Kayaking & Canoeing
Kayaking & Canoeing the Farmington River: The Farmington River offers both flat water and also some white water. We recommend you stay on the flat water! The white water section through Tariffville gorge is only for experts and is quite dangerous. But we do have White Water Competitions there in spring and summer, and they are lots of fun to watch. For information and dates on the competitions, go to www.tvilletriplecrown.org.
There are various put-in and take-out points for canoeing or kayaking the Farmington in Simsbury.
- Alsop’s Meadow: this is actually in Avon. There is a dirt road from Rte 10, just south of the intersection with Rte 44, behind Nassau’s Furniture store. It goes about 2/10th mile to the parking area next to the river.
- The Pinchot Sycamore: see above
- The Simsbury Crew Team Dock: just down-stream on the left after passing under the flower bridge and Drake Hill Rd Bridge.
- Curtis Wright Park: On Rte 315 in the Tariffville section of Simsbury
- Tariffville Park: at the end of Main St extension in Tariffville.
- Behind “The Mill” on Rte 189 (just across from the intersection with Elm St) in Tariffville. Note that this is the last safe take-out point, and even here during high water season there is a little stretch of class 2 rapids just before the take-out point.
If you don’t own your own canoe, you can rent them from:
Collinsville Canoe & Kayak
41 Bridge Street, Rt. 179, Collinsville, CT 06022
(860)693-6977 | www.cckstore.com