Paddling near Highlands, NJ
Highlands sits in Monmouth County on the Jersey Shore, where Sandy Hook Bay meets the Raritan Bay. The area draws paddlers to sheltered coastal waters, with launch points close to town and dozens more within a short drive along the bay and river corridors inland.
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