Paddling near Sioux Falls, SD

Seat of Minnehaha County in eastern South Dakota, Sioux Falls sits on the Big Sioux River, the region's defining paddling waterway that runs 419 river miles south to the Missouri. Paddlers float in-city stretches from Skunk Creek at Legacy Park through downtown, run the Jay Heath Canoe & Kayak Trail toward Sioux City, and find true whitewater on Split Rock Creek at Palisades State Park. Two active clubs, Sioux Empire Paddlers and the SDCKA, support the scene.