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Mill Pond Boat Ramp. Photo: Bernie Ongewe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Mill Pond Boat Ramp

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

96Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Wind 2 kn gusting 8, Air 21 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 99 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 99 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
23°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 93 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
22°C
Rain
0.9 mm

Fri 6 · 100 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0.6 mm

Sat 7 · 96 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
17°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 90 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
14°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 81 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
14°C
Rain
3.6 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 593, good
  4. Fri 6100, good
  5. Sat 796, good
  6. Sun 890, good
  7. Mon 981, good
  8. Tue 1070, good
  9. Wed 1171, good
  10. Thu 1278, 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 Mill Pond Boat Ramp
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Tue 3Nov99, good3 kn9kn21°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov99, good6 kn15kn23°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov93, good6 kn13kn22°C0.9 mm
Fri 6Nov100, good2 kn8kn21°C0.6 mm
Sat 7Nov96, good5 kn14kn17°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov90, good5 kn11kn14°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov81, good7 kn17kn14°C3.6 mm
Tue 10Nov70, good9 kn19kntoo gusty12°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov71, good7 kn13kntoo gusty9°C0 mm
Thu 12Nov78, good5 kn21kn8°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 grade III 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 Wed 4 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.

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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 Mill Pond Boat Ramp

Mine Falls Park. Nashua, NH - panoramio
Photo: Bernie Ongewe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mine Falls Generating Station
Photo: Taborfrench20, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More kayaking near here

1 place

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Mill Pond Boat Ramp

A launch on the Nashua Power Canal. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. None within 10 km, the nearest 18 km away. The town to stay in is Nashua. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

  • River Nashua Power Canal
  • 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 None within 10 km, the nearest 18 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$1,110–US$2,030 each

about US$1,110–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 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MHT, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$168–US$349
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$47–US$81
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$1,110–US$2,030

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Nashua

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Closest

Nashua

about 10 min by car · 3 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 3 places to stay in Nashua · Booking.com

About Nashua 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 4h 50m

About 4h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MHT, 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

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

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