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Royal River
Yarmouth Town Landing. Photo: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Yarmouth Town Landing

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

91Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Wind 6 kn gusting 6, Air 17 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 94 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
17°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 89 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
3kn
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 90 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 91 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
15°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Fri 6 · 92 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 86 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
12°C
Rain
3.6 mm

Sun 8 · 85 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
15kn
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 185, good
  2. Mon 294, good
  3. Tue 389, good
  4. Wed 490, good
  5. Thu 591, good
  6. Fri 692, good
  7. Sat 786, good
  8. Sun 885, good
  9. Mon 985, good
  10. Tue 1085, 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 Yarmouth Town Landing
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov85, good7 kn11kn10°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov94, good6 kn6kn17°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov89, good3 kn3kn13°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov90, good8 kn9kn14°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov91, good9 kn13kn15°C0.3 mm
Fri 6Nov92, good2 kn5kn16°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov86, good8 kn12kn12°C3.6 mm
Sun 8Nov85, good8 kn15kn11°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov85, good2 kn7kn10°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov85, good8 kn11kn10°C0.3 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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kayaking days in a typical week, each month, for expert paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 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. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec6of 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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Photos of Yarmouth Town Landing

Second Falls, Yarmouth, Maine
Near Yarmouth Town Landing. Photo: Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Second Falls, Yarmouth
Near Yarmouth Town Landing. Photo: Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

More kayaking near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Yarmouth Town Landing

A launch on the Royal 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 1.6 km away. The town to stay in is Freeport.

  • River Royal 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 1.6 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$1,130–US$2,060 each

about US$1,130–US$2,060 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 PWM, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$174–US$362
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$60–US$100
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$1,130–US$2,060

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Freeport

Closest

Freeport

15 min by car · 18 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 18 places to stay in Freeport · Booking.com

About Freeport 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 5h 05m

About 5h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → PWM, direct, then 50 min by road

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

On the water

River level

Gauge at Royal River at Yarmouth, Maine, 0 km upstream: 0.796 m³/s, very low for November (updated 1 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 with a name mapped within 25 km: the map has one 1.6 km away with no name.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits