Kayaking / Canoeing Guides and Trips in New Jersey

We started out at 10:00 AM and travelled down the North Branch of Rancocas Creek, heading to our destination Of Smithville City Park, near Mt Holly, NJ. We had 13 kayaks in our group today. This is a monthly trip we take. So far this year I have done this trip 7 times. I participated with this group(OCSJ.ORG) 2 times this year. The other 5 times I travelled just with my brother.

With our sights on a beautiful Fall Weekend, we were able to fit Soccer in Saturday morning and then venture over to Round Valley State Park for a 3 Mile Canoe Trek over to the Wilderness Campistes on the otherside of the Reservoir.   The Reservior offers 85 remote sites that are accessible by either Trail or Paddle and offer true peace and tranquility! We pushed off around 3pm and made landfall a quick...

We met at the Batsto Ranger Station. The ideal way to do this trip is to take 2 vehicles into the park. Travel down Quakerbridge road to the bridge & turn right before the bridge & head down to the lake. Leave 1 vehicle down at the lake & drive the boats back up to the bridge. Put in at the bridge & leave the 1 vehicle there. We kayaked down to the...

Karla & I decided to go kayaking. Couldn't find a sitter so we decided to see if the kids were old enough to try kayaking. So we put 2 boats on top & the jolt in the van & just talked through the boat to each other...lol.  Even though there were 4 of us Morgan was afraid of the water & decided she wanted to ride & not paddle. She cried for...

A summer's day paddle up the Mullica river from Crowley's landing. We went almost 4 miles before turning around and returning back to our starting location.   The 1st mile of the river is wide and a you can see a power boat or 2 along the way.   After a mile or so the river gets smaller and much more quiet.    At "the forks" section of the river you can veer...

We took our kayak to Harrisville Pond/Lake and paddled north into lower part of the Oswego river.    The lake is about a mile or so from the launch site near the dam at the southern end.    Stick to the left side going north since the lake is shallow in spots in the middle.   The Oswego river enters the lake at the northest corner.    There was a sandbar at...

A morning paddle on Batso lake north into the Basto river.   We started out from the Batsto Lake Rd. launch area and headed south for a quick look at the Batsto historical village.   We then then headed north for a mile or 2 toward the Batsto river.   The lake was narrow and long with weeds and lilly pads but there was a clear channel that wandered it's way north.   Toward the...

We paddled the Wallkill river national wildlife refuge in Wantage, NJ from the Bassetts Bridge launch at Rt 642.   There is a long wooden boardwalk to get from the parking lot to the river so bring a canoe/kayak cart to wheel your boat to the launch site. We headed north (left from the launch) but we hit a pretty big clog in the river after only a half a mile.    It...