Illustration Life jackets
The life jacket rule for every paddler
What the Coast Guard requires on kayaks and canoes, and kids' vests with head support.
Life jacket rulesWe list 8 kayak launches within 16 miles of North Bergen. These spots are made for paddle craft. You carry the kayak or canoe down to a low dock, a roller launch or a gentle bank, with no trailer lane to block. 4 more are within 50 miles.
Illustration Life jackets
What the Coast Guard requires on kayaks and canoes, and kids' vests with head support.
Life jacket rules
Illustration Ramp etiquette
Staging, courtesy docks and the Clean, Drain, Dry laws that can bring a fine.
Ramp etiquetteWithin 16 miles of North Bergen we list 8 kayak launches: Mill Creek Point Boat Ramp, Gansevoort Peninsula Kayak Access, Fort Washington Park Kayak Launch, Greenpoint Landing Esplanade Kayak Launch, Squibb Park Boat Ramp, Bronx Park Kayak Launch, 119th Street Canoe Launch and Old Place Creek Hand Launch.
Within 50 miles: Floyd Bennett Field Kayak Launch (Brooklyn, 16 miles), Kayak Boat Launch (Brooklyn, 17 miles), Stiles Park Kayak Launch (Pompton Lakes, 18 miles) and Canoe/Kayak Access (Riverdale, 18 miles).
To look further out, search the map from North Bergen. Before you go to North Bergen: How to launch a kayak or canoe. Full list of launches in the city: Boat ramps in North Bergen, NJ.