Arthur Kill
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- Arthur Kill - Buckingham Ave ( 40.51462, -74.25871 )
- Arthur Kill - Carteret Waterfront ( 40.57186, -74.21301 )
- Arthur Kill - Ferry St ( 40.54576, -74.25424 )
- Raritan River - Perth Amboy ( 40.50057, -74.27712 )
If you are into industrial blight, then Arthur Kill is the place for you! Endure all the sights, sounds, and smells of Staten Island without actually going there! Maybe get a tetanus shot first.
Middlesex County, Places, Union County,
- Ambrose Brook - Bound Brook ( 40.56764, -74.51489 )
- Ambrose Brook - Possumtown ( 40.55555, -74.48630 )
- Arthur Kill - Buckingham Ave ( 40.51462, -74.25871 )
- Arthur Kill - Carteret Waterfront ( 40.57186, -74.21301 )
- Arthur Kill - Ferry St ( 40.54576, -74.25424 )
- Brainerd Lake - Cranbury ( 40.31113, -74.51178 )
- D-R Canal - Amwell Rd ( 40.50340, -74.58268 )
- D-R Canal - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47550, -74.57220 )
- D-R Canal - Griggstown (N) ( 40.43834, -74.61397 )
- D-R Canal - Griggstown (S) ( 40.42912, -74.61816 )
- D-R Canal - Kingston (N) ( 40.37489, -74.61854 )
- D-R Canal - Kingston (S) ( 40.37326, -74.61861 )
- D-R Canal - Manville ( 40.52861, -74.58178 )
- D-R Canal - New Brunswick ( 40.50806, -74.46376 )
- D-R Canal - Somerset (N) ( 40.54077, -74.51404 )
- D-R Canal - Somerset (S) ( 40.52390, -74.49248 )
- D-R Canal - South Bound Brook ( 40.55880, -74.53118 )
- Dallenbach Pond ( 40.41254, -74.44296 )
- Davidson's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.41117, -74.49789 )
- Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (C) ( 40.42465, -74.47680 )
- Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (N) ( 40.43900, -74.46646 )
- Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (S) ( 40.42201, -74.48242 )
- Green Brook - Billian Legion Park ( 40.56222, -74.52483 )
- Helmetta Pond ( 40.37817, -74.42657 )
- Lake Lefferts - Matawan ( 40.41563, -74.23362 )
- Lake Manalapan - Jamesburg ( 40.34525, -74.43662 )
- Lake Topanemus - Freehold ( 40.27635, -74.28554 )
- Lake Weamaconk - Englishtown ( 40.29140, -74.35704 )
- Lawrence Brook - Milltown (E) ( 40.45144, -74.43663 )
- Lawrence Brook - Milltown (W) ( 40.44831, -74.44367 )
- Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (E) ( 40.32460, -74.56567 )
- Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (W) ( 40.32735, -74.60233 )
- Millhurst Pond - Freehold ( 40.24590, -74.34066 )
- Millstone River - Amwell Rd ( 40.50294, -74.58755 )
- Millstone River - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47487, -74.57503 )
- Millstone River - Cranbury (E) ( 40.29359, -74.52675 )
- Millstone River - Griggstown ( 40.43893, -74.61757 )
- Millstone River - Kingston ( 40.37419, -74.61962 )
- New Market Pond - Piscataway ( 40.57675, -74.45490 )
- Rahway River - South Branch (W) ( 40.57998, -74.30463 )
- Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (E) ( 40.45089, -74.22033 )
- Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (W) ( 40.45216, -74.22269 )
- Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (Whale Creek) ( 40.45090, -74.22274 )
- Raritan Bay - Keyport (E) ( 40.44095, -74.19534 )
- Raritan Bay - Keyport (W) ( 40.43921, -74.20160 )
- Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (E) ( 40.45877, -74.24622 )
- Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (W) ( 40.46223, -74.25482 )
- Raritan Bay - South Amboy (N) ( 40.48343, -74.27059 )
- Raritan Bay - South Amboy (S) ( 40.47946, -74.26831 )
- Raritan Bay - South Amboy Ramp ( 40.48401, -74.27416 )
- Raritan Bay - Union Beach (E) ( 40.44787, -74.16598 )
- Raritan Bay - Union Beach (W) ( 40.45479, -74.17517 )
- Raritan River - Bound Brook ( 40.55995, -74.52758 )
- Raritan River - Edison ( 40.48791, -74.38382 )
- Raritan River - Highland Park ( 40.48864, -74.42226 )
- Raritan River - New Brunswick ( 40.48760, -74.43280 )
- Raritan River - Perth Amboy ( 40.50057, -74.27712 )
- Raritan River - Piscataway (N) ( 40.54085, -74.51236 )
- Raritan River - Piscataway (S) ( 40.50935, -74.46641 )
- Raritan River - Sayreville ( 40.47450, -74.35606 )
- South River - Old Bridge ( 40.41228, -74.36362 )
- South River - Sayreville ( 40.45397, -74.37222 )
- South River - South River ( 40.45838, -74.38361 )
- Wagner's Marina - Matawan Creek ( 40.43540, -74.21416 )
- Weston's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.46677, -74.42603 )
- Woodbridge Creek (N) ( 40.58555, -74.26267 )
- Woodbridge Creek (S) ( 40.56256, -74.26890 )
The thin red line is the "fall line" - the nominal division between uplands and lowlands.
More: Middlesex County ...
- D-R Canal - Amwell Rd ( 40.50340, -74.58268 )
- D-R Canal - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47550, -74.57220 )
- D-R Canal - Griggstown (N) ( 40.43834, -74.61397 )
- D-R Canal - Griggstown (S) ( 40.42912, -74.61816 )
- D-R Canal - Kingston (N) ( 40.37489, -74.61854 )
- D-R Canal - Kingston (S) ( 40.37326, -74.61861 )
- D-R Canal - Lawrenceville ( 40.30501, -74.68490 )
- D-R Canal - Manville ( 40.52861, -74.58178 )
- D-R Canal - Plainsboro (E) ( 40.34321, -74.62964 )
- D-R Canal - Plainsboro (W) ( 40.34190, -74.63758 )
- D-R Canal - Princeton (N) ( 40.33879, -74.64715 )
- D-R Canal - Princeton (S) ( 40.33177, -74.65282 )
- D-R Canal - Rocky Hill ( 40.39826, -74.62702 )
- D-R Canal - West Windsor ( 40.30844, -74.67979 )
- Lake Carnegie - Plainsboro ( 40.34362, -74.62973 )
- Lake Carnegie - Princeton ( 40.36681, -74.62597 )
- Millstone River - Amwell Rd ( 40.50294, -74.58755 )
- Millstone River - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47487, -74.57503 )
- Millstone River - Cranbury (E) ( 40.29359, -74.52675 )
- Millstone River - Cranbury (W) ( 40.29590, -74.56250 )
- Millstone River - Griggstown ( 40.43893, -74.61757 )
- Millstone River - Kingston ( 40.37419, -74.61962 )
- Millstone River - Manville ( 40.53124, -74.58753 )
- Millstone River - Plainsboro (N) ( 40.34262, -74.62981 )
- Millstone River - Plainsboro (S) ( 40.33874, -74.62880 )
- Millstone River - Rocky Hill (N) ( 40.39957, -74.62809 )
- Millstone River - Rocky Hill (S) ( 40.39969, -74.62867 )
- Millstone River - West Windsor ( 40.32139, -74.60831 )
- Stony Brook - Pennington ( 40.33257, -74.75809 )
- Stony Brook - Princeton ( 40.33219, -74.65340 )
- Stony Brook - Rosedale ( 40.33168, -74.77828 )
More: Millstone River ...
- D-R Canal - Amwell Rd ( 40.50340, -74.58268 )
- D-R Canal - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47550, -74.57220 )
- D-R Canal - Griggstown (N) ( 40.43834, -74.61397 )
- D-R Canal - Griggstown (S) ( 40.42912, -74.61816 )
- D-R Canal - Kingston (N) ( 40.37489, -74.61854 )
- D-R Canal - Kingston (S) ( 40.37326, -74.61861 )
- D-R Canal - Lawrence (N) ( 40.27450, -74.70332 )
- D-R Canal - Lawrence (S) ( 40.26746, -74.71071 )
- D-R Canal - Lawrenceville ( 40.30501, -74.68490 )
- D-R Canal - Manville ( 40.52861, -74.58178 )
- D-R Canal - New Brunswick ( 40.50806, -74.46376 )
- D-R Canal - North Trenton ( 40.24901, -74.72865 )
- D-R Canal - Plainsboro (E) ( 40.34321, -74.62964 )
- D-R Canal - Plainsboro (W) ( 40.34190, -74.63758 )
- D-R Canal - Princeton (N) ( 40.33879, -74.64715 )
- D-R Canal - Princeton (S) ( 40.33177, -74.65282 )
- D-R Canal - Province Line Rd ( 40.30273, -74.68819 )
- D-R Canal - Rocky Hill ( 40.39826, -74.62702 )
- D-R Canal - Somerset (N) ( 40.54077, -74.51404 )
- D-R Canal - Somerset (S) ( 40.52390, -74.49248 )
- D-R Canal - South Bound Brook ( 40.55880, -74.53118 )
- D-R Canal - Trenton (N) ( 40.23886, -74.74194 )
- D-R Canal - Trenton (S) ( 40.18384, -74.74666 )
- D-R Canal - West Windsor ( 40.30844, -74.67979 )
- D-R Feeder Canal - Bull Island ( 40.41036, -75.03421 )
- D-R Feeder Canal - Ewing ( 40.26529, -74.84790 )
- D-R Feeder Canal - Lambertville (S) ( 40.34206, -74.94044 )
- D-R Feeder Canal - Rt 202 ( 40.37987, -74.95175 )
- D-R Feeder Canal - Washington Crossing ( 40.29842, -74.86852 )
- D-R Feeder Canal - West Trenton ( 40.24497, -74.81917 )
- Lake Carnegie - Plainsboro ( 40.34362, -74.62973 )
- Millstone River - Amwell Rd ( 40.50294, -74.58755 )
- Millstone River - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47487, -74.57503 )
- Millstone River - Griggstown ( 40.43893, -74.61757 )
- Millstone River - Kingston ( 40.37419, -74.61962 )
- Millstone River - Manville ( 40.53124, -74.58753 )
- Millstone River - Plainsboro (N) ( 40.34262, -74.62981 )
- Millstone River - Rocky Hill (N) ( 40.39957, -74.62809 )
- Millstone River - Rocky Hill (S) ( 40.39969, -74.62867 )
- Stony Brook - Princeton ( 40.33219, -74.65340 )
The blue line on the map is the Delaware & Raritan, or D&R, Canal. The canal is a basically 40-mile-long pond. The water flows very slowly from west to east; it is essentially still. Access points generally coincide with bridges or locks.
The thin red line is the "fall line" - the nominal division between uplands and lowlands. It appears the builders of the canal wanted to stay above the fall line for the entire length, and followed the Millstone and Raritan Rivers. The series of dams resulting in a chain of lakes along the Lawrence Brook reveals a shorter alternate route the canal might have taken. These dams were not built until over 100 years later. Perhaps surveying in the 1830s was not good enough to discover this, or perhaps it would not work, but it certainly looks like it should.
More: Delaware & Raritan Canal ...
- Raritan River - Edison ( 40.48791, -74.38382 )
- Raritan River - Sayreville ( 40.47450, -74.35606 )
- South River - Old Bridge ( 40.41228, -74.36362 )
- South River - Sayreville ( 40.45397, -74.37222 )
- South River - South River ( 40.45838, -74.38361 )
The launch point is on the river behind the little strip mall off Route 527 / Old Matawan Rd. I have never had a problem parking here, although I don't think this would be a good place for a large group to show up. Entry can be messy if the water is low.
The river is tidal and brackish at this point. If the tide is high, you can go upstream to the left, under the highway. Pick your way around all the fallen trees and have fun avoiding all the dead-ends, and you can go all the way to the Duhernal Lake dam. The lake itself is off limits.
More: South River - Old Bridge ...
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