New Jersey Kayaking

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This small lake is about a mile long. The only public launch is at the west end in Stevenson Park, off West Front Street. There is a channel from there to the lake, but good luck finding it – be prepared to run aground. Fortunately, the bottom is firm sand, and a short tow on foot will get you out to deeper water. It is also possible to go a short ways up the creek.

Shadow Lake is very picturesque. The lake is surrounded by high bluffs; most of the homes around the lake have stairs down to private docks. The last dock on the lake is a particularly fine construction – square and solid after 25 years.

Shadow Lake Dam is an earthfill berm dam on Nut Swamp Brook in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Built in 1931, it has a length of 600 feet and is 16 feet high. Hubbard Road crosses over its crest.