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 - Beach Haven ( 39.57015, -74.23933 )
  7. Barnegat Bay - Brant Beach ( 39.61673, -74.20110 )
  8. Barnegat Bay - Bridge to Nowhere ( 39.68394, -74.20766 )
  9. Barnegat Bay - Great Bay Blvd ( 39.56316, -74.34202 )
  10. Barnegat Bay - Harvey Cedars ( 39.70465, -74.13703 )
  11. Barnegat Bay - Island Beach SP ( 39.85222, -74.08899 )
  12. Barnegat Bay - Lavallette ( 39.96933, -74.07421 )
  13. Barnegat Bay - Little Egg Harbor ( 39.53556, -74.26441 )
  14. Barnegat Bay - Mantoloking Bridge ( 40.04124, -74.05880 )
  15. Barnegat Bay - Oyster Creek ( 39.80873, -74.18455 )
  16. Barnegat Bay - Parkertown ( 39.60978, -74.29231 )
  17. Barnegat Bay - Seaside Heights ( 39.94524, -74.07956 )
  18. Barnegat Bay - Sedge Island ( 39.80786, -74.09599 )
  19. Barnegat Bay - Ship Bottom ( 39.65232, -74.18484 )
  20. Barnegat Bay - Surf City ( 39.65966, -74.17848 )
  21. Barnegat Bay - Tilton Point ( 39.96900, -74.11284 )
  22. Barnegat Bay - Tuckerton ( 39.57671, -74.33078 )
  23. Barnegat Bay - West Creek ( 39.63100, -74.29618 )
  24. Barnegat Bay - Woodville ( 39.98917, -74.13476 )
  25. Bass River - New Gretna ( 39.57721, -74.45079 )
  26. Batsto River - Wharton State Forest ( 39.71014, -74.66747 )
  27. Bay Parkway - Lacey ( 39.80572, -74.17212 )
  28. Bunker Hill Bogs - Jackson ( 40.08255, -74.29256 )
  29. Cedar Creek - Berkeley ( 39.90248, -74.24513 )
  30. Cedar Creek - Double Trouble ( 39.89402, -74.22495 )
  31. Cedar Creek - Lanoka Harbor ( 39.86936, -74.17065 )
  32. Cedar Run - Stafford ( 39.64365, -74.24592 )
  33. Chip's Folly Campground ( 39.63281, -74.49799 )
  34. Collier's Lake - New Egypt ( 40.06799, -74.44856 )
  35. Country Lake - Pemberton ( 39.94530, -74.54257 )
  36. Crosswick's Creek - New Egypt (N) ( 40.08505, -74.54006 )
  37. Crosswick's Creek - New Egypt (S) ( 40.06679, -74.53226 )
  38. Deer Head Lake ( 39.85043, -74.21101 )
  39. Forge Pond - Brick ( 40.06646, -74.13446 )
  40. Great Bay - Graveling Point ( 39.53949, -74.38761 )
  41. Great Bay - Great Bay Blvd ( 39.52160, -74.31849 )
  42. Great Bay - Great Bay Blvd (end) ( 39.50902, -74.32008 )
  43. Great Bay - Motts Creek ( 39.51826, -74.43637 )
  44. Great Bay - Rand's Marina ( 39.53934, -74.32614 )
  45. Harry Wright Lake ( 39.93076, -74.35880 )
  46. Holiday Lake - Barnegat ( 39.73882, -74.26470 )
  47. Horicon Lake - Lakehurst ( 40.00720, -74.32177 )
  48. Island Beach SP Marina ( 39.90606, -74.08713 )
  49. Lake Absegami - Bass River ( 39.62529, -74.42760 )
  50. Lake Barnegat ( 39.84169, -74.20078 )
  51. Lake Carasaljo - Lakewood ( 40.09304, -74.22817 )
  52. Lake Riviera - Brick ( 40.04590, -74.14573 )
  53. Lake Shenandoah - Lakewood ( 40.08845, -74.19941 )
  54. Lake Success - Jackson ( 40.05785, -74.39243 )
  55. Lebanon Lake - Pemberton ( 39.90686, -74.56550 )
  56. Little Pine Lake - Pemberton ( 39.98857, -74.57096 )
  57. Manahawkin Lake - Stafford ( 39.69641, -74.26116 )
  58. Manasquan Reservoir - Howell ( 40.17217, -74.20300 )
  59. Manasquan River - Allaire ( 40.14376, -74.11673 )
  60. Manasquan River - Beverly Beach ( 40.10498, -74.09649 )
  61. Manasquan River - Brice Park ( 40.13764, -74.11038 )
  62. Manasquan River - Dog Beach ( 40.10623, -74.03785 )
  63. Manasquan River - Glimmer Glass ( 40.11653, -74.04946 )
  64. Manasquan River - Howell ( 40.17519, -74.16981 )
  65. Manasquan River - Ramshorn Drive ( 40.11961, -74.09418 )
  66. Manasquan River - Riverfront Park ( 40.08835, -74.07142 )
  67. Manasquan River - RR Bridge ( 40.10052, -74.04905 )
  68. Manasquan River - WMA ( 40.13689, -74.10431 )
  69. Metedeconk River - Bay Ave ( 40.06602, -74.05130 )
  70. Metedeconk River - Bay Blvd ( 40.06288, -74.05502 )
  71. Metedeconk River - Bennett's Pond ( 40.13058, -74.28406 )
  72. Metedeconk River - Brick ( 40.05687, -74.11203 )
  73. Metedeconk River - Dock Rd ( 40.05055, -74.11413 )
  74. Metedeconk River - Sandy Point ( 40.05129, -74.07785 )
  75. Mirror Lake - Pemberton (N) ( 39.97209, -74.56941 )
  76. Mirror Lake - Pemberton (S) ( 39.96729, -74.57847 )
  77. Mullica River - Hay Road Beach ( 39.57349, -74.53943 )
  78. Oswego Lake - Penn State Forest ( 39.73454, -74.49111 )
  79. Oswego River - Martha Bridge ( 39.68159, -74.51416 )
  80. Oyster Creek ( 39.80866, -74.18460 )
  81. Pine Lake ( 40.00910, -74.24948 )
  82. Presidential Lakes - Pemberton ( 39.91110, -74.57680 )
  83. Prospertown Lake - Jackson ( 40.13497, -74.45779 )
  84. Rancocas Creek - New Lisbon ( 39.96205, -74.64102 )
  85. Rancocas Creek - Pemberton (E) ( 39.96746, -74.58789 )
  86. Rancocas Creek - Pemberton Heights ( 39.96244, -74.65567 )
  87. Stafford Forge WMA - Manahawkin ( 39.66881, -74.32090 )
  88. Stockton Lake - Manasquan ( 40.11739, -74.03460 )
  89. Sunken Branch - Toms River ( 39.96792, -74.24211 )
  90. Toms River - Beachwood ( 39.94250, -74.18446 )
  91. Toms River - Cranmoor Manor ( 39.94859, -74.16332 )
  92. Toms River - Gilford Park ( 39.94262, -74.13393 )
  93. Toms River - Huddy Park ( 39.95082, -74.19782 )
  94. Toms River - Oceangate Beach ( 39.92840, -74.13547 )
  95. Toms River - Pine Beach ( 39.93789, -74.15776 )
  96. Toms River - Pine Lake Park ( 40.00353, -74.24106 )
  97. Toms River - Pocket Park ( 39.94102, -74.17354 )
  98. Toms River - Rt 527 ( 39.98639, -74.22380 )
  99. Toms River - Water St ( 39.95171, -74.19990 )
  100. Toms River - Winding River Park (N) ( 39.98350, -74.22255 )
  101. Toms River - Winding River Park (S) ( 39.96802, -74.21393 )
  102. Toms River - Windsor Park ( 39.94676, -74.15658 )
  103. Turn Mill Pond - New Egypt ( 40.06371, -74.44772 )
  104. Twilight Lake - Bay Head ( 40.07474, -74.04404 )
  105. Wading River - Beaver Branch ( 39.65059, -74.51890 )
  106. Wading River - Bodine Field Road ( 39.65401, -74.52497 )
  107. Wading River - Evans Bridge ( 39.67517, -74.54066 )
  108. Wading River - Godfrey Bridge ( 39.68987, -74.54612 )
  109. Wading River - Harrisville Pond ( 39.66547, -74.52434 )
  110. Wading River - Hawkins Bridge ( 39.71442, -74.56595 )
  111. Wells Mills Pond ( 39.79387, -74.27701 )
  112. Whitesbog - Pemberton ( 39.96504, -74.48711 )
  113. Wreck Pond - Sea Girt ( 40.13880, -74.02726 )
  114. 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
( 39.70208, -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 three trips described in this article

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.


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 Point Pleasant Canal is off-limits.


Toms River
( 39.97446, -74.18010 )

  1. Pine Lake ( 40.00910, -74.24948 )
  2. Sunken Branch - Toms River ( 39.96792, -74.24211 )
  3. Toms River - Beachwood ( 39.94250, -74.18446 )
  4. Toms River - Cranmoor Manor ( 39.94859, -74.16332 )
  5. Toms River - Gilford Park ( 39.94262, -74.13393 )
  6. Toms River - Huddy Park ( 39.95082, -74.19782 )
  7. Toms River - Oceangate Beach ( 39.92840, -74.13547 )
  8. Toms River - Pine Beach ( 39.93789, -74.15776 )
  9. Toms River - Pine Lake Park ( 40.00353, -74.24106 )
  10. Toms River - Pocket Park ( 39.94102, -74.17354 )
  11. Toms River - Rt 527 ( 39.98639, -74.22380 )
  12. Toms River - Water St ( 39.95171, -74.19990 )
  13. Toms River - Winding River Park (N) ( 39.98350, -74.22255 )
  14. Toms River - Winding River Park (S) ( 39.96802, -74.21393 )
  15. Toms River - Windsor Park ( 39.94676, -74.15658 )

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Mercer County
( 40.28435, -74.67324 )

  1. Assunpink Access ( 40.23568, -74.58683 )
  2. Assunpink Lake - Upper Freehold ( 40.21542, -74.51702 )
  3. Brainerd Lake - Cranbury ( 40.31113, -74.51178 )
  4. Collier's Lake - New Egypt ( 40.06799, -74.44856 )
  5. Colonial Lake - Lawrence ( 40.25527, -74.72369 )
  6. Crosswick's Creek - Bordentown ( 40.14816, -74.71812 )
  7. Crosswick's Creek - Groveville ( 40.16705, -74.67717 )
  8. Crosswick's Creek - New Egypt (N) ( 40.08505, -74.54006 )
  9. Crosswick's Creek - New Egypt (S) ( 40.06679, -74.53226 )
  10. Crosswick's Creek - Walnford ( 40.13480, -74.55762 )
  11. D-R Canal - Amwell Rd ( 40.50340, -74.58268 )
  12. D-R Canal - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47550, -74.57220 )
  13. D-R Canal - Griggstown (N) ( 40.43834, -74.61397 )
  14. D-R Canal - Griggstown (S) ( 40.42912, -74.61816 )
  15. D-R Canal - Kingston (N) ( 40.37489, -74.61854 )
  16. D-R Canal - Kingston (S) ( 40.37326, -74.61861 )
  17. D-R Canal - Lawrence (N) ( 40.27450, -74.70332 )
  18. D-R Canal - Lawrence (S) ( 40.26746, -74.71071 )
  19. D-R Canal - Lawrenceville ( 40.30501, -74.68490 )
  20. D-R Canal - Manville ( 40.52861, -74.58178 )
  21. D-R Canal - New Brunswick ( 40.50806, -74.46376 )
  22. D-R Canal - North Trenton ( 40.24901, -74.72865 )
  23. D-R Canal - Plainsboro (E) ( 40.34321, -74.62964 )
  24. D-R Canal - Plainsboro (W) ( 40.34190, -74.63758 )
  25. D-R Canal - Princeton (N) ( 40.33879, -74.64715 )
  26. D-R Canal - Princeton (S) ( 40.33224, -74.65186 )
  27. D-R Canal - Province Line Rd ( 40.30273, -74.68819 )
  28. D-R Canal - Rocky Hill ( 40.39826, -74.62702 )
  29. D-R Canal - Somerset (N) ( 40.54077, -74.51404 )
  30. D-R Canal - Somerset (S) ( 40.52390, -74.49248 )
  31. D-R Canal - Trenton (N) ( 40.23886, -74.74194 )
  32. D-R Canal - Trenton (S) ( 40.18384, -74.74666 )
  33. D-R Canal - West Windsor ( 40.30844, -74.67979 )
  34. D-R Feeder Canal - Ewing ( 40.26529, -74.84790 )
  35. D-R Feeder Canal - Lambertville (S) ( 40.34206, -74.94044 )
  36. D-R Feeder Canal - Rt 202 ( 40.37987, -74.95175 )
  37. D-R Feeder Canal - Washington Crossing ( 40.29842, -74.86852 )
  38. D-R Feeder Canal - West Trenton ( 40.24497, -74.81917 )
  39. Dallenbach Pond ( 40.41254, -74.44296 )
  40. Davidson's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.41117, -74.49789 )
  41. Delaware Canal - Morrisville PA ( 40.21792, -74.77976 )
  42. Delaware Canal - New Hope ( 40.37983, -74.95835 )
  43. Delaware Canal - Newtown PA ( 40.26858, -74.86017 )
  44. Delaware Canal - Washington's X'ing PA ( 40.29014, -74.87709 )
  45. Delaware Canal - Yardley PA ( 40.23742, -74.82909 )
  46. Delaware River - Beverly ( 40.06894, -74.92243 )
  47. Delaware River - Burlington ( 40.08236, -74.85662 )
  48. Delaware River - Burlington ( 40.08192, -74.85063 )
  49. Delaware River - Florence Twp ( 40.12238, -74.80412 )
  50. Delaware River - Lambertville (N) ( 40.36072, -74.94531 )
  51. Delaware River - Lambertville (S) ( 40.34235, -74.94193 )
  52. Delaware River - Titusville ( 40.30711, -74.88066 )
  53. Delaware River - Trenton ( 40.18662, -74.75351 )
  54. Dick's Sporting Goods - West Windsor ( 40.30691, -74.67877 )
  55. East Amwell Lake ( 40.40023, -74.84316 )
  56. Etra Lake - East Windsor ( 40.25288, -74.49829 )
  57. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (C) ( 40.42465, -74.47680 )
  58. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (N) ( 40.43900, -74.46646 )
  59. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (S) ( 40.42201, -74.48242 )
  60. Gropp Lake - White Horse ( 40.18761, -74.68888 )
  61. Grover's Mill Pond - Princeton Junction ( 40.31282, -74.60565 )
  62. Helmetta Pond ( 40.37817, -74.42657 )
  63. Lake Carnegie - Plainsboro ( 40.34362, -74.62973 )
  64. Lake Carnegie - Princeton ( 40.36681, -74.62597 )
  65. Lake Luxembourg - Langhorne PA ( 40.20011, -74.91904 )
  66. Lake Manalapan - Jamesburg ( 40.34525, -74.43662 )
  67. Lake Weamaconk - Englishtown ( 40.29140, -74.35704 )
  68. Lawrence Brook - Milltown (E) ( 40.45144, -74.43663 )
  69. Lawrence Brook - Milltown (W) ( 40.44831, -74.44367 )
  70. Mercer Lake - Hamilton ( 40.26561, -74.64191 )
  71. Mercer Lake - West Windsor ( 40.26960, -74.64114 )
  72. Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (E) ( 40.32460, -74.56567 )
  73. Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (W) ( 40.32735, -74.60233 )
  74. Millhurst Pond - Freehold ( 40.24590, -74.34066 )
  75. Millstone River - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47487, -74.57503 )
  76. Millstone River - Cranbury (E) ( 40.29359, -74.52675 )
  77. Millstone River - Cranbury (W) ( 40.29590, -74.56250 )
  78. Millstone River - Griggstown ( 40.43898, -74.61783 )
  79. Millstone River - Kingston ( 40.37419, -74.61962 )
  80. Millstone River - Manville ( 40.53124, -74.58753 )
  81. Millstone River - Plainsboro (N) ( 40.34262, -74.62981 )
  82. Millstone River - Plainsboro (S) ( 40.33874, -74.62880 )
  83. Millstone River - West Windsor ( 40.32139, -74.60831 )
  84. Miry Run ( 40.24052, -74.64696 )
  85. Neshaminy Creek - Newtown PA ( 40.23271, -74.97409 )
  86. Peddie Lake - Hightstown ( 40.26870, -74.52219 )
  87. Perrineville Lake ( 40.22667, -74.43784 )
  88. Prospertown Lake - Jackson ( 40.13497, -74.45779 )
  89. Raritan River - Branchburg ( 40.55644, -74.68838 )
  90. Raritan River - Duke Island (E) ( 40.56082, -74.64751 )
  91. Raritan River - Duke Island (W) ( 40.55279, -74.68330 )
  92. Raritan River - Highland Park ( 40.48864, -74.42226 )
  93. Raritan River - New Brunswick ( 40.48760, -74.43280 )
  94. Raritan River - Piscataway (N) ( 40.54085, -74.51236 )
  95. Raritan River - Piscataway (S) ( 40.50935, -74.46641 )
  96. Raritan River - Power Canal ( 40.55112, -74.67136 )
  97. Raritan River - Raritan ( 40.56492, -74.63884 )
  98. Raritan River - Somerville (E) ( 40.55798, -74.61520 )
  99. Raritan River - Somerville (W) ( 40.56539, -74.63173 )
  100. Raritan River South Branch ( 40.54640, -74.69603 )
  101. Raritan River South Branch - Flemington (C) ( 40.52105, -74.82666 )
  102. Raritan River South Branch - Flemington (E) ( 40.50354, -74.77814 )
  103. Raritan River South Branch - Flemington (N) ( 40.53810, -74.83934 )
  104. Raritan River South Branch - Neshanic (E) ( 40.50873, -74.72776 )
  105. Raritan River South Branch - Neshanic (W) ( 40.50250, -74.74182 )
  106. Rising Sun Lake - Upper Freehold ( 40.20699, -74.46339 )
  107. Rocky Brook - Hightstown ( 40.27108, -74.52353 )
  108. South River - Grekoski Park ( 40.43898, -74.36086 )
  109. South River - Old Bridge ( 40.41228, -74.36362 )
  110. South River - Sayreville ( 40.45397, -74.37222 )
  111. South River - South River ( 40.45838, -74.38361 )
  112. Spring Lake ( 40.19512, -74.73217 )
  113. Stone Tavern Lake - Upper Freehold ( 40.19587, -74.48596 )
  114. Stony Brook - Pennington ( 40.33257, -74.75809 )
  115. Stony Brook - Princeton ( 40.33219, -74.65340 )
  116. Stony Brook - Rosedale ( 40.33168, -74.77828 )
  117. Turn Mill Pond - New Egypt ( 40.06371, -74.44772 )
  118. Weston's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.46677, -74.42603 )