.7 mm

Fri 6 · 84 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
10°C
Rain
1.2 mm

Sat 7 · 83 out of 100

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

Sun 8 · 79 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
10°C
Rain
4.2 mm

Mon 9 · 85 out of 100

Wind
11 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
12°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 10 · 81 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
25kntoo gusty
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 399, good
  2. Wed 499, good
  3. Thu 588, good
  4. Fri 684, good
  5. Sat 783, good
  6. Sun 879, good
  7. Mon 985, good
  8. Tue 1081, good
  9. Wed 1183, good
  10. Thu 1290, 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 Tittabawassee River
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Tue 3Nov99, good10 kn22kn22°C0.6 mm
Wed 4Nov99, good9 kn22kn21°C0.2 mm
Thu 5Nov88, good11 kn25kn14°C2.7 mm
Fri 6Nov84, good4 kn8kn10°C1.2 mm
Sat 7Nov83, good4 kn11kn9°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov79, good6 kn19kn10°C4.2 mm
Mon 9Nov85, good11 kn24kn12°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov81, good10 kn25kntoo gusty11°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov83, good8 kn18kn10°C0 mm
Thu 12Nov90, good9 kn19kn14°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.

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the spot and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Tittabawassee River

A launch on the Tittabawassee River. 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 Midland.

  • River Tittabawassee River
  • 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.

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$1,040–US$1,890 each

about US$1,040–US$1,890 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 MBS, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$114–US$235
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$34–US$60
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$1,040–US$1,890

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Midland

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Closest

Midland

about 5 min by car · 5 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 5 places to stay in Midland · Booking.com

About Midland 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 3h 40m

About 3h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MBS, direct, then 35 min by road

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

On the water

River level

Gauge at TITTABAWASSEE RIVER AT MIDLAND, MI, 2 km downstream: 15.8 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