Family Recreation

New Jersey Kayaking 2023

Outdoor Sports

Brooklyn Muse (editor)
1 min readJun 3, 2023

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Kayaking in New Jersey © Brooklyn Muse

The term Kayak (Ki ak) was originally derived from the Eskimo word for “Man-boat”. The vessels themselves were invented approximately 5,000 years ago by the Inuit, Aleut, and Yup ‘ik indigenous peoples of our modern-day Greenland, Canada, and Alaska. Still, today in 2023, these boats for individual transport remain ideal for hunting, fishing, and general enjoyment of our global waterways. New Jersey is about 150 miles long and 70 miles wide, comprising 8,722 square miles. Within this state, there are hundreds of beautiful waterways to kayak and relax in nature’s bounty. The following is a list of some of the wonderful tributaries the Garden State of New Jersey has to offer.

BATSTO RIVER

CRANBERRY LAKE

DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL

GREAT EGG HARBOR RIVER

LAKE HOPATCONG

LAKE LEFFERTS

MANASQUAN RESERVOIR

MAURICE RIVER

MERCER LAKE

MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR

MONKSVILLE RESERVOIR

MULLICA RIVER

NAVESINK RIVER

OVERPECK CREEK

PASSAIC RIVER

RARITAN RIVER

RANCOCAS STATE PARK

RICHARDSON CHANNEL

RIVERWINDS PARK

SPLIT ROCK RESERVOIR

SPRUCE RUN

SWARTSWOOD LAKE

WADING RIVER

WALLKILL RIVER

WAWAYANDA

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Brooklyn Muse (editor)

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