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Essex County

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 )

Forbidden Zones:

  • lower Passaic River is extremely polluted
  • Port Newark
  • Cedar Grove Reservoir

Passaic River
( 40.80476, -74.31517 )

  1. Newark Bay - Bayonne ( 40.66284, -74.13305 )
  2. Newark Bay - Rutkowski Park ( 40.68882, -74.11216 )
  3. Passaic River - Basking Ridge ( 40.69503, -74.51600 )
  4. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.73795, -74.37159 )
  5. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.72583, -74.38948 )
  6. Passaic River - Dead River ( 40.65005, -74.52464 )
  7. Passaic River - East Hanover (N) ( 40.82749, -74.33529 )
  8. Passaic River - East Hanover (S) ( 40.82581, -74.33332 )
  9. Passaic River - Elmwood Park ( 40.90965, -74.13188 )
  10. Passaic River - Fairfield ( 40.89775, -74.27988 )
  11. Passaic River - Hawthorne ( 40.93992, -74.15224 )
  12. Passaic River - Kearny ( 40.76313, -74.15933 )
  13. Passaic River - Livingston ( 40.77879, -74.36862 )
  14. Passaic River - Memorial Park ( 40.92865, -74.14193 )
  15. Passaic River - Newark ( 40.73326, -74.15206 )
  16. Passaic River - Nutley ( 40.81175, -74.13909 )
  17. Passaic River - Passaic ( 40.86506, -74.11144 )
  18. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (N) ( 40.81865, -74.13348 )
  19. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (S) ( 40.80182, -74.13801 )
  20. Passaic River - Rutherford ( 40.82349, -74.12280 )
  21. Passaic River - Veteran's Park ( 40.85042, -74.11898 )
  22. Passaic River - Warren ( 40.67078, -74.46441 )

The lower Passaic River is extremely polluted. I wouldn't go anywhere near it.


Weequahic Lake
( 40.70169, -74.20242 )

  1. Weequahic Lake - Newark ( 40.70570, -74.19775 )

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Salem County
( 39.57029, -75.34980 )

  1. Alcyon Lake ( 39.72831, -75.14290 )
  2. Alloway Creek - Hancock's Bridge ( 39.50763, -75.46339 )
  3. Alloway Lake - Alloway ( 39.56288, -75.36070 )
  4. Avis Millpond - Salem River ( 39.63089, -75.29061 )
  5. Bostwick Lake - Cohansey River ( 39.52842, -75.26801 )
  6. Cedar Creek - Stow Creek ( 39.44393, -75.40885 )
  7. Cohansey River - Bridgeton ( 39.42658, -75.23626 )
  8. Cohansey River - Dix WMA ( 39.37361, -75.29350 )
  9. Cohansey River - Ragged Island St. ( 39.36792, -75.35818 )
  10. Delaware Bay - New Sweden ( 39.29765, -75.24765 )
  11. Delaware Bay - Sea Breeze ( 39.32315, -75.32094 )
  12. Delaware River - Carney's Point ( 39.71737, -75.47630 )
  13. Delaware River - Elsinboro Point ( 39.54510, -75.52995 )
  14. Delaware River - Fort Mott ( 39.60585, -75.55596 )
  15. Delaware River - Mad Horse ( 39.42123, -75.42695 )
  16. Delaware River - Miller Road ( 39.38263, -75.40641 )
  17. Delaware River - Paulsboro ( 39.84785, -75.25124 )
  18. Delaware River - Pennsville ( 39.64836, -75.53254 )
  19. DOD Ramp - Penns Grove ( 39.74873, -75.45564 )
  20. East Lake - Salem River ( 39.64274, -75.31400 )
  21. Franklinville Lake - Franklinville ( 39.61768, -75.07867 )
  22. Malaga Lake - Newfield ( 39.57878, -75.05643 )
  23. Mantua Creek - West Deptford ( 39.79546, -75.17112 )
  24. Maurice River - Alliance Beach ( 39.50198, -75.07976 )
  25. Maurice River - Garden Road ( 39.52199, -75.07329 )
  26. Maurice River - Sharp St ( 39.40012, -75.05345 )
  27. Maurice River - West Side Park ( 39.49608, -75.07611 )
  28. Maurice River - Willow Grove ( 39.54996, -75.07146 )
  29. Oldman's Creek - Bridgeport ( 39.78437, -75.40694 )
  30. Oldman's Creek - Harrisonville ( 39.68277, -75.26706 )
  31. Oldman's Creek - Swedesboro ( 39.74857, -75.37972 )
  32. Parvin Lake - Pittsgrove ( 39.50613, -75.12979 )
  33. Raccoon Creek - Bridgeport ( 39.80121, -75.35517 )
  34. Raccoon Creek - Mullica Hill ( 39.73444, -75.22043 )
  35. Rainbow Lake - Pittsgrove ( 39.48757, -75.11186 )
  36. Repaupo Creek - Logan Twp ( 39.82960, -75.33016 )
  37. Salem River - Mannington ( 39.66957, -75.46619 )
  38. Salem River - Salem ( 39.57881, -75.46628 )
  39. Salem River - Supawna NWR ( 39.56956, -75.49853 )
  40. Salem River - Woodstown ( 39.64486, -75.32774 )
  41. Salem River WMA - Pennsville ( 39.64026, -75.48012 )
  42. Sunset Lake - Cohansey River ( 39.44637, -75.23975 )
  43. Thundergust Lake ( 39.50277, -75.13396 )
  44. Union Lake - Millville (E) ( 39.40677, -75.05152 )
  45. Union Lake - Millville (W) ( 39.40812, -75.06712 )
  46. Wilson Lake - Glassboro ( 39.65715, -75.05088 )