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Downtown Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, street 02
Huntingdon, the nearest town, 6 km away. Photo: Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Warrior Ridge Dam Boat Launch

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 Tue 3: Wind 4 kn gusting 11, Air 20 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 96 out of 100

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

Tue 3 · 99 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
20°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 94 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 92 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
19°C
Rain
18.6 mm

Fri 6 · 97 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 73 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Sun 8 · 87 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
12°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 296, good
  3. Tue 399, good
  4. Wed 494, good
  5. Thu 592, good
  6. Fri 697, good
  7. Sat 773, good
  8. Sun 887, good
  9. Mon 986, good
  10. Tue 1078, 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 Warrior Ridge Dam Boat Launch
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov95, good5 kn14kn17°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov96, good3 kn10kn18°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov99, good4 kn11kn20°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov94, good7 kn17kn21°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov92, good6 kn15kn19°C18.6 mm
Fri 6Nov97, good5 kn13kn19°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov73, good8 kn17kn8°C0.3 mm
Sun 8Nov87, good2 kn8kn12°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov86, good2 kn8kn11°C1.2 mm
Tue 10Nov78, good9 kn20kn12°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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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Warrior Ridge Dam Boat Launch

A launch on the Juniata River. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 6.4 km away. The town to stay in is Huntingdon.

  • River Juniata 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 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 6.4 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$1,120–US$2,030 each

about US$1,120–US$2,030 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 SCE, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$141–US$288
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$87–US$147
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$1,120–US$2,030

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Huntingdon

Closest

Huntingdon

11 min by car · 6 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 6 places to stay in Huntingdon · Booking.com

About Huntingdon 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 40m

About 4h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SCE, direct, then 1h by road

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

On the water

River level

Gauge at Juniata River at Huntingdon, PA, 7 km downstream: 11.8 m³/s, normal for November (updated 2 h ago). Running.

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

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