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 12 kayak launches within 16 miles of East Chattanooga. A kayak launch gets you on the water without backing a trailer down a ramp. Expect a low floating dock, rollers or a soft shoreline.
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 East Chattanooga we list 12 kayak launches: Riverwalk/Greenway Dock (South Chickamauga Creek), Sterchi Farm Kayak Launch (South Chickamauga Creek), Riverpark Lower, Rivermont, Riverpark Upper, Chickamauga Dam Marina, Chickamauga Dam North Shore, Maclellan Island (TN RIver), Coolidge Park Tremont Street (TN River), Coolidge Park Market Street (TN RIver), Coolidge Park Kayak Launch and Ross's Landing Pier (TN River).
For paddling near East Chattanooga you need one wearable, approved life jacket per person.
How to launch a kayak or canoe explains the basics, and the map lists more places within driving distance of East Chattanooga. Every one of the launches in the city: Boat ramps in East Chattanooga, TN.