Explore the Canoe52 Map to follow our journey state by state. Each marker represents a place we’ve paddled and links to a Paddling Story from the rivers, lakes, wetlands, coastal waters, and other waterways we’ve explored.
Canoe52 Paddling Destinations
Canoe52 is a state-by-state exploration of America from the water, following rivers, lakes, bays, wetlands, and established water trails that reveal something distinct about each place. Select a destination below to read the story, or explore the National Park Service’s National Water Trails System for more paddling routes across the country.
Alabama: Coosa River
Alaska: Not Yet Paddled
Arizona: Not Yet Paddled
Arkansas: Not Yet Paddled
California: Not Yet Paddled
Colorado: Monarch Lake
Connecticut: Connecticut River
Delaware: Broadkill River
Florida: Hell’s Bay Canoe Trail
Georgia: Ebenezer Creek
Hawaii: Not Yet Paddled
Idaho: Not Yet Paddled
Illinois: Mississippi River Backwaters
Indiana: Calumet Lagoon
Iowa: Mississippi River
Kansas: Not Yet Paddled
Kentucky: Kentucky River
Louisiana: Not Yet Paddled
Maine: Rangeley Lake
Maryland: Chincoteague Bay
Massachusetts: Berry Pond and Onota Lake
Michigan: Sleeping Bear Bay
Minnesota: Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Mississippi: Not Yet Paddled
Missouri: Current River
Montana: Not Yet Paddled
Nebraska: Not Yet Paddled
Nevada: Black Canyon National Water Trail
New Hampshire: Hampton-Seabrook Estuary
New Jersey: Landing Creek
New Mexico: Not Yet Paddled
New York: Lamoka Lake
North Carolina: Santeetlah Lake
North Dakota: Harmon Lake and Little Missouri River
Ohio: Cuyahoga River
Oklahoma: Not Yet Paddled
Oregon: Not Yet Paddled
Pennsylvania: Not Yet Paddled
Puerto Rico: Not Yet Paddled
Rhode Island: Quonochontaug Pond
South Carolina: Cedar Creek
South Dakota: Sylvan Lake
Tennessee: Cumberland River
Texas: Not Yet Paddled
Utah: Not Yet Paddled
Vermont: Not Yet Paddled
Virginia: Lake Drummond and the Chesapeake Bay
Washington: Not Yet Paddled
Washington, D.C.: Washington Channel
West Virginia: Not Yet Paddled
Wisconsin: Turtle-Flambeau Flowage
Wyoming: Jackson Lake
