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Bergen County

Bergen County
( 40.93616, -74.10576 )

  1. Branch Brook Park ( 40.75077, -74.18305 )
  2. Green Turtle Lake - West Milford ( 41.14896, -74.32896 )
  3. Greenwood Lake - Hewitt ( 41.15252, -74.34682 )
  4. Hackensack River - Bergenfield ( 40.92835, -74.03023 )
  5. Hackensack River - Foschini Park ( 40.88477, -74.03524 )
  6. Hackensack River - Meadowlands ( 40.80747, -74.05723 )
  7. Hackensack River - Secaucaus (S) ( 40.76390, -74.08685 )
  8. Hackensack River - Secaucus (N) ( 40.80552, -74.04345 )
  9. Hudson River - Fort Lee ( 40.85176, -73.95950 )
  10. Hudson River - Hastings-on-Hudson NY ( 40.99739, -73.88466 )
  11. Hudson River - Inwood Hill Park NY ( 40.86947, -73.93208 )
  12. Hudson River - JFK Park Yonkers NY ( 40.95639, -73.89738 )
  13. Hudson River - Nyack NY (N) ( 41.11999, -73.91239 )
  14. Hudson River - Nyack NY (S) ( 41.08745, -73.91558 )
  15. Hudson River - Piermont NY ( 41.04248, -73.91583 )
  16. Liberty State Park - Jersey City ( 40.69768, -74.06520 )
  17. Monksville Reservoir - West Milford (N) ( 41.14241, -74.30055 )
  18. Monksville Reservoir - West Milford (S) ( 41.12695, -74.30127 )
  19. Monksville Reservoir - West Milford (W) ( 41.13686, -74.30684 )
  20. Mountain Lake - Denville ( 40.88952, -74.44225 )
  21. Newark Bay - Bayonne ( 40.66284, -74.13305 )
  22. Newark Bay - Rutkowski Park ( 40.68882, -74.11216 )
  23. Orange Reservoir - Rahway River ( 40.75964, -74.28903 )
  24. Overpeck Creek - Teaneck ( 40.86648, -74.00077 )
  25. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.73795, -74.37159 )
  26. Passaic River - East Hanover (N) ( 40.82749, -74.33529 )
  27. Passaic River - East Hanover (S) ( 40.82581, -74.33332 )
  28. Passaic River - Elmwood Park ( 40.90965, -74.13188 )
  29. Passaic River - Fairfield ( 40.89775, -74.27988 )
  30. Passaic River - Hawthorne ( 40.93992, -74.15224 )
  31. Passaic River - Kearny ( 40.76313, -74.15933 )
  32. Passaic River - Livingston ( 40.77879, -74.36862 )
  33. Passaic River - Memorial Park ( 40.92865, -74.14193 )
  34. Passaic River - Newark ( 40.73326, -74.15206 )
  35. Passaic River - Nutley ( 40.81175, -74.13909 )
  36. Passaic River - Passaic ( 40.86506, -74.11144 )
  37. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (N) ( 40.81865, -74.13348 )
  38. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (S) ( 40.80182, -74.13801 )
  39. Passaic River - Rutherford ( 40.82349, -74.12280 )
  40. Passaic River - Veteran's Park ( 40.85042, -74.11898 )
  41. Peaquannock River - Appelt Park ( 41.00189, -74.31640 )
  42. Peaquannock River - Riverdale ( 40.99137, -74.29694 )
  43. Peaquannock River - Riverdale Rd ( 40.98818, -74.29319 )
  44. Peckman River - Cedar Grove ( 40.85861, -74.22711 )
  45. Pines Lake - Pompton ( 40.98952, -74.26212 )
  46. Pompton River - Follari Tract ( 40.98011, -74.29032 )
  47. Pompton River - Lincoln Park ( 40.91475, -74.27182 )
  48. Pompton River - River Drive ( 40.98153, -74.29748 )
  49. Potash Lake - Ramapo River ( 41.02250, -74.25936 )
  50. Rahway River - South Mountain ( 40.73112, -74.30704 )
  51. Rahway River - Springfield ( 40.70824, -74.30186 )
  52. Ramapo River - Glen Gray Rd ( 41.05339, -74.22408 )
  53. Ramapo River - Great Oak Park ( 41.01630, -74.26106 )
  54. Ramapo River - Halifax Rd ( 41.08543, -74.18332 )
  55. Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (E) ( 41.00056, -74.27621 )
  56. Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (N) ( 41.00602, -74.27796 )
  57. Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (W) ( 41.00392, -74.28272 )
  58. Ramapo River - Ramapo Reservation ( 41.07835, -74.18937 )
  59. Ramapo River - Stiles Park ( 40.98695, -74.28014 )
  60. Ramapo River - West Mahwah ( 41.10486, -74.15591 )
  61. Rockaway River - Boonton ( 40.91556, -74.42705 )
  62. Rockaway River - Denville (E) ( 40.89625, -74.47500 )
  63. Rockaway River - McCarter Park ( 40.89122, -74.47349 )
  64. Rockaway River - Montville ( 40.89893, -74.37344 )
  65. Rockaway River - Pine Brook ( 40.86608, -74.35202 )
  66. Rockaway River - Towpath Rd ( 40.90322, -74.46364 )
  67. Rockland Lake - Nayak NY ( 41.14291, -73.92742 )
  68. Saddle River - County Park ( 40.97559, -74.09215 )
  69. Saddle River - County Park (N) ( 40.91908, -74.08952 )
  70. Saddle River - County Park (S) ( 40.91051, -74.08955 )
  71. Saddle River - Dunkerhook ( 40.94610, -74.09835 )
  72. Saddle River - Lodi ( 40.88361, -74.08428 )
  73. Saddle River - Saddle River ( 41.03307, -74.10117 )
  74. Shepherd Pond - Ringwood ( 41.13571, -74.23189 )
  75. Split Rock Reservoir - Rockaway ( 40.96274, -74.45808 )
  76. Verona Lake - Montclair ( 40.82705, -74.24588 )
  77. Wanaque River - Back Beach Park ( 41.03504, -74.28571 )
  78. Wanaque River - Hershfield Park ( 40.99313, -74.28983 )
  79. Weequahic Lake - Newark ( 40.70570, -74.19775 )
  80. Whippany River - Whippany ( 40.81921, -74.44021 )
  81. White's Pond - Waldwick ( 41.01724, -74.13142 )
  82. Woodcliff Lake - Hillsdale ( 41.02150, -74.04133 )

Hackensack River
( 40.83048, -74.09432 )

  1. Hackensack River - Bergenfield ( 40.92835, -74.03023 )
  2. Hackensack River - Foschini Park ( 40.88477, -74.03524 )
  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. Newark Bay - Bayonne ( 40.66284, -74.13305 )
  7. Newark Bay - Rutkowski Park ( 40.68882, -74.11216 )
  8. Overpeck Creek - Teaneck ( 40.86648, -74.00077 )

Hudson River
( 40.91183, -74.09432 )

  1. Hudson River - Fort Lee ( 40.85176, -73.95950 )
  2. Hudson River - Hastings-on-Hudson NY ( 40.99739, -73.88466 )
  3. Hudson River - Inwood Hill Park NY ( 40.86947, -73.93208 )
  4. Hudson River - JFK Park Yonkers NY ( 40.95639, -73.89738 )
  5. Hudson River - Nyack NY (N) ( 41.11999, -73.91239 )
  6. Hudson River - Nyack NY (S) ( 41.08745, -73.91558 )
  7. Hudson River - Piermont NY ( 41.04248, -73.91583 )
  8. Liberty State Park - Jersey City ( 40.69768, -74.06520 )

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.


Ramapo River
( 41.04304, -74.22288 )

  1. Pompton River - Follari Tract ( 40.98011, -74.29032 )
  2. Potash Lake - Ramapo River ( 41.02250, -74.25936 )
  3. Ramapo River - Glen Gray Rd ( 41.05339, -74.22408 )
  4. Ramapo River - Great Oak Park ( 41.01630, -74.26106 )
  5. Ramapo River - Halifax Rd ( 41.08543, -74.18332 )
  6. Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (E) ( 41.00056, -74.27621 )
  7. Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (N) ( 41.00602, -74.27796 )
  8. Ramapo River - Pompton Lake (W) ( 41.00392, -74.28272 )
  9. Ramapo River - Ramapo Reservation ( 41.07835, -74.18937 )
  10. Ramapo River - Stiles Park ( 40.98695, -74.28014 )
  11. Ramapo River - West Mahwah ( 41.10486, -74.15591 )

Saddle River
( 40.95207, -74.09179 )

  1. Passaic River - Passaic ( 40.86506, -74.11144 )
  2. Passaic River - Veteran's Park ( 40.85042, -74.11898 )
  3. Saddle River - County Park ( 40.97559, -74.09215 )
  4. Saddle River - County Park (N) ( 40.91908, -74.08952 )
  5. Saddle River - County Park (S) ( 40.91051, -74.08955 )
  6. Saddle River - Dunkerhook ( 40.94610, -74.09835 )
  7. Saddle River - Lodi ( 40.88361, -74.08428 )
  8. Saddle River - Saddle River ( 41.03307, -74.10117 )

Wanaque/Pompton River
( 40.97395, -74.28384 )

  1. Passaic River - Fairfield ( 40.89775, -74.27988 )
  2. Pompton River - Follari Tract ( 40.98011, -74.29032 )
  3. Pompton River - Lincoln Park ( 40.91475, -74.27182 )
  4. Pompton River - River Drive ( 40.98153, -74.29748 )
  5. Wanaque River - Back Beach Park ( 41.03504, -74.28571 )
  6. Wanaque River - Hershfield Park ( 40.99313, -74.28983 )

Farrington Lake
( 40.43371, -74.47122 )

  1. Davidson's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.41117, -74.49789 )
  2. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (C) ( 40.42465, -74.47680 )
  3. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (N) ( 40.43900, -74.46646 )
  4. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (S) ( 40.42201, -74.48242 )
  5. Lawrence Brook - Milltown (E) ( 40.45144, -74.43663 )
  6. Lawrence Brook - Milltown (W) ( 40.44831, -74.44367 )
  7. Weston's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.46677, -74.42603 )

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.