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Little River
Kayak Launch. Photo: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Kayak 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 Wed 4: Wind 6 kn gusting 14, Air 19 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 92 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 97 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 96 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 93 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
17°C
Rain
13.5 mm

Sat 7 · 90 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
15°C
Rain
20.7 mm

Sun 8 · 93 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
17°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 88 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 298, good
  2. Tue 392, good
  3. Wed 497, good
  4. Thu 596, good
  5. Fri 693, good
  6. Sat 790, good
  7. Sun 893, good
  8. Mon 988, good
  9. Tue 1084, good
  10. Wed 1180, 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 Kayak Launch
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov98, good7 kn14kn20°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov92, good4 kn11kn16°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov97, good6 kn14kn19°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov96, good8 kn17kn18°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov93, good4 kn10kn17°C13.5 mm
Sat 7Nov90, good5 kn10kn15°C20.7 mm
Sun 8Nov93, good7 kn16kn17°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov88, good6 kn15kn13°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov84, good10 kn22kn10°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov80, good8 kn20kn9°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 expert paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 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. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec5of 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 Kayak Launch

Little River, Freeport, Maine 1
Photo: Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park
Near Kayak Launch. Photo: daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

More kayaking near here

2 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Kayak Launch

A launch on the Little 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 9.6 km away. The town to stay in is Freeport. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 1 kayak spot.

  • River Little 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 9.6 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 2 November 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$101
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$1,130–US$2,060

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Freeport

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Closest

Freeport

about 10 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 2 November 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

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire with a name mapped within 25 km: the map has one 9.6 km away with no name.

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

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