Staying Home Sucks, home
Pack Square Park, Asheville, NC February 2011
Asheville, the nearest town, 6 km away. Photo: Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Woodfin Park Access

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

97Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 96 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
17°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 99 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
20°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 93 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
17°C
Rain
0.8 mm

Thu 5 · 100 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
23°C
Rain
2.1 mm

Fri 6 · 100 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 90 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
15°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 94 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
17°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 191, good
  2. Mon 296, good
  3. Tue 399, good
  4. Wed 493, good
  5. Thu 5100, good
  6. Fri 6100, good
  7. Sat 790, good
  8. Sun 894, good
  9. Mon 988, good
  10. Tue 1072, 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 Woodfin Park Access
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov91, good9 kn19kn14°C2.8 mm
Mon 2Nov96, good10 kn23kn17°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov99, good10 kn23kn20°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov93, good10 kn21kn17°C0.8 mm
Thu 5Nov100, good5 kn11kn23°C2.1 mm
Fri 6Nov100, good4 kn12kn21°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov90, good7 kn21kn15°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov94, good10 kn24kn17°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov88, good8 kn18kn13°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov72, good10 kn23kntoo gusty8°C0.6 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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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Woodfin Park Access

A launch. 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 3.3 km away. The town to stay in is Asheville. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • 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 3.3 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$1,950 each

about US$1,070–US$1,950 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 AVL, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$141–US$288
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$40–US$67
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$1,950

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Asheville

Closest

Asheville

11 min by car · 68 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 68 places to stay in Asheville · Booking.com

About Asheville 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 10m

About 4h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → AVL, 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

  • French Broad Outfitters 3.3 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