Places to Paddle, Kayak & Canoe in Texas

Click on the links below to find some of the best places to kayak, canoe and paddle in Texas. Kayaking and canoeing paddling locations include inland and coastal paddling trails throughout the State.

Some places require a fee or permit so check before you paddle.

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The Texas Paddling Trails is a program that has developed public inland and coastal paddling trails throughout the State of Texas. These are mapped trails. Below is a list of the inland and coastal paddling trails. Click on the links below for maps of the Paddling Trails.
Click here for Inland Paddling Trails, including:
Lake Arlington Paddling Trail This 10.9-mile paddling trail	Upper Guadalupe- Nichol’s Landing Paddling Trail This is 9.9-mile of the Guadalupe River in Comal County
Victoria Paddling Trail- Riverside Park, Victoria TX This is 4.2 miles of the Guadalupe River in the Coastal Region	El Camino Real Paddling Trail, Bastrop, TX 6 mile trail
Wilbarger Paddling Trail, Bastrop, TX 14.3 mile trail	Columbus Paddling Trail, Columbus, TX This is a 6.5 miles trail on the Colorado River
Goliad Paddling Trail, Goliad TX This 6.6-mile river trail is located on the San Antonio River near the town of Goliad.	Luling Zedler Mill Paddling Trail, Luling, TX This six-mile river trail is located on the San Marcos River near the city of Luling.

Click here for Coastal Paddling Trails, including:
South Bay Paddling Trail The South Bay Paddling Trail follows the shores of South Bay in a loop of about eight miles. This trail is located in Cameron County. Brownsville, Port Isabel, South Padre Island.	Christmas Bay Paddling Trail This is a 19.1 mile circumnavigation in the western end of Galveston Bay. Convenient to metro Houston. This Paddling Trail also offers shorter loops of 3.8 and 10.3 miles.
Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trail The Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trail offers a series of four loops ranging in length from 1.25 miles to 6.8 miles.	Armand Bayou Paddling Trail The Armand Bayou Paddling Trail follows Armand Bayou near Clear Lake.
Galveston Island State Park Paddling Trail Galveston Island State Park offers three paddling trails, the 2.6-mile Dana Cove (Lake Como) trail, the 4.8-mile Oak Bayou trail and the 2.8-mile Jenkins Bayou trail.	Mustang Island Paddling Trail The Mustang Island Paddling Trail offers three paddling trails, the 8.5 mile North Trail, the 5.24 mile Shamrock Loop and the 6.8 mile Ashum Trail. All three trails follow the western shoreline of Mustang Island in Corpus Christi Bay.
Port O’Connor Paddling Trail There are three paddling trails that total more than 25 miles, the 12.3 mile Fishpond trail, 8.28 mile South Loop trail and 4.82 mile North Loop.

Looking to paddle the Brazos River? Click here for Paddling the Brazos River maps.