Paddling near Boston, MA

Set in Suffolk County, Boston has no paddleable lakes within its borders, so paddlers radiate outward along the water that defines the city. The marquee corridor is the Charles River, whose 9.5-mile Lower Charles runs from the Watertown Dam to Boston Harbor with flatwater and skyline views. Beyond it lie the Harbor Islands, the Mystic River, and the salt marshes of the Great Marsh.