Pacific Coast Paddling Vacations

Pacific Coast Paddling Travel Guide

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• Biking
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• Paddling
• Skiing
• Snow Sports
• Beach Guide
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• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Horses and Riding
  • Nature
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Paddling Destinations In Pacific Coast

• Los Angeles, CA
  
• Glacier Bay National Park, AK
  
• Sacramento, CA
  
• Talkeetna, AK
  
• Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, OR
  
• Deschutes National Forest, OR
  
• Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
  
• Puget Sound, WA
  
• San Juan Islands, WA
  
• Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, AK
  

Travel Guides In Pacific Coast

• Anchorage and Seward, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Family Guide
• Big Island, HI
  • Beach Guide
  • Family Guide
• Glacier Bay National Park, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Homer, AK
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Santa Cruz, CA
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Beach Guide
• Seaside, OR
  • Beach Guide
• Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Gig Harbor, WA
  • Beach Guide
• Seal Beach, CA
  • Beach Guide
• Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, AK
  • Active and Adventure Guide

United States Paddling Subregions

• Mid-Atlantic
• Midwest
• Mountain West
• Northeast
• Pacific Coast
• Southeast
• Southwest

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

Pacific Coast Paddling Destinations

• Alaska
• California
• Hawaii
• Oregon
• Washington

Feature Articles

• The Thrill of the Skill
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  Paddling
• San Francisco
  Kayaking in the city by the bay
• Moon Paddle
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• Wild Wild West
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  Kern and Arkansas Rivers
• Find Your Flow
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  Chattooga River, Georgia, and the North Fork of the Kern River, California

Trip Ideas

• Multisport Mayhem in Wrangell-St. Elias Nat'l Park and Prince William Sound
  
• Backyard Playgrounds
  Whether it’s for a few hours or a few days, we’ve all got to get away sometime. Since we can’t always explore the Amazon after work or trek Tibet in a weekend, we bring you an inspired list of the country’s best city-centric, all-natural playgrounds—ones within city limits, and ones just beyond the suburban sprawl—tailor-made for bite-sized bursts of urban adventuring.

Practical Advice

• A Whitewater Rafting Primer
  
• A Sea Kayaking Primer
  
• GORP - Mastering Leave No Trace - Introduction
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• GORP - How To Outfit a Family Canoe Adventure
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• GORP - Choosing a Canoe for Family Trips
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GORPTravel Trips

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  Deschutes River Rafting Adventures - Oregon
  Sage Canyon River Company
  from $59, 1-3 days
  Sage Canyon River Co. offers a variety of professionally guided whitewater rafting trips on the Deschutes River in Oregon. From relaxing family...
  
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  Canoeing the Upper Missouri River - Lewis and Clark's Wilderness
  Big Wild Adventures
  from $0, 8 days
  The upper Missouri - A gentle river, flowing mostly through wilderness, little-changed since Lewis & Clark. ...
  
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  Vancouver Island - Olympic Peninsula Multi-Sport
  The World Outdoors
  from $2498, 6 days
  Where ancient temperate rainforests and jagged mountains meet the pounding Pacific, British Columbia's Vancouver Island and Washington's Olympic...
  
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  Umpqua River Rafting
  Destination Wilderness
  from $129, 3 days
  The Umpqua River is a classic Oregon white water rafting river, flowing from headwaters near Crater Lake. ...
  
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  Sea Kayak in the San Juan Islands - Day Tour
  San Juan Excursions
  from $69, 1 days
  Sea kayak along the west-side of San Juan Island... beautiful scenery and amazing wildlife! ...
  

Gear

• Complete Gear Archives: Paddling
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things paddling.
• KayakPro Nemo Sea Kayak
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  H2Aaahh
• Necky Manitou 13
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• Float and Gloat
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  Not every playboat is for whitewater. Maximize your summer fun on lakes, rivers, and oceans with these versatile sit-on-top kayaks.
• Sea Me
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  British adventure filmmaker JUSTINE CURGENVEN, 33, elevates sea kayaking to the highest level of action sports: cool videos!

Fitness

• Power Stroke
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  Get fit for summer's hottest sport—in less time than you'd think
• City Without Limits
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  Seattle
• The Shape of Your Life
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  Beyond the Weight Room

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Comfort Inn Yosemite Valley Gateway
4994 Bullion St.
Mariposa, CA 95338 Map

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Marina International Hotel
4200 Admiralty Way
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 Map

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Hale Pau Hana Resort LLC
2480 S. Kihei Road
Kihei, HI 96753 Map

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