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 5 kayak launches within 16 miles of Rouses Point. These spots are made for paddle craft. You carry the kayak or canoe down to a low dock, a roller launch or a gentle bank, with no trailer lane to block. 7 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 Rouses Point we list 5 kayak launches: Great Chazy Boat Launch, Louie's Landing Boat Launch, Macs Bend Boat Launch, NYSOPRHP Boat Ramp and Point au Roche State Park Boat Launch.
Within 50 miles: Wilson Dock Boat Launch (Plattsburgh, 16 miles), Peru Dock Boat Launch (Plattsburgh, 22 miles), Chazy Lake Boat Launch (Dannemora, 26 miles), Colchester Point Boat Ramp (Burlington, 26 miles) and Upper Chateaugay Lake Boat Launch (Dannemora, 34 miles).
Read How to launch a kayak or canoe first, then compare options on the map. All launches in the city: Boat ramps in Rouses Point, NY.