Advice for Beginners
Nowadays kayaks are commodity items like bicycles, and it is easy to buy a thing that you have no experience in using. So here are some pointers for beginners.
- Navesink River - Claypit Creek ( 40.39367, -74.02062 )
- Navesink River - Fair Haven ( 40.36647, -74.04204 )
- Navesink River - Red Bank ( 40.35212, -74.06980 )
- Navesink River - Rumson (E) ( 40.37649, -73.99990 )
- Navesink River - Rumson (W) ( 40.37650, -74.01310 )
- Shadow Lake - Middletown ( 40.34698, -74.10476 )
- Swimming River - Middletown ( 40.34831, -74.08318 )
- Swimming River - Red Bank ( 40.33838, -74.08815 )
This small lake is about a mile long. The only public launch is at the west end in Stevenson Park, off West Front Street. There is a channel from there to the lake, but good luck finding it - be prepared to run aground. Fortunately, the bottom is firm sand, and a short tow on foot will get you out to deeper water. It is also possible to go a short ways up the creek.
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