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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. Hudson River - Winter Garden Lightship ( 40.70981, -74.04034 )
  15. Lake Surprise - Summit ( 40.69343, -74.37003 )
  16. Liberty State Park - Jersey City ( 40.69768, -74.06520 )
  17. New Brunswick Water Utility ( 40.48340, -74.41271 )
  18. New Market Pond - Piscataway ( 40.57675, -74.45490 )
  19. Newark Bay - Bayonne ( 40.66284, -74.13305 )
  20. Newark Bay - Rutkowski Park ( 40.68882, -74.11216 )
  21. Old Place Creek, Staten Island ( 40.62721, -74.18237 )
  22. Orange Reservoir - Rahway River ( 40.75964, -74.28903 )
  23. Passaic River - Basking Ridge ( 40.69503, -74.51600 )
  24. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.73795, -74.37159 )
  25. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.72583, -74.38948 )
  26. Passaic River - Dead River ( 40.65005, -74.52464 )
  27. Passaic River - East Hanover (N) ( 40.82749, -74.33529 )
  28. Passaic River - East Hanover (S) ( 40.82581, -74.33332 )
  29. Passaic River - Kearny ( 40.76313, -74.15933 )
  30. Passaic River - Livingston ( 40.77879, -74.36862 )
  31. Passaic River - Newark ( 40.73326, -74.15206 )
  32. Passaic River - Nutley ( 40.81175, -74.13909 )
  33. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (N) ( 40.81865, -74.13348 )
  34. Passaic River - Riverside County Park (S) ( 40.80182, -74.13801 )
  35. Passaic River - Warren ( 40.67078, -74.46441 )
  36. Peckman River - Cedar Grove ( 40.85861, -74.22711 )
  37. Rahway River - Clark ( 40.62884, -74.29746 )
  38. Rahway River - Cranford (N) ( 40.66036, -74.30627 )
  39. Rahway River - Cranford (S) ( 40.65097, -74.30133 )
  40. Rahway River - Cranford (W) ( 40.65900, -74.30997 )
  41. Rahway River - Jackson's Pond ( 40.62805, -74.28492 )
  42. Rahway River - Lenape Park ( 40.67407, -74.31426 )
  43. Rahway River - Mohawk Park ( 40.64041, -74.29408 )
  44. Rahway River - Nomahegan Lake ( 40.66832, -74.31741 )
  45. Rahway River - Park ( 40.62040, -74.28944 )
  46. Rahway River - Rahway ( 40.59952, -74.26856 )
  47. Rahway River - South Branch (E) ( 40.60010, -74.27397 )
  48. Rahway River - South Branch (W) ( 40.57998, -74.30463 )
  49. Rahway River - South Mountain ( 40.73112, -74.30704 )
  50. Rahway River - Springfield ( 40.70824, -74.30186 )
  51. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (W) ( 40.45216, -74.22269 )
  52. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (Whale Creek) ( 40.45090, -74.22274 )
  53. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (E) ( 40.45877, -74.24622 )
  54. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (W) ( 40.46223, -74.25482 )
  55. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (N) ( 40.48343, -74.27059 )
  56. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (S) ( 40.47946, -74.26831 )
  57. Raritan Bay - South Amboy Ramp ( 40.48401, -74.27416 )
  58. Raritan River - Bound Brook ( 40.55995, -74.52758 )
  59. Raritan River - Edison ( 40.48791, -74.38382 )
  60. Raritan River - Highland Park ( 40.48864, -74.42226 )
  61. Raritan River - New Brunswick ( 40.48760, -74.43280 )
  62. Raritan River - Perth Amboy ( 40.50057, -74.27712 )
  63. Raritan River - Piscataway (N) ( 40.54085, -74.51236 )
  64. Raritan River - Piscataway (S) ( 40.50935, -74.46641 )
  65. Raritan River - Sayreville ( 40.47450, -74.35606 )
  66. Robbins Reef Lighthouse ( 40.65736, -74.06536 )
  67. Robinson's Branch - Rahway River ( 40.61839, -74.30495 )
  68. Rockaway River - Pine Brook ( 40.86608, -74.35202 )
  69. South River - Sayreville ( 40.45397, -74.37222 )
  70. South River - South River ( 40.45838, -74.38361 )
  71. Speedwell Lake - Morristown ( 40.81265, -74.48090 )
  72. Verona Lake - Montclair ( 40.82705, -74.24588 )
  73. Watchung Lake - North Plainfield ( 40.63723, -74.45384 )
  74. Weequahic Lake - Newark ( 40.70570, -74.19775 )
  75. Weston's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.46677, -74.42603 )
  76. Whippany River - Whippany ( 40.81921, -74.44021 )
  77. Woodbridge Creek (N) ( 40.58555, -74.26267 )
  78. Woodbridge Creek (S) ( 40.56256, -74.26890 )

All of present-day Union County was part of the Elizabethtown Tract, which was purchased in 1664, by English colonists from the Lenape Native Americans that lived in the area of present-day Elizabeth, New Jersey. Union County was formed on March 19, 1857, from portions of Essex County; it was the last of New Jersey's 21 counties to be established. With a population density of 4,955 inhabitants per square mile in 2000, Union County was the 15th-most densely populated county in the United States.

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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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Cable Lock

This is a cable-lock I made, about 12 feet long. It is just 3/16" coated steel cable from the hardware store, with crimp ferrules, and a big steel ring in one end. The ferrules fit through the scupper holes on the boat, but the steel ring does not. Together with any padlock, this will secure the boat (or several) to your truck, roof rack, a tree, or anything else that is handy. You can take this cable with you, it will give you peace of mind if you leave the boat unattended to go exploring on land.

The object is not to stop a determined thief - you can't do that. It is to stop someone from casually taking your boat with their bare hands. Don't lock the boat by the handles - they are easily cut with a pocket knife and cheap to replace. Run the cable through a scupper hole, and a thief would have to destroy the boat to steal it. If your boat doesn't have scupper holes, you can probably find someplace to thread the cable though, or make a suitable hole in the seat.

You can find a cable like this all set to go on Amazon for under 20 bucks. Where I used a steel ring, you could use a second padlock.

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