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 )

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.

  • Cranford Canoe Club

Forbidden Zones:

  • Elizabeth River is basically a concrete storm drain

Weequahic Lake
( 40.70169, -74.20242 )

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

Elizabeth River
( 40.67718, -74.22651 )

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


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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