New Jersey Kayaking

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Union County

Union County
( 40.65599, -74.31513 )

  1. Ambrose Brook - Bound Brook ( 40.56764, -74.51489 )
  2. Ambrose Brook - Possumtown ( 40.55555, -74.48630 )
  3. Arthur Kill - Buckingham Ave ( 40.51462, -74.25871 )
  4. Arthur Kill - Carteret Waterfront ( 40.57186, -74.21301 )
  5. Arthur Kill - Ferry St ( 40.54576, -74.25424 )
  6. Branch Brook Park ( 40.75077, -74.18305 )
  7. D-R Canal - New Brunswick ( 40.50806, -74.46376 )
  8. D-R Canal - Somerset (N) ( 40.54077, -74.51404 )
  9. D-R Canal - Somerset (S) ( 40.52390, -74.49248 )
  10. D-R Canal - South Bound Brook ( 40.55880, -74.53118 )
  11. Echo Lake - Mountainside ( 40.67351, -74.34560 )
  12. Green Brook - Billian Legion Park ( 40.56222, -74.52483 )
  13. Hackensack River - Secaucaus (S) ( 40.76390, -74.08685 )
  14. Lake Surprise - Summit ( 40.69343, -74.37003 )
  15. Liberty State Park - Jersey City ( 40.69768, -74.06520 )
  16. New Market Pond - Piscataway ( 40.57675, -74.45490 )
  17. Newark Bay - Bayonne ( 40.66284, -74.13305 )
  18. Newark Bay - Rutkowski Park ( 40.68882, -74.11216 )
  19. Old Place Creek, Staten Island ( 40.62721, -74.18237 )
  20. Orange Reservoir - Rahway River ( 40.75964, -74.28903 )
  21. Passaic River - Basking Ridge ( 40.69503, -74.51600 )
  22. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.73795, -74.37159 )
  23. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.72583, -74.38948 )
  24. Passaic River - Dead River ( 40.65005, -74.52464 )
  25. Passaic River - East Hanover (N) ( 40.82749, -74.33529 )
  26. Passaic River - East Hanover (S) ( 40.82581, -74.33332 )
  27. Passaic River - Kearny ( 40.76313, -74.15933 )
  28. Passaic River - Livingston ( 40.77879, -74.36862 )
  29. Passaic River - Newark ( 40.73326, -74.15206 )
  30. Passaic River - Nutley ( 40.81175, -74.13909 )
  31. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (N) ( 40.81865, -74.13348 )
  32. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (S) ( 40.80182, -74.13801 )
  33. Passaic River - Warren ( 40.67078, -74.46441 )
  34. Peckman River - Cedar Grove ( 40.85861, -74.22711 )
  35. Rahway River - Clark ( 40.62884, -74.29746 )
  36. Rahway River - Cranford (N) ( 40.66036, -74.30627 )
  37. Rahway River - Cranford (S) ( 40.65097, -74.30133 )
  38. Rahway River - Cranford (W) ( 40.65900, -74.30997 )
  39. Rahway River - Jackson's Pond ( 40.62805, -74.28492 )
  40. Rahway River - Lenape Park ( 40.67407, -74.31426 )
  41. Rahway River - Mohawk Park ( 40.64041, -74.29408 )
  42. Rahway River - Nomahegan Lake ( 40.66832, -74.31741 )
  43. Rahway River - Park ( 40.62040, -74.28944 )
  44. Rahway River - Rahway ( 40.59952, -74.26856 )
  45. Rahway River - South Branch (E) ( 40.60010, -74.27397 )
  46. Rahway River - South Branch (W) ( 40.57998, -74.30463 )
  47. Rahway River - South Mountain ( 40.73112, -74.30704 )
  48. Rahway River - Springfield ( 40.70824, -74.30186 )
  49. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (W) ( 40.45216, -74.22269 )
  50. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (Whale Creek) ( 40.45090, -74.22274 )
  51. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (E) ( 40.45877, -74.24622 )
  52. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (W) ( 40.46223, -74.25482 )
  53. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (N) ( 40.48343, -74.27059 )
  54. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (S) ( 40.47946, -74.26831 )
  55. Raritan Bay - South Amboy Ramp ( 40.48401, -74.27416 )
  56. Raritan River - Bound Brook ( 40.55995, -74.52758 )
  57. Raritan River - Edison ( 40.48791, -74.38382 )
  58. Raritan River - Highland Park ( 40.48864, -74.42226 )
  59. Raritan River - New Brunswick ( 40.48760, -74.43280 )
  60. Raritan River - Perth Amboy ( 40.50057, -74.27712 )
  61. Raritan River - Piscataway (N) ( 40.54085, -74.51236 )
  62. Raritan River - Piscataway (S) ( 40.50935, -74.46641 )
  63. Raritan River - Sayreville ( 40.47450, -74.35606 )
  64. Robinson's Branch - Rahway River ( 40.61839, -74.30495 )
  65. Rockaway River - Pine Brook ( 40.86608, -74.35202 )
  66. South River - Sayreville ( 40.45397, -74.37222 )
  67. South River - South River ( 40.45838, -74.38361 )
  68. Speedwell Lake - Morristown ( 40.81265, -74.48090 )
  69. Verona Lake - Montclair ( 40.82705, -74.24588 )
  70. Washington Valley Park Reservoir ( 40.59589, -74.57371 )
  71. Watchung Lake - North Plainfield ( 40.63723, -74.45384 )
  72. Weequahic Lake - Newark ( 40.70570, -74.19775 )
  73. Weston's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.46677, -74.42603 )
  74. Whippany River - Whippany ( 40.81921, -74.44021 )
  75. Woodbridge Creek (N) ( 40.58555, -74.26267 )
  76. Woodbridge Creek (S) ( 40.56256, -74.26890 )

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Arthur Kill

Arthur Kill
( 40.57230, -74.22419 )

  1. Arthur Kill - Buckingham Ave ( 40.51462, -74.25871 )
  2. Arthur Kill - Carteret Waterfront ( 40.57186, -74.21301 )
  3. Arthur Kill - Ferry St ( 40.54576, -74.25424 )
  4. 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.

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Elizabeth River

Elizabeth River
( 40.67718, -74.22651 )

The Elizabeth River is highly urbanized and difficult to access, hence the purple markers on the map.

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Passaic River

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.

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Rahway River

Rahway River
( 40.68294, -74.33542 )

  1. Orange Reservoir - Rahway River ( 40.75964, -74.28903 )
  2. Rahway River - Clark ( 40.62884, -74.29746 )
  3. Rahway River - Cranford (N) ( 40.66036, -74.30627 )
  4. Rahway River - Cranford (S) ( 40.65097, -74.30133 )
  5. Rahway River - Cranford (W) ( 40.65900, -74.30997 )
  6. Rahway River - Jackson's Pond ( 40.62805, -74.28492 )
  7. Rahway River - Lenape Park ( 40.67407, -74.31426 )
  8. Rahway River - Mohawk Park ( 40.64041, -74.29408 )
  9. Rahway River - Nomahegan Lake ( 40.66832, -74.31741 )
  10. Rahway River - Park ( 40.62040, -74.28944 )
  11. Rahway River - Rahway ( 40.59952, -74.26856 )
  12. Rahway River - South Branch (E) ( 40.60010, -74.27397 )
  13. Rahway River - South Branch (W) ( 40.57998, -74.30463 )
  14. Rahway River - South Mountain ( 40.73112, -74.30704 )
  15. Rahway River - Springfield ( 40.70824, -74.30186 )
  16. Robinson's Branch - Rahway River ( 40.61839, -74.30495 )

The Rahway River rises in Essex County as two separate branches. The West Branch begins at spring-fed Crystal Lake in West Orange and flows south through the South Mountain Reservation in the valley between first and second ridges of the Watchung Mountains. It runs directly through downtown Millburn. The East Branch rises as a surface stream in West Orange and forms part of the boundary between West Orange and Orange, then travels through the towns of South Orange and Maplewood.

The two branches meet at Hobart Gap near Interstate 78, continuing south through the Union County communities of Springfield, Union, Cranford and Clark. In Rahway the river receives the Robinson's Branch and South Branch, which are approximately 10 miles long. The South Branch starts in Roosevelt Park in Edison behind the Menlo Park Mall, and flows through Edison, Iselin, and Rahway. The river's mouth is at the Arthur Kill between Carteret (on the south) and Linden (on the north), opposite Port Mobil on Staten Island.

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Weequahic Lake - Newark

Weequahic Lake
( 40.70169, -74.20242 )

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

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Navigation

Do you have a cell phone? You'll probably want to bring it along, and it probably has GPS. This can be very handy out in the wilds of New Jersey. Even if your phone doesn't have GPS, it can triangulate off nearby cell towers and give you a general location.

The cheapest way to use your GPS is to install Google Earth on your phone. That will give you a bird's-eye view of where you are, and a compass. Pretty basic, but it's free. If you want more, you can get a mapping app. I use OsmAnd on Android. The advantage of this is that it can record your trip. Later, you can see how far you went, etc. If you're like me, you'll forget to turn it off and record your drive home too.

Like most phone apps, OsmAnd's user interface is like some sort of puzzle game. The trip recording function is actually a plugin. Figure it all out before you go out, and you won't end up wanting to throw your phone in the water. I've actually used OsmAnd for years, but the developer keeps making unnecessary changes, so every few months you get to re-learn it.

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