Jersey Shore Sea Kayak Association – Launch site directory

Driving Directions:

• From Route 1, turn onto Alexander road West.
• Left at park as soon as you cross canal.

Address:

Alexander Road

Princeton, NJ 08540, Mercer County

Land owner: County

Coordinates: L 00^o 00' 00.0" N    Lo 00^o 00' 00.0" W

Water: Fresh

Water type: Canal

Launch area is: Dock

Launch area surface is: Wood

Facilities: Rest Rooms, Porta Potti, Trash Receptacle

Launching considerations / restrictions:

Park closes when dark.

Parking situation:

About 25 parking spaces can be difficult getting spots on weekends when weather is nice.

Comments:

You can paddle the canal in each direction for many miles with exception of locks; most notably north at Kingston. This is a nice quiet calm paddle near Princeton University. There are trails along the canal for joggers, bikes, etc.

If you paddle north you can get out of canal and launch into Carnegie Lake where the University has a lot of rowing events or launch into Millstone River which is more desolate.

You can paddle close to deer raccoons and many wildlife creatures in this area also even though there can have a lot of people around at times.

Related Links:

Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park

Delaware & Raritan Canal

History of the Delaware & Raritan Canal and Lake Carnegie

Delaware & Raritan Canal milage chart

Satellite image showing launch site. (Pic.jpg 50k)

Last Update: 3/6/2005

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