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By Chip Walsh – chipwalsh at comcast net
Updated Dec 26, 2004

ORIENTATION ABOUT TRIBUTARIES LINKS


PADDLING PLACES BY RIVER MILE
miles from mouth spot on the Patuxent Link to Trip Report
113 Parr's Ridge Hike to Parr’s Ridge, Source of the Patuxent, 1/6/04
112 Rt 27
101 Rt 97 A few miles at Howard Chapel Rd
96 Tridelphia Reservoir
92 Gage below Brighton Dam
92 Rt 108
84 Rocky Gorge Reservoir
Rocky Gorge Paddling
81 Laurel Gage
83 Laurel at I95 Laurel (park near 216) to Bowie, Rt 3. 6/22/2003 (MS Word--takes a long time to load)
63 Confluence with Little Patuxent Piney Orchid Rd to Rt. 3, in the Tripper, April 2001 (MS Word--slow loading)
63 Rt 3 prelog days: Rt. 3 to Rt 214, w Matt and Terry in the Camper (1995-ish)
60 Bowie Gauge
61 Rt. 50
56 Rt 214 log only: 214 Bridge, out and back, winter of 2002
54 Queen Anne Canoe Launch QA to QAB Paddle (RT), March 30, 2003
QA to Rt. 4, April 5, 2003 -- River Clean-up Trip
49 Hills Bridge Hill's Bridge (Rt. 4) to Wooten’s Landing (RT) April 15, 2003 - Kayak Recovery Trip
45 Jug Bay QA to Clyde Watson, 5/17/2003 (Camping Trip)
35 Clyde Watson Area
32 Kings Landing log only: Kings Landing to Lower Marlboro (RT), Labor Day, 2002
25 Benedict (Rt 231) Benedict to Broomes Island October 13, 2003
log only: Benedict to Kings Landing (RT), August 25, 2002
12 Broomes Island
14 St. Thomas Creek Thomas Creek to Clarks Landing, April 2002
11 St. Leonards Creek Patterson Jefferson Park, July 2002
9 Clarks Landing
6 Rt 4 Bridge
5 Beach Launch in Solomons Solomon’s Island to Clark’s Landing, July, 2003 (with CPA Pirates)
0 Imaginery Line at the edge of the Bay

Patuxent Tributary Paddles (chronological order)

  1. Columbia to Savage on the Little Patuxent, December, 2002
  2. Clarksville to Savage on the Middle Patuxent, 6/8/2003
  3. Guilford Gauge on the Little Patuxent
  4. Savage Gauge on the Little Patuxent

Links of Interest to Patuxent Paddlers

Patuxent Paddling Trails - Maps and launch sites

Maryland DNR's Tide Finder Page - check tides on Patuxent and other waterways

USGS Gauges for Maryland (page down to get to the Patuxent)

Patuxent River Park at Jug Bay

Jug Bay Park

Jefferson-Patterson Park

Permits and regs for boating in the Patuxent's Reservoirs

Patuxent Riverkeeper

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