New Jersey
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Join Resilience Adventures to explore the river! We'll provide hands-on estuary biodiversity exploration for children, using hand/seining nets at the Hoboken Cove beach and we’ll be teaching stand-up-paddleboard classes for adults throughout the day. In the afternoon, Resilience will team up with the Hoboken Historical Museum to provide a waterfront history kayak tour. No fee! (Registration is required for the Stand-Up-Paddle Board Lessons & the Waterfront History Kayak Tour)
Organization: Resilience Adventures
Location: Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse, Frank Sinatra Dr, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Time: 11AM - 5:30PM
Registration: Required (registration link coming soon)
Learn more: www.resilienceadventures.org
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City of Water Day in Hoboken will feature free activities for all ages, including yoga (10am), bird watching (10am-12pm), environmental science on the beach, kayaking, paddleboarding, paddling an outrigger canoe, crafts, information tables, and a scavenger hunt. We will celebrate Hoboken’s public waterfront park and highlight ways we all live with water. ALL of our City of Water Day activities will be on the water, on the waterfront, or in sight of the Hudson River.
Organization: Fund for a Better Waterfront
Location: Maxwell Place Park, 11TH Sinatra Dr N, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Time: 10AM - 4PM (kayaking starts at 9AM)
Registration: Not required
Learn more: https://betterwaterfront.org/
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Come explore the REAL Meadowlands with your friends at Hackensack Riverkeeper. Choose between a 1 hour mini-cruise with Captain Hugh Carola aboard the 30-foot “Robert H. Boyle II" – during which you’ll help conduct water quality monitoring with a YSI sonde device, and learn how water samples are collected for testing. Or – experienced kayakers can take to the water in a kayak from River Barge Park and Marina in Carlstadt, NJ. Explore the wildlife in Mill Creek Marsh – a place we call “a true jewel in the Meadowlands.”
Organization: Hackensack Riverkeeper
Location: River Barge Park and Marina, 260 Outwater Lane, Carlstadt NJ, 07072
Time: 4PM - 8PM
Registration: Required (*BOAT TOUR: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hackensack-riverkeepers-city-of-water-day-eco-cruise-registration-1991830440466 *KAYAKING (ADULTS ONLY): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984507359935?aff=oddtdtcreator)
Learn more: www.hackensackriverkeeper.org
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A site-specific short play by Newark resident Cynthia Mellon. Flow(ish) looks at moments in NJ and Newark history through stories taking place along the Passaic River in different current and historical moments. Following the play, speakers from the Community Advisory Group (CAG) for the Passaic River clean-up will provide an update on the clean-up and and info on how residents can support it. Legacy Women – a music group specializing in traditional African-based percussion music will play after.
Organization: Weequahic Park Association
Location: Great Lawn Picnic Area, Weequahic Park, US-22, Newark, NJ 07114
Time: 4PM - 7PM
Registration: Not required
Learn more: https://weequahicparkassociation.org
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Discover more about boating and our water environment right where you can touch the water and watch the boats! Try on a lifejacket, measure the tide and current, test the water quality, and learn about ways to get out on the harbor safely.
Organization: Harbor Ops Education Subcommittee sponsored by Maritime Association of the Port of NY&NJ
Location: Boat Launch, 275 Morris Pesin Dr, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Time: 8AM - 12PM
Registration: Not required
Learn more: https://www.nymaritime.org/harborops
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The Atlantic Highlands Arts & Culture Commission is hosting a free City of Water Day event to unite NY and NJ's interconnected waterways, marine life, and celebrate climate resilience. Come enjoy a free beach clean-up event and live, interactive art exhibitions for the whole family, from children to senior populations. Free and open to the public.
Organization: Borough of Atlantic Highlands, Arts and Culture Commission
Location: Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor Offices, 2 Simon Lake Dr, Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716
Time: 10AM - 2PM
Registration: Not required
Learn more: https://www.ahnj.com/ahnj/#gsc.tab=0
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Ke Aloha Outrigger at Hoboken Cove will present a variety of family-oriented activities on and adjacent to the water including a shoreline cleanup, outrigger canoe trips on the Hudson River and a festival featuring lei-making, crafts and educational events inspired by the Pacific Island cultures that thrive living by the water. Our event is open to people of all ages though our canoe trips will be limited to participants 14 years old and up.
Organization: Ke Aloha Outrigger at Hoboken Cove
Location: Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse, Frank Sinatra Dr, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Time: 10AM - 4PM
Registration: Not required
Learn more: www.kealohaoutrigger.org
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Come on board to experience fishing, kayaking and canoeing, guided safely and for free on the Passaic River! First timers welcomed! Enjoy a summer’s morning with family and friends to learn about testing your drinking water, water and land wildlife, nature & art, gardening, preparing for flooding or drought and more. Help us clean up the riverfront and park, as part of Paterson Is Picking Up. (Note: On site registration required for boating. Adult signature required for those under age 18.)
Organization: Passaic River Coalition
Location: Pennington Park, 372 McBride Ave, Paterson, NJ 07501
Time: 9AM - 1PM
Registration: Required (registration link coming soon)
Learn more: www.passaicriver.org or contact info@passaicriver.org
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Join the City of Perth Amboy for a day focused on protecting and enjoying our local waterways! The event will feature free kayaking along the Raritan River alongside a waterfront litter cleanup promoting environmental stewardship and community engagement. Activities will be supervised by the City’s Police Marine Unit, and attendees will also have the opportunity to enter a rain barrel raffle supporting stormwater management and sustainability initiatives.
Organization: City of Perth Amboy
Location: 1 2nd St, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
Time: 9AM - 2PM
Registration: Not required
Learn more: https://www.perthamboynj.org/
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Celebrate the South River, a major tributary of the Raritan River! We will be joined by the Ranger Rick team in the morning for birdwatching with the award-winning Middlesex Merlins, a floodplain clean-up, salt marsh restoration outreach, brickmaking and more. Afternoon activities include water quality monitoring, a special water policy workshop with ANJEC and a late afternoon paddle through the salt marsh - kayaks provided. Morning events for families, afternoon events for ages 16 and up!
Organization: Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership
Location: Sayre St near Weber Ave, Sayreville, NJ 08872
Time: 7AM - 7PM
Registration: Required (https://lowerraritanwatershed.org/event/city-of-water-day-2026-a-celebration-of-the-south-river/)
Learn more: www.lowerraritanwatershed.org
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Join an educational workshop by Sewage Free Streets & Rivers with local partners on flooding and CSOs in Jersey City, plus a shoreline cleanup led by Liberty State Park. Supplies provided. All ages welcome; under 18 must be with an adult.
Organization: Hudson Montessori School
Location: The Nature Center, Liberty State Park, 275 Freedom Way, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Time: 10AM - 12PM
Registration: Required (https://forms.gle/h3M7QyXp8SzHuaiS8)
Learn more: https://www.hudsonmontessori.net/
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Enjoy a guided pontoon boat tour along the Hackensack River and its marshes. An experienced tour guide will talk about the history of the river and its tributaries, including its natural and man-made features, and point out birds and other wildlife that inhabit the marshes. This a great way to see nature up-close and gain a new appreciation of the natural beauty of the Meadowlands. Boat tours last approximately two hours and leave from River Barge Park in Carlstadt. Registration is required.
Organization: New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority - Meadowlands Research and Restoration Institute
Location: River Barge Park and Marina, 260 Outwater Ln, Carlstadt, NJ 07072
Time: 8AM - 3PM
Registration: Required (https://forms.gle/SJjiXhqHwyo5YiTe6)
Learn more: https://meadowlandsrri.com/
