New Jersey / Spruce Run Reservoir /
Clinton Wildlife Management Area Cartop Launch
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Spruce Run Reservoir · near Union · New Jersey
Harmful algal blooms reported on this water (state reports compiled by U.S. EPA): 2018 to 2025.
state reports compiled by U.S. EPA · checked October 18, 2026
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
- Motors
- Up to 9.9 hp
- Managed by
- New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
- Coordinates
- 40.65905, -74.94822
Depth contours in feet from NJDEP (fieldwork 2021). Not for navigation.
Boating rules
- Outboard motors: limited to 9.9 hp · all of Spruce Run Reservoir rule
From the boating rules map of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection GIS: developed using NJDEP Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by NJDEP and is not state-authorized or endorsed, read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level, water temperature at the Spruce Run Reservoir at Clinton NJ gauge · USGS, 1.7 mi away on Spruce Run Reservoir
Lake level
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USGS gauge Spruce Run Reservoir at Clinton NJ, 1.7 mi from this launch on Spruce Run Reservoir: lake level, water temperature, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On Spruce Run Reservoir
Reservoir in New Jersey. All launches on Spruce Run Reservoir.
Community
Where people who use Spruce Run Reservoir talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Spruce Run Reservoir Carry-in Access near Union · 1.2 mi · Spruce Run Reservoir
- Spruce Run Reservoir Carry-in Access near Union · 1.2 mi · Spruce Run Reservoir
- Spruce Run Reservoir Boat Launch · 1.3 mi · Spruce Run Reservoir
- Round Valley Reservoir Boat Launch near Lebanon · 5.5 mi · Round Valley Reservoir
- Round Valley Reservoir Boat Launch near Lebanon · 5.6 mi · Round Valley Reservoir
- Upper Black Eddy · 10.2 mi · Delaware River
Sources
- New Jersey State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas Boat Launches (NJDEP) record -74.94822,40.65905 · NJDEP Data Distribution Agreement: credit NJDEP GIS; not verified by NJDEP and not state-authorized or endorsed; metadata with the data (ArcGIS item 1fff783173bb4469b83b2b132b372ccb)
Why it is listed as public: listed by New Jersey State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas Boat Launches (NJDEP). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.