AMC Recommended Trips – Delaware and Raritan Canal, South Bound Brook to Griggstown (Easy to Challenging paddling in NJ)

Source: Quiet Water New Jersey: Canoe & Kayak Guide

What you’ll see: Paddlers say the Delaware and Raritan Canal is more of a narrow lake than a river. You'll see open woods with some fields with limited shore development.

What you’ll experience:

• Difficulty: Easy to Challenging if water is turbulent
  
• Area: Canal length between lock portages varies from 3 to 10 miles
  
• Maps: New Jersey Atlas & Gazetteer, Map 36 and 37, USGS Quadrangles: Bound Brook and Monmouth Junction
• Location: Sussex
  

What’s in the area:

• Waterfowl
• Quaint towns of Lambertville, Stockton and Washington's Crossing
  

Getting There

• Numerous designated parking lots with boat access are found text to the tow-past along the canal, including: The canal at Amwell and Blackwells Mills. From Route 206, drive east for 3.6 miles on Route 514 (Amwell Road). After passing over the Millstone River, look for the parking lot on the left, on the west side of the canal in Amwell. Launch directly into the canal from there. You can paddle north for 3.2 miles before encountering a lock.