Lakes to paddle near New York City–North Jersey
26 LakePA 100 lakes (and 9 alternates) have a put-in within 100 miles of New York or Newark in a straight line. Distances are as the crow flies, from the city's Census internal point (a point inside the city limits) to the lake's first listed put-in; driving distances are longer.
For New York and New Jersey paddlers: distances are measured from New York City or Newark, whichever is closer, out to 100 miles. Pennsylvania's launch-permit rule applies at Fish and Boat Commission and state park launches.
- Number 100: Levittown Lake Bucks County · Southeast · 20 acres · 52 mi from Newark
- Number 99: Lake Luxembourg Bucks County · Southeast · 166 acres · 53 mi from Newark
- Number 97: East Bangor Lake Northampton County · Southeast · 90 acres · 54 mi from Newark
- Number 98: Minsi Lake Northampton County · Southeast · 117 acres · 54 mi from Newark
- Number 95: Lake Nockamixon Bucks County · Southeast · 1,450 acres · 56 mi from Newark
- Number 96: Lake Galena Bucks County · Southeast · 365 acres · 60 mi from Newark
- Number 46: Shohola Lake Pike County · Northeast · 1,134 acres · 62 mi from Newark
- Number 45: Promised Land Lake Pike County · Northeast · 422 acres · 66 mi from Newark
- Number 44: Lower Lake Pike County · Northeast · 173 acres · 68 mi from Newark
- Alternate A16: Tobyhanna Lake Monroe County · Northeast · 170 acres · 72 mi from Newark
- Number 43: Lake Wallenpaupack Pike and Wayne counties · Northeast · 5,700 acres · 73 mi from Newark
- Number 38: Beltzville Lake Carbon County · Northeast · 949 acres · 74 mi from Newark
- Number 41: Gouldsboro Lake Monroe and Wayne counties · Northeast · 250 acres · 76 mi from Newark
- Number 39: Bradys Lake Monroe County · Northeast · 229 acres · 77 mi from Newark
- Number 37: Francis E. Walter Reservoir Luzerne and Carbon counties · Northeast · 100 acres · 85 mi from Newark
- Number 36: Mauch Chunk Lake Carbon County · Northeast · 330 acres · 86 mi from Newark
- Alternate A20: Prompton Lake Wayne County · Northeast · 290 acres · 86 mi from Newark
- Number 91: Leaser Lake Lehigh County · Southeast · 117 acres · 87 mi from Newark
- Alternate A19: Long Pond Wayne County · Northeast · 81 acres · 89 mi from Newark
- Alternate A17: White Oak Pond Wayne County · Northeast · 175 acres · 89 mi from Newark
- Alternate A21: Lower Woods Pond Wayne County · Northeast · 91 acres · 90 mi from Newark
- Number 93: Hopewell Lake Berks County · Southeast · 68 acres · 92 mi from Newark
- Alternate A18: Miller Pond Wayne County · Northeast · 61 acres · 92 mi from Newark
- Number 92: Scotts Run Lake Berks County · Southeast · 22 acres · 92 mi from Newark
- Number 42: Upper Woods Pond Wayne County · Northeast · 80 acres · 92 mi from Newark
- Number 94: Marsh Creek Lake Chester County · Southeast · 535 acres · 93 mi from Newark
- Number 88: Kaercher Creek Lake Berks County · Southeast · 31 acres · 95 mi from Newark
- Number 40: Stillwater Lake Susquehanna County · Northeast · 83 acres · 96 mi from Newark
- Number 87: Tuscarora Lake Schuylkill County · Southeast · 96 acres · 97 mi from Newark
- Alternate A15: Belmont Lake Wayne County · Northeast · 172 acres · 98 mi from Newark
- Alternate A13: Fords Lake Lackawanna County · Northeast · 73 acres · 98 mi from Newark
- Alternate A14: Lackawanna Lake Lackawanna County · Northeast · 198 acres · 98 mi from Newark
- Number 89: Struble Lake Chester County · Southeast · 146 acres · 98 mi from Newark
- Number 35: Frances Slocum Lake Luzerne County · Northeast · 165 acres · 99 mi from Newark
- Number 86: Blue Marsh Lake Berks County · Southeast · 1,121 acres · 100 mi from Newark
City points: US Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer (public domain). Straight-line miles to the first listed put-in.