{"id":62591,"date":"2025-10-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=62591"},"modified":"2025-10-07T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:52:11","slug":"news-2025-10-07-round-valley-lower-boat-ramp-and-kayak-launch-area-will-be-closed-october-9-24-for-new-dock-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2025-10-07-round-valley-lower-boat-ramp-and-kayak-launch-area-will-be-closed-october-9-24-for-new-dock-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Valley\u00a0Lower Boat Ramp and Kayak Launch Area Will Be Closed October\u00a09 &#8211; 24 for New Dock Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/concrete-boat-ramp-on-water-next-to-yellow-grass-under-clear-blue-sky-at-round-valley-reservoir-during-winter.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/concrete-boat-ramp-on-water-next-to-yellow-grass-under-clear-blue-sky-at-round-valley-reservoir-during-winter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62595\" style=\"width:480px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/concrete-boat-ramp-on-water-next-to-yellow-grass-under-clear-blue-sky-at-round-valley-reservoir-during-winter.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/concrete-boat-ramp-on-water-next-to-yellow-grass-under-clear-blue-sky-at-round-valley-reservoir-during-winter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/concrete-boat-ramp-on-water-next-to-yellow-grass-under-clear-blue-sky-at-round-valley-reservoir-during-winter-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Round Valley lower boat ramp, kayak launch area, and lower gravel parking lot will be <strong>CLOSED<\/strong> from <strong>Thursday, October 9, 2025<\/strong>, through\u00a0<strong>Friday, October 24, 2025<\/strong>, for the installation of new docks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upper boat ramp and parking areas will remain open during this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boaters with trailers and users of kayaks, canoes, and other personal watercraft are encouraged to use the upper ramp and parking areas during this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NJDEP Fish &amp; Wildlife sincerely appreciates your patience and understanding while this important work is being completed and improvements are made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out NJ Fish &amp; Wildlife&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wmaexplorer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wildlife Management Area Explorer App<\/a> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-map text-primary\" title=\"Web Mapping Application\"><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Round Valley lower boat ramp, kayak launch area, and lower gravel parking lot will be CLOSED from Thursday, October 9, 2025, through\u00a0Friday, October 24, 2025, for the installation of new docks. The upper boat ramp and parking areas will remain open during this time. Boaters with trailers and users of kayaks, canoes, and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":62596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,46,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","category-fishing","category-freshwater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62591"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62602,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62591\/revisions\/62602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}