Illustration Life jackets
The life jacket rule for every paddler
What the Coast Guard requires on kayaks and canoes, and kids' vests with head support.
Life jacket rulesWe list 10 kayak launches within 16 miles of Long Lake. Paddlers use these put-ins to carry a kayak or canoe to the water. Most are a short walk from parking, with a low dock or a sloped bank. 2 more are within 50 miles.
Illustration Life jackets
What the Coast Guard requires on kayaks and canoes, and kids' vests with head support.
Life jacket rules
Illustration Ramp etiquette
Staging, courtesy docks and the Clean, Drain, Dry laws that can bring a fine.
Ramp etiquetteWithin 16 miles of Long Lake we list 10 kayak launches: Long Lake Car-Top Boat Launch, Lake Carina Car-Top Boat Launch, Sedge Meadow Canoe Launch, Des Plaines River Canoe Launch at Gowe Park, Oak Spring Canoe Launch, Lake Charles Park Canoe Launch, Canoe/Kayak ramp, Van Patten Woods Canoe Launch, Kenosha County Veterans Memorial Park Kayak Launch and Captain Daniel Wright Woods Canoe Launch.
Within 50 miles: River Front Park Boat Ramp (Algonquin, 17 miles) and Canoe Launch in West Dundee (West Dundee, 20 miles).
Read How to launch a kayak or canoe first, then compare options on the map. Every one of the launches in the city: Boat ramps in Long Lake, IL.