Texas Paddling Trails

All 112 official paddling trails certified by Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) - flatwater and river routes for kayaks, canoes, and SUPs across the state. Where one of our tracked rivers (Guadalupe, Comal, San Marcos, Frio) flows through a trail, live USGS conditions are shown alongside.

With live USGS conditions

Paddling trails on the rivers we track

These TPWD-certified trails run through the Guadalupe, Comal, San Marcos, and Frio rivers - the four we monitor with live USGS gauge data. Each trail page below shows current flow, gauge height, and a real-time floatability grade alongside TPWD's official map.

Guadalupe River

12 trails

Come and Take It

Gonzales, TX

10.9 mi2 access pts

Guadalupe River State Park

Spring Branch

5.3 mi2 access pts

Guadalupe Valley

Cuero

13.9 mi3 access pts

Independence

Gonzales, TX

2.6 mi1 access pt

Nichol's Landing

Spring Branch to the dam at Canyon Lake

9.9 mi3 access pts

Seadrift

18.9 mi4 access pts

Seguin Paddling Trail - Lake Nolte/Meadow Lake

Seguin

4.1 mi2 access pts

Seguin Paddling Trail - Lake Seguin

Seguin

3.7 mi1 access pt

Victoria Paddling Trail - Chisholm Trail Section

Nursery, TX

13 mi4 access pts

Victoria Paddling Trail - Fort Saint Louis Section

Victoria, TX

6.3 mi2 access pts

Victoria Paddling Trail - Mission Espiritu Santo Section

Victoria, TX

1.6 mi3 access pts

Victoria Paddling Trail - Riverside Park Section

Victoria, TX

4.2 mi2 access pts

San Marcos River

1 trail

Luling Zedler Mill

Luling

6 mi2 access pts

Pineywoods/Gulf Coast

Colliers Ferry- Lake Bayou Trail

Neches River and Lake Bayou - Beaumont

3.4 mi - 1 access point

Cooks Lake to Scatterman Paddling Trail

Neches River, Pine Island Bayou, Cooks Lake, Scatterman Lake - Big Thicket (Beaumont)

4.1 mi - 1 access point

Panhandle Plains

Pecan Bayou Paddling Trail

bayou - Brownwood

3.6 mi - 1 access point

Trail data: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Open Data Portal.

Texas Paddling Trails

Paddling trails on the rivers we track

Guadalupe River

San Marcos River

Hill Country

Guadalupe River State Park Paddling Trail

Inks Lake Paddling Trail - Devils Waterhole Paddling Trail

Inks Lake Paddling Trail - Stumpy Hollow Paddling Trail

Inks Lake Paddling Trail - Waterfowl Run Paddling Trail

Lady Bird Lake Paddling Trail

Nichol's Landing Paddling Trail

South Llano Paddling Trail

Prairies and Lakes

Bastrop - El Camino Real Paddling Trail

Bastrop - Wilbarger Paddling Trail

Beavers Pond Paddling Trail

Bosque Bluffs Paddling Trail

Brazos Bridges Paddling Trail

Bridgeport Falls Paddling Trail

Columbus Paddling Trail

Come and Take It Paddling Trail

Dallas Trinity Paddling Trail

Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge Paddling Trail

Grapevine Lake Paddling Trail

Guadalupe Valley Paddling Trail

Independence Paddling Trail

Joe Pool Lake & Walnut Creek Paddling Trail

Lake Arlington Paddling Trail

Limestone Bluffs Paddling Trail

Luling Zedler Mill Paddling Trail

Morgan's Point Resort - Camp Kachina Paddling Trail

Morgan's Point Resort - Mother Neff Paddling Trail

Morgan's Point Resort - Tanyard Springs Paddling Trail

Paddle Point Creek Paddling Trail

River Legacy Parks Paddling Trail

Gulf Coast

Armand Bayou Paddling Trail

Buffalo Bayou Paddling Trail

Christmas Bay Paddling Trail

Galveston Island State Park - Dana Cove Paddling Trail

Galveston Island State Park - Jenkins Bayou Paddling Trail

Galveston Island State Park - Oak Bayou Paddling Trail

Greens Bayou Paddling Trail

Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trail - Connecting Trail

Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trail - Connecting Trail

Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trail - Cutters Loop

Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trail - Electric Lake Loop

Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trail - Redfish Loop

Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trail - South Bay Loop

Mustang Island Paddling Trail - Ashum Trail

Mustang Island Paddling Trail - North Trail

Mustang Island Paddling Trail - Shamrock Loop

Port O'Connor Paddling Trail - Barroom Bay Paddling Trail

Port O'Connor Paddling Trail - Big Pocket Paddling Trail

Port O'Connor Paddling Trail - Matagorda Island Trail

Port O'Connor Paddling Trail - Mules Slough Paddling Trail

Port O'Connor Paddling Trail - Pass Cavallo/J-hook Trail

Powderhorn Paddling Trail - Boggy Bayou Trail

Powderhorn Paddling Trail - Coloma Creek Trail

Powderhorn Paddling Trail - Matagorda Bay Shoreline Trail

Powderhorn Paddling Trail - Powderhorn Lake Loop Trail

Riverside Rally Loop Paddling Trail

Ron R. Smith Memorial Paddling Trail on Oso Bay

Seadrift Paddling Trail

South Bay Paddling Trail

Stephen F. Austin Paddling Trail - Columbia Bottomland

Stephen F. Austin Paddling Trail - Gulf Prairie Run

Stephen F. Austin Paddling Trail - Old Settlement Passage

Stephen F. Austin Paddling Trail - Sugar Mill Stretch

Victoria Paddling Trail - Chisholm Trail Section

Victoria Paddling Trail - Fort Saint Louis Section

Victoria Paddling Trail - Mission Espiritu Santo Section

Victoria Paddling Trail - Riverside Park Section

Village Creek Paddling Trail

Pineywoods

Bevilport Paddling Trail

Big Cypress Bayou - Backwater Jack's Paddling Trail

Caddo Lake - Carters Chute Paddling Trail

Caddo Lake - Cathedral Paddling Trail

Caddo Lake - Hell's Half Acre Paddling Trail