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Race Information | Rules | Registration | Maddest Hat Contest
Registration form with flyer and map | Directions
Boats depart 9 to 10 am
Special note:
The Grand River will be running fast due to higher water levels, but is within our race safety standards. Each participant is asked to evaluate their individual paddling abilities.
If you feel uncomfortable with the conditions and want to remove yourself from the race, please call registration at 440-358-7275 and you will be issued a full refund.
This is an annual springtime tradition. Experience an 8½-mile canoe and kayak race from the Harpersfield Dam to Hidden Valley Park (in Madison) on the wild and scenic Grand River. Annual tradition features a “Maddest Hat” contest.
Pre-registration is recommended (fee applies)
Same-day registration also available.
Click here to pre-register for race or call 440-358-7275 or 800-669-9226.
Starting line:
Harpersfield Covered Bridge Metropark
Harpersfield, Ashtabula County
Finish line:
Hidden Valley Park
- Ages 10 & older; younger than 18 with an adult.
- A shuttle is provided to and from the start and finish lines from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm (or race completion).
- Contestants leave in one-minute intervals. Kayaks and solo classes may start in their boats touching the shore. The first boats depart at 9:00 a.m. Last boats depart before 10:00 a.m.
- Prior experience is mandatory.
- Personal flotation devices must be worn at all times or racer will be disqualified.
- In each closed boat, the boater is required to have sufficient flotation.
- ODNR Watercraft Division will inspect boats, equipment and registrations.
- A shuttle is provided to and from the start and finish lines from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm (or race completion).
- For race day conditions and information, call the Sports Hotline:
440-954-4178.
All canoes and kayaks must be properly registered with the state of Ohio. For more information call ODNR Watercraft Division at 440-964-0518.
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Registration will re-open for reschedule race.
- $12 per person pre-registered (by noon, Thursday, April 28)
- $17 pre-registered w/ a $5 donation to Western Reserve Land Conservancy
- $20 per person same day (Registration 7:00 - 9:45 am)
- $25 same day w/ a $5 donation to Western Reserve Land Conservancy.
Pre-registration is recommended. Same-day registration also available
- Click here to pre-register for race or
call 440-358-7275 or
800-669-9226 .
- Click here for flyer and registration form with map
- Click here for map of race.
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 Are you mad?
(All racers qualify!)
The race features a Maddest Hat contest where contestants don the most unusual head attire and have to attempt to wear it the entire race. Design a hat (or some sort of river-worthy headgear) and wear it April 30. The “maddest hat” wins a prize!
Hats must be worn during the race and fit under bridges (clearance approx. 140 ft.). GOOD LUCK!
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Starting line:
The Harpersfield Covered Bridge Metropark is near the intersection of Interstate 90 & State Route 534. (This is also the exit for Geneva-on-the-Lake and many Ashtabula County wineries.) Turn south on SR 534 for about a mile to the intersection of SR 307 at the bottom of a long hill. Turn right (west) and then turn left (south) at the next intersection . . . down the hill to the Harpersfield Covered Bridge Metropark.
Finish line:
Hidden Valley Park: Take I-90 to Rt. 528 south for 1.5 miles. Turn right (west) onto Klasen Road. Hidden Valley Park is near the end of Klasen Road on the left.
A shuttle is provided to and from the start and finish lines from 8:00 am to
2:30 pm (or race completion).
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Results from the 2010 Grand River Canoe & Kayak Race
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