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?

95Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: Wind 7 kn gusting 16, Air 21 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 100 out of 100

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

Thu 5 · 97 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
21°C
Rain
0.8 mm

Fri 6 · 98 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
20°C
Rain
1.2 mm

Sat 7 · 97 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 92 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
15°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 81 out of 100

Wind
10 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
11°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 10 · 86 out of 100

Wind
11 kn
Gusts
27kn
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

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Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 397, good
  2. Wed 4100, good
  3. Thu 597, good
  4. Fri 698, good
  5. Sat 797, good
  6. Sun 892, good
  7. Mon 981, good
  8. Tue 1086, good
  9. Wed 1180, good
  10. Thu 1286, good

The spot in one fact

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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
Tue 3Nov97, good6 kn14kn19°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov100, good7 kn16kn21°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov97, good7 kn17kn21°C0.8 mm
Fri 6Nov98, good1 kn7kn20°C1.2 mm
Sat 7Nov97, good5 kn12kn19°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov92, good4 kn13kn15°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov81, good10 kn21kn11°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov86, good11 kn27kn13°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov80, good10 kn30kn9°C0 mm
Thu 12Nov86, good7 kn17kn11°C0 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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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 2 November 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$148
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$349–US$584
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$637
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$201–US$376
Totalabout US$1,130–US$2,060

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Clinton New Jersey

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Closest

Clinton New Jersey

about 20 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 2 November 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

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