Staying Home Sucks, home
Clinton, NJ town hall, July 2023
Clinton New Jersey, the nearest town, 10 km away. Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's…, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Musconetcong River

Kayak spot · United States

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

93Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Wind 6 kn gusting 15, Air 19 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 95 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 97 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 96 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 94 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
20°C
Rain
0.3 mm

Fri 6 · 93 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
19°C
Rain
22.2 mm

Sat 7 · 79 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
11kntoo gusty
Air
11°C
Rain
2.7 mm

Sun 8 · 85 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 191, good
  2. Mon 295, good
  3. Tue 397, good
  4. Wed 496, good
  5. Thu 594, good
  6. Fri 693, good
  7. Sat 779, good
  8. Sun 885, good
  9. Mon 986, good
  10. Tue 1072, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Musconetcong River
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov91, good3 kn10kn14°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov95, good6 kn15kn18°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov97, good6 kn15kn19°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov96, good7 kn16kn21°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov94, good6 kn13kn20°C0.3 mm
Fri 6Nov93, good2 kn11kn19°C22.2 mm
Sat 7Nov79, good6 kn11kntoo gusty11°C2.7 mm
Sun 8Nov85, good6 kn17kn11°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov86, good4 kn10kn11°C0.3 mm
Tue 10Nov72, good10 kn22kn11°C1.8 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. The river's level is under In the water. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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the spot and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Musconetcong River

A launch on the Musconetcong River. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 7.6 km away. The town to stay in is Clinton New Jersey.

  • River Musconetcong River
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire 1 paddling school, club or hire within 10 km, the nearest 7.6 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,130–US$2,060 each

about US$1,130–US$2,060 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to ABE, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$154–US$315
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$87–US$147
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$583
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$201–US$375
Totalabout US$1,130–US$2,060

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Clinton New Jersey

Closest

Clinton New Jersey

18 min by car · 7 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 7 places to stay in Clinton New Jersey · Booking.com

About Clinton New Jersey its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 5h

About 5h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ABE, direct, then 1h by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

River level

Gauge at Musconetcong River near Bloomsbury NJ, 8 km downstream: 2.38 m³/s, low for November (updated 3 h ago). Running.

Bands are this gauge's own record: under its usual low, running, high, and in flood on its few highest days a year. Not a runnable range for the section: check before you go. River levels in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey (public domain). Credits

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

  • Flatwater Paddle Co. 7.6 km

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits