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Kayak Launch and Boat Ramp Listing with fees, facilities, season, hours, pictures, maps, directions and notes. Click on black triangles to toggle sort order. Click on blue triangles to expand or collapse categories.

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Other sources of water access information:
General water access by Maryland County.

Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna River Access Guide: Listing of all boat ramps on the Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna River. Latest version can be picked up at all Maryland visitor centers. Not all locations have ramps, some are fishing piers only. Be sure to check the listing carefully. These maps are available at all Maryland Visitor Centers, usually behind the reception desk. Ask the attendant for them or you can order here.

Maryland County Boat Ramp and Kayak Ratings

County	Boat Fees	Kayak Fees	My Rating	Comment
Alleghany
Anne Arundel	Yes	Variable		Very few boat launch sites - new program to aggressively expand kayak access - Car Top Launch Program - many kayak friendly launches
Baltimore	None	None		Few sites all urban no kayak ammenities
Baltimore City
Calvert	Yes	Daily $5		Very few launches - Most have fees
Caroline	Yearly $20.00	None
Carroll
Cecil	Yes	Variable		Several free kayak only launch sites
Charles	None	None		Few Sites - no special program
Dorchester	None	None		many ramps (20) all in excellent condition all free
Frederick
Garrett
Harford	Variable Pay Stations	None		A few ramps - only one kayak friendly
Howard
Kent	3 Day $10.00 Yearly $20.00 Non res $35.00	None		30 launch ramps - Paddle Kent County program - in view of their quota on ramp permits for trailered vessels, the kayak program is very enligjtened
Montgomery	Yes	Yes		Almost no launch sites in this very rich county, but most sites are on the Potomac which has the Federal C&O canal park
Prince George's	Yes	Yearly $10.00		Patuxent River Water trail - Patuxent River park
Queen Anne's	Yes	Daily $10 Yearly $35.00 Non resident Daily $15 Yearly $60.00		Most absurd ramp policy in the State - expensive, inconvenient and poorly disseminated - when on the Chester use the Kent County ramps instead. When on the Miles use the Talbot ramps.
Saint Mary's	Yes	None if not trailered		Several free sites, kayak specific information on launch sites
Somerset	None	None		10 launch sites - Janes Island Water trail - no county specific program
Talbot	Yearly $20.00	None if not trailered		Fee policy reasonable if a little inconvenient - ramp listings - Two Water Trails Tuckahoe and Choptank - Fee policy poorly disseminated
Washington	Unknown	Unknown
Wicomico	None	None		Ten Ramps
Worchester	None	None		Numerous ramps all free

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

All ramps are free for all boat types

Delaware Department of Natural Resources

Motorboats With In State Registration Free

Motorboats Out of State Yearly $35.00

Kayaks Free

Pennsylvania Game & Fish Commision Ramps

Kayaks $10.00 Yearly permit, $18.00 Two Year permit

New Jersey

Almost all ramps have fees

New Jersey Ramp Listing

EVEN THE BEST BOATERS CAN FIND THEMSELVES IN SERIOUS TROUBLE ON THE MILDEST OF DAYS ON THE WATER. PARTICIPATION IN THIS SPORT IS A STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE UNDERTAKING ANY SUCH ACTIVITY. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT EACH BOATER TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS OR HER OWN SAFETY, AND IS TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE DANGER LEVEL AND ACCEPTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPORT.

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