New Jersey Kayaking

Middlesex County

Middlesex County
( 40.42683, -74.38135 )

  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. Brainerd Lake - Cranbury ( 40.31113, -74.51178 )
  7. D-R Canal - Amwell Rd ( 40.50340, -74.58268 )
  8. D-R Canal - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47550, -74.57220 )
  9. D-R Canal - Griggstown (N) ( 40.43834, -74.61397 )
  10. D-R Canal - Griggstown (S) ( 40.42912, -74.61816 )
  11. D-R Canal - Kingston (N) ( 40.37489, -74.61854 )
  12. D-R Canal - Kingston (S) ( 40.37326, -74.61861 )
  13. D-R Canal - Manville ( 40.52861, -74.58178 )
  14. D-R Canal - New Brunswick ( 40.50806, -74.46376 )
  15. D-R Canal - Somerset (N) ( 40.54077, -74.51404 )
  16. D-R Canal - Somerset (S) ( 40.52390, -74.49248 )
  17. D-R Canal - South Bound Brook ( 40.55880, -74.53118 )
  18. Dallenbach Pond ( 40.41254, -74.44296 )
  19. Davidson's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.41117, -74.49789 )
  20. Delaware River ( 40.17371, -74.84843 )
  21. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (C) ( 40.42465, -74.47680 )
  22. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (N) ( 40.43900, -74.46646 )
  23. Farrington Lake - East Brunswick (S) ( 40.42201, -74.48242 )
  24. Green Brook - Billian Legion Park ( 40.56222, -74.52483 )
  25. Helmetta Pond ( 40.37817, -74.42657 )
  26. Lake Lefferts - Matawan ( 40.41563, -74.23362 )
  27. Lake Manalapan - Jamesburg ( 40.34525, -74.43662 )
  28. Lake Topanemus - Freehold ( 40.27635, -74.28554 )
  29. Lake Weamaconk - Englishtown ( 40.29140, -74.35704 )
  30. Lawrence Brook - Milltown (E) ( 40.45144, -74.43663 )
  31. Lawrence Brook - Milltown (W) ( 40.44831, -74.44367 )
  32. Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (E) ( 40.32460, -74.56567 )
  33. Mill Pond - Princeton Meadows (W) ( 40.32735, -74.60233 )
  34. Millhurst Pond - Freehold ( 40.24590, -74.34066 )
  35. Millstone River - Amwell Rd ( 40.50294, -74.58755 )
  36. Millstone River - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47487, -74.57503 )
  37. Millstone River - Cranbury (E) ( 40.29359, -74.52675 )
  38. Millstone River - Griggstown ( 40.43893, -74.61757 )
  39. Millstone River - Kingston ( 40.37419, -74.61962 )
  40. New Market Pond - Piscataway ( 40.57675, -74.45490 )
  41. Rahway River - South Branch (W) ( 40.57998, -74.30463 )
  42. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (E) ( 40.45089, -74.22033 )
  43. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (W) ( 40.45216, -74.22269 )
  44. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (Whale Creek) ( 40.45090, -74.22274 )
  45. Raritan Bay - Keyport (E) ( 40.44095, -74.19534 )
  46. Raritan Bay - Keyport (W) ( 40.43921, -74.20160 )
  47. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (E) ( 40.45877, -74.24622 )
  48. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (W) ( 40.46223, -74.25482 )
  49. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (N) ( 40.48343, -74.27059 )
  50. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (S) ( 40.47946, -74.26831 )
  51. Raritan Bay - South Amboy Ramp ( 40.48401, -74.27416 )
  52. Raritan Bay - Union Beach (E) ( 40.44787, -74.16598 )
  53. Raritan Bay - Union Beach (W) ( 40.45479, -74.17517 )
  54. Raritan River - Bound Brook ( 40.55995, -74.52758 )
  55. Raritan River - Edison ( 40.48791, -74.38382 )
  56. Raritan River - Highland Park ( 40.48864, -74.42226 )
  57. Raritan River - New Brunswick ( 40.48760, -74.43280 )
  58. Raritan River - Perth Amboy ( 40.50057, -74.27712 )
  59. Raritan River - Piscataway (N) ( 40.54085, -74.51236 )
  60. Raritan River - Piscataway (S) ( 40.50935, -74.46641 )
  61. Raritan River - Sayreville ( 40.47450, -74.35606 )
  62. South River - Old Bridge ( 40.41228, -74.36362 )
  63. South River - Sayreville ( 40.45397, -74.37222 )
  64. South River - South River ( 40.45838, -74.38361 )
  65. Wagner's Marina - Matawan Creek ( 40.43540, -74.21416 )
  66. Weston's Mill Pond - East Brunswick ( 40.46677, -74.42603 )
  67. Woodbridge Creek (N) ( 40.58555, -74.26267 )
  68. Woodbridge Creek (S) ( 40.56256, -74.26890 )

The thin red line is the “fall line” – the nominal division between uplands and lowlands.

Forbidden Zones

  • Duhernal Lake
  • Kennedy Park
  • Plainsboro Preserve
  • The lower reaches of the Raritan River are highly polluted.

Delaware & Raritan Canal

Delaware & Raritan Canal
( 40.38309, -74.68637 )

  1. D-R Canal - Amwell Rd ( 40.50340, -74.58268 )
  2. D-R Canal - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47550, -74.57220 )
  3. D-R Canal - Griggstown (N) ( 40.43834, -74.61397 )
  4. D-R Canal - Griggstown (S) ( 40.42912, -74.61816 )
  5. D-R Canal - Kingston (N) ( 40.37489, -74.61854 )
  6. D-R Canal - Kingston (S) ( 40.37326, -74.61861 )
  7. D-R Canal - Lawrence (N) ( 40.27450, -74.70332 )
  8. D-R Canal - Lawrence (S) ( 40.26746, -74.71071 )
  9. D-R Canal - Lawrenceville ( 40.30501, -74.68490 )
  10. D-R Canal - Manville ( 40.52861, -74.58178 )
  11. D-R Canal - New Brunswick ( 40.50806, -74.46376 )
  12. D-R Canal - North Trenton ( 40.24901, -74.72865 )
  13. D-R Canal - Plainsboro (E) ( 40.34321, -74.62964 )
  14. D-R Canal - Plainsboro (W) ( 40.34190, -74.63758 )
  15. D-R Canal - Princeton (N) ( 40.33879, -74.64715 )
  16. D-R Canal - Princeton (S) ( 40.33177, -74.65282 )
  17. D-R Canal - Province Line Rd ( 40.30273, -74.68819 )
  18. D-R Canal - Rocky Hill ( 40.39826, -74.62702 )
  19. D-R Canal - Somerset (N) ( 40.54077, -74.51404 )
  20. D-R Canal - Somerset (S) ( 40.52390, -74.49248 )
  21. D-R Canal - South Bound Brook ( 40.55880, -74.53118 )
  22. D-R Canal - Trenton (N) ( 40.23886, -74.74194 )
  23. D-R Canal - Trenton (S) ( 40.18384, -74.74666 )
  24. D-R Canal - West Windsor ( 40.30844, -74.67979 )
  25. D-R Feeder Canal - Bull Island ( 40.41036, -75.03421 )
  26. D-R Feeder Canal - Ewing ( 40.26529, -74.84790 )
  27. D-R Feeder Canal - Lambertville (S) ( 40.34206, -74.94044 )
  28. D-R Feeder Canal - Rt 202 ( 40.37987, -74.95175 )
  29. D-R Feeder Canal - Washington Crossing ( 40.29842, -74.86852 )
  30. D-R Feeder Canal - West Trenton ( 40.24497, -74.81917 )
  31. Lake Carnegie - Plainsboro ( 40.34362, -74.62973 )
  32. Millstone River - Amwell Rd ( 40.50294, -74.58755 )
  33. Millstone River - Blackwells Mills ( 40.47487, -74.57503 )
  34. Millstone River - Griggstown ( 40.43893, -74.61757 )
  35. Millstone River - Kingston ( 40.37419, -74.61962 )
  36. Millstone River - Manville ( 40.53124, -74.58753 )
  37. Millstone River - Plainsboro (N) ( 40.34262, -74.62981 )
  38. Millstone River - Rocky Hill (N) ( 40.39957, -74.62809 )
  39. Millstone River - Rocky Hill (S) ( 40.39969, -74.62867 )
  40. Stony Brook - Princeton ( 40.33219, -74.65340 )

The blue line on the map is the Delaware & Raritan, or D&R, Canal. The canal is a basically 40-mile-long pond. The water flows very slowly from west to east; it is essentially still. Access points generally coincide with bridges or locks.

The thin red line is the “fall line” – the nominal division between uplands and lowlands. It appears the builders of the canal wanted to stay above the fall line for the entire length, and followed the Millstone and Raritan Rivers. The series of dams resulting in a chain of lakes along the Lawrence Brook reveals a shorter alternate route the canal might have taken. These dams were not built until over 100 years later. Perhaps surveying in the 1830s was not good enough to discover this, or perhaps it would not work, but it certainly looks like it should.

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Cliffwood Beach – Aberdeen

Cliffwood Beach
( 40.45216, -74.22137 )

  1. Lake Lefferts - Matawan ( 40.41563, -74.23362 )
  2. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (E) ( 40.45089, -74.22033 )
  3. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (W) ( 40.45216, -74.22269 )
  4. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (Whale Creek) ( 40.45090, -74.22274 )
  5. Raritan Bay - Keyport (E) ( 40.44095, -74.19534 )
  6. Raritan Bay - Keyport (W) ( 40.43921, -74.20160 )
  7. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (E) ( 40.45877, -74.24622 )
  8. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (W) ( 40.46223, -74.25482 )
  9. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (N) ( 40.48343, -74.27059 )
  10. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (S) ( 40.47946, -74.26831 )
  11. Raritan Bay - South Amboy Ramp ( 40.48401, -74.27416 )
  12. Raritan Bay - Union Beach (E) ( 40.44787, -74.16598 )
  13. Raritan Bay - Union Beach (W) ( 40.45479, -74.17517 )
  14. Wagner's Marina - Matawan Creek ( 40.43540, -74.21416 )

The marker in the lower-center of the map is a super-easy put-in on Whale Creek, above. The other markers are a longer slog over the beach. All have convenient free parking (don’t leave your vehicle in the launching area, that’s a dick move!)

More: Cliffwood Beach – Aberdeen …

Raritan Bay

Raritan Bay
( 40.45615, -74.14226 )

  1. Lake Lefferts - Matawan ( 40.41563, -74.23362 )
  2. Raritan Bay - Atlantic Highlands ( 40.41858, -74.04652 )
  3. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (E) ( 40.45089, -74.22033 )
  4. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (W) ( 40.45216, -74.22269 )
  5. Raritan Bay - Cliffwood (Whale Creek) ( 40.45090, -74.22274 )
  6. Raritan Bay - Highlands ( 40.40340, -73.98494 )
  7. Raritan Bay - Keyport (E) ( 40.44095, -74.19534 )
  8. Raritan Bay - Keyport (W) ( 40.43921, -74.20160 )
  9. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (E) ( 40.45877, -74.24622 )
  10. Raritan Bay - Laurence Harbor (W) ( 40.46223, -74.25482 )
  11. Raritan Bay - Leonardo ( 40.42375, -74.06122 )
  12. Raritan Bay - Middletown ( 40.44463, -74.11175 )
  13. Raritan Bay - Port Monmouth ( 40.43800, -74.08955 )
  14. Raritan Bay - Sandy Hook ( 40.41555, -73.98161 )
  15. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (N) ( 40.48343, -74.27059 )
  16. Raritan Bay - South Amboy (S) ( 40.47946, -74.26831 )
  17. Raritan Bay - South Amboy Ramp ( 40.48401, -74.27416 )
  18. Raritan Bay - Union Beach (E) ( 40.44787, -74.16598 )
  19. Raritan Bay - Union Beach (W) ( 40.45479, -74.17517 )

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Harbor Seal

Harbor seals are not uncommon in the winter, but kayaking is, so don’t expect to encounter them when you are out for a paddle.

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