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Otter & Raccoon

River Otter

Otters are aquatic weasels. You may find them climbing around on banks, or splashing around in the water, especially around dusk.

-- Wikipedia


Raccoon

Dean Newman Photography

Raccoons are not aquatic, but frequently found near water, especially at night, when their eye-shine gives them away.

-- Wikipedia


Essex County
( 40.79125, -74.23271 )

  1. Branch Brook Park ( 40.75077, -74.18305 )
  2. Echo Lake - Mountainside ( 40.67351, -74.34560 )
  3. Hackensack River - Meadowlands ( 40.80747, -74.05723 )
  4. Hackensack River - Secaucaus (S) ( 40.76390, -74.08685 )
  5. Hackensack River - Secaucus (N) ( 40.80552, -74.04345 )
  6. Lake Surprise - Summit ( 40.69343, -74.37003 )
  7. Liberty State Park - Jersey City ( 40.69768, -74.06520 )
  8. Newark Bay - Bayonne ( 40.66284, -74.13305 )
  9. Newark Bay - Rutkowski Park ( 40.68882, -74.11216 )
  10. Old Place Creek, Staten Island ( 40.62721, -74.18237 )
  11. Orange Reservoir - Rahway River ( 40.75964, -74.28903 )
  12. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.73795, -74.37159 )
  13. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.72583, -74.38948 )
  14. Passaic River - East Hanover (N) ( 40.82749, -74.33529 )
  15. Passaic River - East Hanover (S) ( 40.82581, -74.33332 )
  16. Passaic River - Elmwood Park ( 40.90965, -74.13188 )
  17. Passaic River - Fairfield ( 40.89775, -74.27988 )
  18. Passaic River - Hawthorne ( 40.93992, -74.15224 )
  19. Passaic River - Kearny ( 40.76313, -74.15933 )
  20. Passaic River - Livingston ( 40.77879, -74.36862 )
  21. Passaic River - Memorial Park ( 40.92865, -74.14193 )
  22. Passaic River - Newark ( 40.73326, -74.15206 )
  23. Passaic River - Nutley ( 40.81175, -74.13909 )
  24. Passaic River - Passaic ( 40.86506, -74.11144 )
  25. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (N) ( 40.81865, -74.13348 )
  26. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (S) ( 40.80182, -74.13801 )
  27. Passaic River - Rutherford ( 40.82349, -74.12280 )
  28. Passaic River - Veteran's Park ( 40.85042, -74.11898 )
  29. Peckman River - Cedar Grove ( 40.85861, -74.22711 )
  30. Pompton River - Lincoln Park ( 40.91475, -74.27182 )
  31. Rahway River - Clark ( 40.62884, -74.29746 )
  32. Rahway River - Cranford (N) ( 40.66036, -74.30627 )
  33. Rahway River - Cranford (S) ( 40.65097, -74.30133 )
  34. Rahway River - Cranford (W) ( 40.65900, -74.30997 )
  35. Rahway River - Jackson's Pond ( 40.62805, -74.28492 )
  36. Rahway River - Lenape Park ( 40.67407, -74.31426 )
  37. Rahway River - Mohawk Park ( 40.64041, -74.29408 )
  38. Rahway River - Nomahegan Lake ( 40.66832, -74.31741 )
  39. Rahway River - South Mountain ( 40.73112, -74.30704 )
  40. Rahway River - Springfield ( 40.70824, -74.30186 )
  41. Rockaway River - Montville ( 40.89893, -74.37344 )
  42. Rockaway River - Pine Brook ( 40.86608, -74.35202 )
  43. Saddle River - County Park (N) ( 40.91908, -74.08952 )
  44. Saddle River - County Park (S) ( 40.91051, -74.08955 )
  45. Saddle River - Lodi ( 40.88361, -74.08428 )
  46. Verona Lake - Montclair ( 40.82705, -74.24588 )
  47. Weequahic Lake - Newark ( 40.70570, -74.19775 )
  48. Whippany River - Whippany ( 40.81921, -74.44021 )