New Jersey Kayaking

Ocean County

Ocean County
( 39.82966, -74.22671 )

  1. Bamber Lake - Lacey ( 39.89577, -74.31959 )
  2. Barnegat Bay - Barnegat ( 39.75401, -74.20171 )
  3. Barnegat Bay - Barnegat Light (N) ( 39.75763, -74.11138 )
  4. Barnegat Bay - Barnegat Light (S) ( 39.74500, -74.11764 )
  5. Barnegat Bay - Bay Harbor Park ( 40.01977, -74.12731 )
  6. Barnegat Bay - Brant Beach ( 39.61673, -74.20110 )
  7. Barnegat Bay - Bridge to Nowhere ( 39.68394, -74.20766 )
  8. Barnegat Bay - Harvey Cedars ( 39.70465, -74.13703 )
  9. Barnegat Bay - Island Beach SP ( 39.85222, -74.08899 )
  10. Barnegat Bay - Lavallette ( 39.96933, -74.07421 )
  11. Barnegat Bay - Mantoloking Bridge ( 40.04124, -74.05880 )
  12. Barnegat Bay - Oyster Creek ( 39.80873, -74.18455 )
  13. Barnegat Bay - Parkertown ( 39.60978, -74.29231 )
  14. Barnegat Bay - Seaside Heights ( 39.94524, -74.07956 )
  15. Barnegat Bay - Sedge Island ( 39.80786, -74.09599 )
  16. Barnegat Bay - Ship Bottom ( 39.65232, -74.18484 )
  17. Barnegat Bay - Tilton Point ( 39.96900, -74.11284 )
  18. Barnegat Bay - Tuckerton ( 39.57671, -74.33078 )
  19. Barnegat Bay - West Creek ( 39.63100, -74.29618 )
  20. Barnegat Bay - Woodville ( 39.98917, -74.13476 )
  21. Bass River - New Gretna ( 39.57721, -74.45079 )
  22. Batsto River - Wharton State Forest ( 39.71014, -74.66747 )
  23. Bay Parkway - Lacey ( 39.80572, -74.17212 )
  24. Bunker Hill Bogs - Jackson ( 40.08255, -74.29256 )
  25. Cedar Creek - Berkeley ( 39.90248, -74.24513 )
  26. Cedar Creek - Double Trouble ( 39.89402, -74.22495 )
  27. Cedar Creek - Lanoka Harbor ( 39.86936, -74.17065 )
  28. Cedar Run - Stafford ( 39.64365, -74.24592 )
  29. Collier's Lake - New Egypt ( 40.06799, -74.44856 )
  30. Country Lake - Pemberton ( 39.94530, -74.54257 )
  31. Crosswick's Creek - New Egypt (N) ( 40.08505, -74.54006 )
  32. Crosswick's Creek - New Egypt (S) ( 40.06679, -74.53226 )
  33. Deer Head Lake ( 39.85043, -74.21101 )
  34. Forge Pond - Brick ( 40.06646, -74.13446 )
  35. Great Bay - Graveling Point ( 39.53959, -74.38821 )
  36. Great Bay - Great Bay Blvd (N) ( 39.56316, -74.34202 )
  37. Great Bay - Great Bay Blvd (S) ( 39.52160, -74.31849 )
  38. Great Bay - Motts Creek ( 39.51826, -74.43637 )
  39. Great Bay - Rand's Marina ( 39.53934, -74.32614 )
  40. Harrisville Pond ( 39.66539, -74.52424 )
  41. Harry Wright Lake ( 39.93076, -74.35880 )
  42. Holiday Lake - Barnegat ( 39.73882, -74.26470 )
  43. Horicon Lake - Lakehurst ( 40.00720, -74.32177 )
  44. Island Beach SP Marina ( 39.90606, -74.08713 )
  45. Lake Absegami - Bass River ( 39.62529, -74.42760 )
  46. Lake Barnegat ( 39.84169, -74.20078 )
  47. Lake Carasaljo - Lakewood ( 40.09304, -74.22817 )
  48. Lake Riviera - Brick ( 40.04590, -74.14573 )
  49. Lake Shenandoah - Lakewood ( 40.08845, -74.19941 )
  50. Lake Success - Jackson ( 40.05785, -74.39243 )
  51. Lebanon Lake - Pemberton ( 39.90686, -74.56550 )
  52. Little Pine Lake - Pemberton ( 39.98857, -74.57096 )
  53. Manahawkin Lake - Stafford ( 39.69641, -74.26116 )
  54. Manasquan Reservoir - Howell ( 40.17217, -74.20300 )
  55. Manasquan River - Allaire ( 40.14376, -74.11673 )
  56. Manasquan River - Beverly Beach ( 40.10498, -74.09649 )
  57. Manasquan River - Brice Park ( 40.13764, -74.11038 )
  58. Manasquan River - Dog Beach ( 40.10623, -74.03785 )
  59. Manasquan River - Glimmer Glass ( 40.11653, -74.04946 )
  60. Manasquan River - Howell ( 40.17519, -74.16981 )
  61. Manasquan River - Ramshorn Drive ( 40.11961, -74.09418 )
  62. Manasquan River - Riverfront Park ( 40.08835, -74.07142 )
  63. Manasquan River - RR Bridge ( 40.10052, -74.04905 )
  64. Manasquan River - WMA ( 40.13689, -74.10431 )
  65. Metedeconk River - Bay Ave ( 40.06602, -74.05130 )
  66. Metedeconk River - Bay Blvd ( 40.06288, -74.05502 )
  67. Metedeconk River - Bennett's Pond ( 40.13058, -74.28406 )
  68. Metedeconk River - Brick ( 40.05687, -74.11203 )
  69. Metedeconk River - Dock Rd ( 40.05055, -74.11413 )
  70. Metedeconk River - Sandy Point ( 40.05129, -74.07785 )
  71. Mirror Lake - Pemberton (N) ( 39.97209, -74.56941 )
  72. Mirror Lake - Pemberton (S) ( 39.96729, -74.57847 )
  73. Mullica River - Hay Road Beach ( 39.57349, -74.53943 )
  74. Oswego Lake - Penn State Forest ( 39.73454, -74.49111 )
  75. Oswego River - Martha Bridge ( 39.68159, -74.51416 )
  76. Oyster Creek ( 39.80866, -74.18460 )
  77. Pine Lake ( 40.00910, -74.24948 )
  78. Presidential Lakes - Pemberton ( 39.91110, -74.57680 )
  79. Prospertown Lake - Jackson ( 40.13497, -74.45779 )
  80. Rancocas Creek - New Lisbon ( 39.96205, -74.64102 )
  81. Rancocas Creek - Pemberton (E) ( 39.96746, -74.58789 )
  82. Rancocas Creek - Pemberton Heights ( 39.96244, -74.65567 )
  83. Stafford Forge WMA - Manahawkin ( 39.66881, -74.32090 )
  84. Stockton Lake - Manasquan ( 40.11739, -74.03460 )
  85. Sunken Branch - Toms River ( 39.96792, -74.24211 )
  86. Toms River - Beachwood ( 39.94250, -74.18446 )
  87. Toms River - Cranmoor Manor ( 39.94859, -74.16332 )
  88. Toms River - Gilford Park ( 39.94262, -74.13393 )
  89. Toms River - Huddy Park ( 39.95082, -74.19782 )
  90. Toms River - Oceangate Beach ( 39.92840, -74.13547 )
  91. Toms River - Pine Beach ( 39.93789, -74.15776 )
  92. Toms River - Pine Lake Park ( 40.00353, -74.24106 )
  93. Toms River - Pocket Park ( 39.94102, -74.17354 )
  94. Toms River - Rt 527 ( 39.98639, -74.22380 )
  95. Toms River - Water St ( 39.95171, -74.19990 )
  96. Toms River - Winding River Park (N) ( 39.98350, -74.22255 )
  97. Toms River - Winding River Park (S) ( 39.96802, -74.21393 )
  98. Toms River - Windsor Park ( 39.94676, -74.15658 )
  99. Turn Mill Pond - New Egypt ( 40.06371, -74.44772 )
  100. Twilight Lake - Bay Head ( 40.07474, -74.04404 )
  101. Wading River - Beaver Branch ( 39.65059, -74.51890 )
  102. Wading River - Bodine Field Road ( 39.65401, -74.52497 )
  103. Wading River - Evans Bridge ( 39.67517, -74.54066 )
  104. Wading River - Godfrey Bridge ( 39.68987, -74.54612 )
  105. Wading River - Harrisville Pond ( 39.66547, -74.52434 )
  106. Wading River - Hawkins Bridge ( 39.71442, -74.56595 )
  107. Wells Mills Pond ( 39.79387, -74.27701 )
  108. Whitesbog - Pemberton ( 39.96504, -74.48711 )
  109. Wreck Pond - Sea Girt ( 40.13880, -74.02726 )
  110. Wreck Pond - Spring Lake ( 40.14107, -74.04003 )

Forbidden Zones

  • Point Pleasant Canal
  • Brick Reservoir
  • anywhere near Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant (duh!)
  • any large ocean inlet would be tempting fate
  • Manasquan Inlet would be suicidal

Paddlin' in the Pines

Paddlin' in the Pines
( 39.72215, -74.42738 )

  1. Batsto Lake - Batsto ( 39.64682, -74.65327 )
  2. Batsto River - Wharton State Forest ( 39.71014, -74.66747 )
  3. Cedar Creek - Berkeley ( 39.90248, -74.24513 )
  4. Cedar Creek - Lanoka Harbor ( 39.86936, -74.17065 )
  5. Great Egg Harbor River - Penny Pot ( 39.57547, -74.82239 )
  6. Great Egg Harbor River - Weymouth ( 39.51339, -74.77889 )

This map shows the trips described in this article.
Hover over marker for name.

by Andrée Jannette

New Jersey Outdoors
Spring 1998
$4.25

If you don't know how to turn your canoe on a dime when you put in at your first Pinelands river, you will by the time you finish. These are narrow, winding rivers, full of sweeping curves and sharply angled switchbacks. Yet these twists and turns are very much a part of the mystique and the delight of paddling in New Jersey's Pinelands.

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Metedeconk River

Metedeconk River
( 40.09403, -74.17173 )

  1. Barnegat Bay - Mantoloking Bridge ( 40.04124, -74.05880 )
  2. Forge Pond - Brick ( 40.06646, -74.13446 )
  3. Lake Carasaljo - Lakewood ( 40.09304, -74.22817 )
  4. Lake Shenandoah - Lakewood ( 40.08845, -74.19941 )
  5. Metedeconk River - Bay Ave ( 40.06602, -74.05130 )
  6. Metedeconk River - Bay Blvd ( 40.06288, -74.05502 )
  7. Metedeconk River - Bennett's Pond ( 40.13058, -74.28406 )
  8. Metedeconk River - Brick ( 40.05687, -74.11203 )
  9. Metedeconk River - Dock Rd ( 40.05055, -74.11413 )
  10. Metedeconk River - Sandy Point ( 40.05129, -74.07785 )

The Manasquan Canal is off-limits.

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Prospertown Lake - Jackson

Prospertown Lake - Jackson
( 40.13520, -74.44842 )

This is a nice clean lake that straddles the border between Monmouth and Ocean Counties. The neat thing about it is, if you scroll the map to the upper-right corner, that is not some industrial park, that is Great Adventure! This is the lake that is at the back of the park. At the east end of the lake, you are looking up at all the rides, while to the south is the Safari Park. You can see more water from there, but I wouldn't jump any of the dykes, as that would put you on Great Adventure's property, or maybe in the lion pen. It's not a big lake, but there is plenty of shoreline to inspect. There is a small dam at the western end. No real facilities, just parking.

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Paddles

Your new boat probably came with a paddle. I've never seen a boat come with a good paddle. It is just a starter, to get you going. Get a good paddle that is the right size for you. It will make a world of difference. Keep the old one for a spare. Rule of thumb: your paddle should be about your height. If you install a thick seat cushion, you might want to go a little longer even.

I regard my paddle as an emergency signalling device as well, which is why I like the yellow color pictured, especially if your boat is some camouflage shade of green.

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