Croton River - Below New Croton Dam / Croton Gorge Park to Echo Canoe Launch
PaddleToday route plan. Put-in: Croton Gorge Park / below New Croton Dam conditional access area. Take-out: Echo Canoe Launch.
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Croton Gorge Park / below New Croton Dam conditional access area
This is a conditional dam-side access area. American Whitewater identifies the dam-side park and the access trail below the dam, but also reports that paddlers were refused a launch by park maintenance in 2022. The stored coordinate is the USGS station/access-area anchor, not a guarantee of a legal launch. Obtain current Westchester County permission, confirm the exact below-dam water entry, and never climb or run the dam.

Croton Gorge Park / below New Croton Dam conditional access area

Echo Canoe Launch
The Empire State Water Trail lists Echo as a public trailer/cartop launch with day use, restrooms, transit, and trail access. Use the launch as the mandatory downstream take-out for this route; confirm current hours, fee/parking rules, rack congestion, and the exact river landing before the trip.

Echo Canoe Launch

Croton River - Below New Croton Dam / Croton Gorge Park to Echo Canoe Launch