NYCkayaker Staten Island Ship Graveyard Still Worth a Visit?

[bonnie13 at earthlink.net]

Hi Monica - 

I ran a couple of trips there for Sebago last Fall. The Graveyard IS being cleaned out & I'm told that a lot of the hulks have been removed, but last October there was still absolutely enough to make it worth the trip. 

The put-in I use is at Conference House Park. It's on the NYC Watertrail - 

http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/kayak/22

You carry your kayaks down a little path at the north side of the bandstand/pergola thing. 

 You'll start seeing hulks right after the Outerbridge Crossing, but the main graveyard is off Rossville. Zoom in on Satellite & you'll see what you're after. 

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Rossville&sll=40.558417,-74.216423&sspn=0.016172,0.027509&ie=UTF8&ll=40.564155,-74.213848&spn=0.064682,0.110035&t=h&z=13

I usually plan my trip so that we get to the Graveyard right around high water so there's a little current assist both ways. Very nice paddle. 

There are lots of photos on my blog:

http://frogma.blogspot.com/search?q=Graveyard