Middlesex County ~ New Jersey Kayaking

Middlesex County

Brainerd Lake - Cranbury [G] [B] (40.31113, -74.51178)
D-R Canal - Kingston (S) [Details] [G] [B] (40.37326, -74.61861)
D-R Canal - New Brunswick [Details] [G] [B] (40.50806, -74.46376)
Davidson's Mill Pond - East Brunswick [Details] [G] [B] (40.41117, -74.49789)
Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (C) [Details] [G] [B] (40.42465, -74.47680)
Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (N) [Details] [G] [B] (40.43900, -74.46646)
Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (S) [Details] [G] [B] (40.42201, -74.48242)
Fresh Kills - Carteret [G] [B] (40.57187, -74.21304)
Fresh Kills - Woodbridge [G] [B] (40.54523, -74.25402)
Lake Manalapan - Jamesburg [Details] [G] [B] (40.34525, -74.43662)
Lawrence Brook - Milltown (E) [Details] [G] [B] (40.45144, -74.43663)
Lawrence Brook - Milltown (W) [Details] [G] [B] (40.44831, -74.44367)
Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (E) [G] [B] (40.32460, -74.56567)
Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (W) [G] [B] (40.32735, -74.60233)
Millstone River - Cranbury (E) [Details] [G] [B] (40.29359, -74.52675)
Millstone River - Kingston [Details] [G] [B] (40.37419, -74.61962)
New Market Pond - Piscataway [G] [B] (40.57675, -74.45490)
Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (E) [Details] [G] [B] (40.45877, -74.24622)
Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (W) [Details] [G] [B] (40.46223, -74.25482)
Raritan Bay - South Amboy (N) [Details] [G] [B] (40.48343, -74.27059)
Raritan Bay - South Amboy (S) [Details] [G] [B] (40.47946, -74.26831)
Raritan Bay - South Amboy Ramp [Details] [G] [B] (40.48401, -74.27416)
Raritan River - Edison [Details] [G] [B] (40.48791, -74.38382)
Raritan River - Highland Park [Details] [G] [B] (40.48864, -74.42226)
Raritan River - New Brunswick [Details] [G] [B] (40.48760, -74.43280)
Raritan River - Perth Amboy [Details] [G] [B] (40.50057, -74.27712)
Raritan River - Piscataway (N) [Details] [G] [B] (40.54085, -74.51236)
Raritan River - Piscataway (S) [Details] [G] [B] (40.50935, -74.46641)
Raritan River - Sayreville [Details] [G] [B] (40.47450, -74.35606)
South River - Old Bridge [Details] [G] [B] (40.41228, -74.36362)
South River - Sayreville [Details] [G] [B] (40.45397, -74.37222)
South River - South River [Details] [G] [B] (40.45838, -74.38361)
Weston's Pond - East Brunswick [Details] [G] [B] (40.46677, -74.42603)

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Forbidden Zones

Duhernal Lake (polluted?)

Westons Mill Pond – East Brunswick

Lawrence Brook - Milltown (E) [Details] [G] [B] (40.45144, -74.43663)
Weston's Pond - East Brunswick [Details] [G] [B] (40.46677, -74.42603)

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Westons Mill Pond is the northernmost of several lakes created by damming the Lawrence Brook, which flows from south to north, and into the Raritan River. This access point is the road that led up to the old bridge, which is gone. There is always enough parking and it is an easy launch, just a few yards to the water.

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Farrington Lake – North Brunswick

Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (C) [Details] [G] [B] (40.42465, -74.47680)
Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (N) [Details] [G] [B] (40.43900, -74.46646)
Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (S) [Details] [G] [B] (40.42201, -74.48242)

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This is the biggest of the lakes and ponds created by damming the Lawrence Brook. The map is centered on the northernmost launch site, which is the most central on the lake. There are two more access points to the south, which can be useful if you want to explore up the Lawrence Brook.

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Laurence Harbor / Cheesequake Creek (Old Bridge)

Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (Whale Creek) [Details] [G] [B] (40.45090, -74.22274)
Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (E) [Details] [G] [B] (40.45877, -74.24622)
Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (W) [Details] [G] [B] (40.46223, -74.25482)

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Much of this part or Raritan Bay is fenced-off because of lead pollution from the industrial slag used to build jetties and seawalls in the 1970s. Supposedly, much of it has been cleaned up, but the whole area remains ‘off-limits’. Since the toxins leach into the water and are carried off by the currents, you really have to wonder about the entire bay. A quick search online will reveal more on this subject than you ever wanted to know.

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