The best way to start paddling is to check in with your local paddling club. Most clubs have classes and trips and it is a good idea to go with experienced paddlers – you will learn much faster that way… and have a great time in the process. To edit a listing or get your club listed below, fill out the form here.
Paddling Club Listings by State
Birmingham Canoe Club
PO Box 951
Birmingham, AL 35201
www.birminghamcanoeclub.org
Knik Canoers & Kayakers
PO Box 242861
Anchorage, AK 99524
www.kck.org
Juneau Kayak Club
PO Box 0218865
Juneau, AK 99802-1865
Desert Paddlers Club
Tempe, AZ
www.desertpaddlers.com
Prescott Paddle America Club
PO Box 12098
Prescott, AZ 86304
(928) 445-5480
Southern Arizona Paddlers Club
Tucson, AZ
www.soazpaddlers.org
Arkansas Canoe Club
PO Box 1843
Little Rock, AR 72203
www.arkansascanoeclub.com
Bay Area Sea Kayakers
229 Courtright Road,
San Rafael, CA 94901
www.bask.org
California Kayak Friends
2419 E. Harbor Blvd. #96
Ventura, CA. 93001
www.ckf.org
California National Canoe and Kayak Club
Box 1686, Clovis
CA 93613,
(559) 298-1209
Kern River Alliance
909 Oberlin Court
Bakersfield, CA 93305
www.kernriver.org
San Francisco Sea Kayakers
229 Courtright Rd.
San Rafael, CA 94901
Colorado Whitewater Association
2 Silver Cloud
Boulder, CO 80302
www.coloradowhitewater.org
Pike’s Peak Whitewater Club
16299 Cala Rojo Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80926
www.pikespeakwhitewaterclub.com
Pueblo Paddlers
Pueblo, CO
www.pueblopaddlers.org
Rocky Mountain Canoe Club
3796 S. Olathe Circle
Aurora, CO 80013
(303) 584-0225
www.rockymountaincanoeclub.org
Rocky Mt. Sea Kayak Club
PO Box 100643
Denver, CO 80210
www.rmskc.org
Columbia Canoe Club
41 Pine Woods Ln.
Mansfield Center, CT 06250
(860) 423-5331
www.geocities.com/caherrick
ConnYak
PO Box 197
Ellington, CT 06029
www.connyak.org
Wilmington Trail Club
www.wilmingtontrailclub.org
Coconut Kayakers
PO Box 3646
Tequesta, FL 33469
Emerald Coast Paddlers
PO Box 2424
Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32549
(850) 837-157
Palm Beach Pack & Paddle Club
PO Box 16041
West Palm Beach, FL 33416
Seminole Canoe and Kayak Club
4619 Ortega Farms Circle
Jacksonville, Fl. 32210
Contact: John D. Malinowski at: felis555@bellsouth.net
www.flsckc.com
South Florida Bush Paddlers Association
Miami
www.bushpaddlers.org
Space Coast Paddlers
PO Box 360193
Melbourne, FL 32936
West Florida Canoe Club
P.O. Box 17203
Pensacola, FL 32522
www.wflcc.com
Tampa Bay Sea Kayakers
P.O. Box 1124
Palm Harbor, FL 34682 – 1124
http://clubkayak.com/tbsk/
Atlanta Sea Kayakers
Atlanta, GA
www.atlantakayak.com
Atlanta Whitewater Club
PO Box 33
Clarkston, GA 30021
(404) 299-3752
www.atlantawhitewater.com
Central Georgia River Runners
PO Box 6563
Macon, GA 31208
Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club
2500 Club Drive
Gainesville, GA 30506
(770) 287-7888
conhagler@aol.com
Georgia Canoeing Association
PO Box 7023
Atlanta, GA 30357
(770)421-9729
www.georgiacanoe.org
gacanoe@mindspring.com
Hawaii Island Kayak Club
74-425 Keal a Kehe Pkwy.
Kailua-Kana
HI 96740
Hui Nalu Canoe Club
3373 Campbell Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815
www.hui-nalu.org
Idaho River Sports Canoe Club
1521 North 13th St.
Boise, ID 83702
(208) 336-4844
Idaho Rivers United
PO Box 633
Boise, ID 83701
(208) 343-7481
www.idahorivers.org
Chicago Area Sea Kayaker Assn.
26W354 Burdette
Corol Stream, IL 60188
www.caska.org/caska.htm
Mackinaw Canoe Club
701 East Polk Street
Morton, IL 61550
Saukenuk Paddlers C&K Club
PO Box 888
Moline, IL 61266-0888
www.rivers-end.org/saukenuk
Prairie State Canoeists
Bolingbrook, IL
www.prairiestatecanoeists.org
Hoosier Canoe Club
7650 Poplar Road
Brownsburg, IN 46112
(317) 858-0963
www.hoosiercanoeclub.org/hccmain
Marshall County Paddlers c/o Dale Baker
12515 Nataka Tr.
Plymouth, IN 46563
www.members.tripod.com/~kayak_paddlers
Ohio Valley Whitewater Club
www.ovwc.homestead.com
Wildcat Canoe Club
www.indianaoutfitters.com/wcc
Central Iowa Paddlers
688 Polk Boulevard
Des Moines
IA 50312
(515) 277-1763
www.paddleiowa.org
Iowa Paddlesport Association
2423 Taft Street
Perry, IA 50220
www.iowapaddlesportassociation.com
Kansas Canoe Association
Kansas City Whitewater Club
www.kcwc.org
KC FUN: Kayaking & Hiking
Kansas City, KS
kansascityfun1@gmail.com
www.bit.ly/kansascityfun
Elkhorn Paddlers
www.elkhornpaddlers.org
Viking Canoe Club
PO Box 32263
Louisville, KY 40232
www.vikingcanoeclub.org
Bayou Chapter Ozark Society
PO Box 4693
Shreveport, LA 71134
www.ozarksociety.net
Bayou Haystackers Paddling Club
www.bayouhaystackers.com
Penobscot Paddle & Chowder Society
www.mainenature.org/ppcs
Wooden Canoe Heritage Assn.
www.wcha.org/toc.html
Chesapeake Paddlers Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 341 Greenbelt
MD 20768-0341
www.cpakayaker.com
Greater Baltimore Canoe Club
www.baltimorecanoeclub.org
Monocacy Canoe Club
PO Box 1083
Frederick, MD 21702
www.monocacycanoe.org
Potomac River Paddlers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Potomac_River_Paddlers/
Delmarva Paddlers
Boston Sea Kayak Club
www.bskc.org
Martha’s Vineyard Oar & Paddle
PO Box 1429
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508) 627-4905
www.kayakmv.com
Appalachian Mountain Club
Southeast Massachusetts Chapter
www.amcsem.org
Black Parrot Paddling, LLC
3444 Green Acres Lane
Pinckney, MI 48169
(313) 322-9258
Lansing Oar and Paddle Club
PO Box 26254
Lansing, MI 48909
West Michigan Coastal Kayak Association
www.wmcka.org
Cascaders Canoe and Kayak Club
4408 Edmund Blvd.
Minneapolis, MN 55406
(612) 722-2875
Minnesota Canoe Assn.
Box 13567
Dinkytown Station
Minneapolis, MN 55414
(952) 985-1111
www.canoe-kayak.org
Rapids Riders
www.rapidsriders.org
Superior Kayak and Outdoor Adventure Club
PO Box 581792
Minneapolis, MN 55458
www.skoac.org
KC FUN: Kayaking & Hiking
Kansas City, MO
kansascityfun1@gmail.com
www.bit.ly/kansascityfun
Missouri Whitewater Assn.
PO Box 3000
St. Louis, MO 63130
www.missouriwhitewater.org
Ozark Mountain Paddlers
www.ozarkmtnpaddlers.org
Beartooth Paddlers Society
PO Box 20432
Billings, MT 59104
(406) 252-3724
www.sunshine-sports.com
Montana Paddlers
243 North 22nd Ave.
Bozeman, MT 59718
(406) 994-2513
Missouri River Valley Paddlers
Lincoln/Omaha, NE area.
Ledyard Canoe Club
(603) 643-6709
www.dartmouth.edu/~lcc
Merrimack Valley Paddlers
PO Box 334
Merrimack, NH 03054
(603) 432-6870
www.mvpclub.org
Hackensack River Canoe Club
PO Box 369
Bogota, NJ 07603
Inwood Canoe Club
280 Riverside Ave
Rutherford, NJ 07070
(212) 569-6475
Mohawk Canoe Club
5 Vincent Street
Chatham, NJ 07928
(973) 635-6467
www.mohawkcc.com
Wanda Canoe Club
Ridgefield, Park
Adobe Whitewater Club of New Mexico
PO Box 3835
Albuquerque, NM 87112
www.adobeww.org
Ahwaga Canoe Club
PO Box 261
Windsor, NY 13865
www.ahwagacanoe.com
Central New York Kayak Club
Syracuse, NY
www.cnykayakclub.com
Cold Spring Kayak Club
Box 81
Cold Spring, NY 10516
www.cskc.org
Long Island Kayak Club
Long Island, NY, (631) 691-2396
www.LongIslandKayakClub.com
Long Island Paddlers
Long Island, NY
P.O. Box 115
West Sayville, NY 11796
www.lipaddlers.org
Metropolitan Canoe and Kayak Club
PO Box 021868
Brooklyn, NY 11202-0040
Sebago Canoe Club
Paerdegat Basin
1400 Paerdegat Ave. N.,
Brooklyn, NY 11236
(718) 241-3683
www.sebagocanoeclub.org
Yonkers Paddling and Rowing Club
Yonkers, NY
(914) 963-5544
www.yprc.org
Twin Rivers Paddle Club
406 Craven Street
New Bern, NC 28560
www.twinriverspaddleclub.org
Carolina Canoe Club
PO Box 12932
Raleigh, NC 27605
www.carolinacanoeclub.com
Triad River Runners
PO Box 24094
Winston-Salem, NC 27114
Western Carolina Paddlers
PO Box 8541
Asheville, NC 28814
www.boatingbeta.com/~wcp/
Bradstreet Sea Kayakers
318 Breezewood
Bay Village, OH, 44140
(440) 617-9879
www.seakayaker.org
Cincy Paddlers
Cincinnati, OH
1,300 members in the tri-state area, of all interests and skill levels. Numerous weekly local trips and some national and international. Visit the following link to join our group and learn more!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cincypaddlers/
Columbus Outdoor Pursuits
PO Box 14384
Columbus, OH 43214
(614) 447-1006
www.outdoor-pursuits.org
Dayton Canoe Club
1020 Riverside Drive
Dayton, OH 45405
(937) 222-9392
www.daytoncanoeclub.org
Keelhaulers Canoe Club
1649 Allen Drive
Westlake, OH 44145
(440) 871-1758
www.keelhauler.org
Ohio Historical Canoe Route Assocation
Fremont, OH
www.ohcra.org
Trumbull Canoe Trails
Warren, OH
www.trumbullcanoetrails.org
Oklahoma City Outdoor Network
Oklahoma City
(405) 503-4683
www.okcoutdoornetwork.org
info@OkcOutdoorNetwork.org
Lower Columbia Canoe Club
Portland, OR
www.l-ccc.org
Oregon Kayak & Canoe Club
PO Box 692
Portland, OR 97207
www.okcc.org
Oregon Ocean Paddling Society
www.oopskayak.org
Portland Sea Kayakers
based in Portland with members all over the Pacific Northwest
www.pdxseakayaker.net
Willamette Kayak & Canoe Club
PO Box 1062
Corvallis, OR 97339
www.wkcc.org
Conewago Canoe Club
York, PA
(717) 764-5834
www.conewagocanoeclub.org
Lehigh Valley Canoe Club
PO Box 20194
Lehigh Valley, PA 18002
(610) 559-9595
www.enter.net/~lvcc
Philadelphia Canoe Club
4900 Ridge Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19128
(215) 487-9674
www.philacanoe.org
Three Rivers Paddling Club
110 Atwood St. Suite 154
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 242-4562
www.threerivers.org
Rhode Island Canoe Assn.
www.ricka.org
Low Country Paddlers
www.lowcountrypaddlers.homestead.com/LCPA.html
The Palmetto Paddlers, Inc.
PO Box 984
Columbia, SC 29202
www.palmettopaddlers.org
South Dakota Canoe Association
Box 90244
Sioux Falls, SD 57109,
http://sdcka.blogspot.com
East Tennessee Whitewater Club
PO Box 5774
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
http://www.etwcweb.com/
Tennessee Valley Canoe Club
PO Box 11125
Chattanooga, TN 37401
www.tvccpaddles.com/index.php
Aggieland Paddle Club
College Station, TX 78703
www.aggielandpaddlingclub.org
Austin Paddling Club
PO Box 300388
Austin, TX 78703
www.austinpaddling.org
Dallas Downriver Club
PO Box 820246
Dallas, TX 75382-0246
www.down-river.com
Hill Country Paddlers Canoe Club
PO Box 3951
Kerrville, TX 78029-3951
www.quintanna.com/mtnsports/hcpaddlers
Houston Canoe Club
PO Box 925516
Houston, TX 77292
(713) 467-8857
www.houstoncanoeclub.org
North Texas River Runners
Ft. Worth, TX
www.river-runners.org
Utah Whitewater Club
PO Box 520183
Salt Lake City, UT 84152-0183
www.utahwhitewaterclub.org
Vermont Paddlers Club
11 Discovery Road
Essex Junction, VT 05452
Blue Ridge Voyageurs
Reston, VA
www.blueridgevoyageurs.org
Coastal Canoeists
505 Winterberry Drive
Fredericksburg, VA 22405
(540) 371-3631
www.coastals.org
Richmond Whitewater Club
Richmond, VA
www.LogicDepot.com/RichmondWhitewater
Smith River Valley Canoe Club
15 Cleveland Avenue
Martinsville, VA 24112
League of Northwest Whitewater Racers
Seattle, WA
www.nwwhitewater.org
Northwest Whitewater Association
PO Box 4941
Spokane, WA 99202
(509) 928-6998
www.northwestwhitewater.com
Paddle Trails Canoe Club
www.paddletrails.org
Seattle Canoe & Kayak Club
5900 W Green Lake Way
Seattle, WA 98103
www.scn.org/rec/sckc
Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club
Spokane, WA
www.sckc.ws
Washington Kayak Club
PO Box 24264
Seattle, WA 98124
www.washingtonkayakclub.org
Washington Recreational River Runners
330 SW 43rd Street
Renton, WA 98055
Washington Canoe Club
3700 Water Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
www.wcanoe.org
Mason-Dixon Canoe Cruisers
19319 Betty’s Ave
Boonsboro, MD 21713
West Virginia Wildwater Association
PO Box 8413
Charleston, WV 25303
www.wvwa.net
Badger State Boating Society
Madison, WI
www.bsbs.org/about
Green Bay Paddlers United
3415 Commerce Court
Appleton, WI 54911
Wausau Kayak/Canoe Corp.
Wausau, WI
www.wausauwhitewater.org
Wisconsin Hoofers Outing Club
Madison, WI
www.hooferouting.org
Jackson Hole Kayak Club
PO Box 9201
Jackson, WY 83002
Camp Ak-O-Mak
Ahmic Harbor, Ontario
www.campakomak.com
Canada Canadian Canoe Association
www.canoekayak.ca
Golden Kayak Club
Golden, BC,
www.goldenkayakclub.com
Kayak Newfoundland and Labrador
www.kayakrers.nf.ca
Toronto Sea Kayak Club
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