Boat Ramps in Maryland
We list 774 public boat ramps and launches in Maryland, spread across 24 counties. The waterbodies with the most listed launches are Potomac River (35), Patuxent River (27), Galloway Creek (16), Chesapeake Bay (15), Elk River (15).
485 listings include official facility details (lanes, parking, fees, restrooms and more where reported) from Maryland Department of Natural Resources; the rest come from OpenStreetMap.
Before you launch: boat registration in Maryland is handled by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and fishing licenses are sold by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
Map shows a sample of 387 launches; open a county for every ramp.
Counties in Maryland
- Allegany County (12)
- Anne Arundel County (87)
- Baltimore County (121)
- Baltimore city (7)
- Calvert County (21)
- Caroline County (17)
- Carroll County (6)
- Cecil County (43)
- Charles County (21)
- Dorchester County (41)
- Frederick County (19)
- Garrett County (15)
- Harford County (24)
- Howard County (7)
- Kent County (44)
- Montgomery County (30)
- Prince George's County (18)
- Queen Anne's County (44)
- Somerset County (28)
- St. Mary's County (40)
- Talbot County (36)
- Washington County (32)
- Wicomico County (22)
- Worcester County (39)
Popular lakes & rivers in Maryland
- Potomac River (35)
- Patuxent River (27)
- Galloway Creek (16)
- Chesapeake Bay (15)
- Elk River (15)
- Patapsco River (15)
- Middle River (14)
- Choptank River (13)
- Pocomoke River (13)
- Sassafras River (13)
- Chester River (12)
- Frog Mortar Creek (12)
- Spa Creek (11)
- Wicomico River (11)
- Magothy River (10)
- Severn River (10)
- Susquehanna River (10)
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (9)
- Monocacy River (9)
- Back River (8)
- Browns Creek (8)
- Back Creek (7)
- Bird River (7)
- Nanticoke River (7)
- Bohemia River (6)
- Norman Creek (6)
- North Branch Potomac River (6)
- Sinepuxent Bay (6)
- Sue Creek (6)
- Tangier Sound (6)
- Antietam Creek (5)
- Chincoteague Bay (5)
- Deer Creek (5)
- Eastern Bay (5)
- Hogpen Creek (5)
- Lake Conoy (5)
- Marshyhope Creek (5)
- Miles River (5)
- Mill Creek (5)
- Tuckahoe Creek (5)
- Assawoman Bay (4)
- Breton Bay (4)
- Bush River (4)
- Deep Creek Lake (4)
- Fishing Creek (4)
- Honga River (4)
- Isle of Wight Bay (4)
- Manokin River (4)
- Mattawoman Creek (4)
- North East River (4)
- Triadelphia Reservoir (4)
- Bullneck Creek (3)
- Chestnut Cove (3)
- Lake Habeeb (3)
- Little Seneca Lake (3)
- Mezick Pond (3)
- Parish Creek (3)
- Prospect Bay (3)
- Rhode River (3)
- Seneca Creek (3)
Cities in Maryland
- Bowleys Quarters (32)
- Essex (28)
- Annapolis (20)
- Dundalk (12)
- Severna Park (12)
- Middle River (11)
- Edgemere (9)
- Baltimore (7)
- Cambridge (7)
- Solomons (7)
- Croom (6)
- Kent Narrows (6)
- Darnestown (5)
- Rock Hall (5)
- Salisbury (5)
- Shady Side (5)
- St. Michaels (5)
- Annapolis Neck (4)
- Arnold (4)
- Dames Quarter (4)
- Eldersburg (4)
- Joppatowne (4)
- Lake Shore (4)
- Mayo (4)
- Ocean City (4)
- Pasadena (4)
- Potomac (4)
- Snow Hill (4)
- Travilah (4)
- Accokeek (3)
- Bivalve (3)
- Cockeysville (3)
- Crisfield (3)
- Federalsburg (3)
- Mount Vernon (3)
- Nanticoke (3)
- Pocomoke City (3)
- Port Deposit (3)
- Stevensville (3)
- Aquasco (2)
- Ashton-Sandy Spring (2)
- Bowie (2)
- Brunswick (2)
- Chesapeake Beach (2)
- Chestertown (2)
- Choptank (2)
- Clarksburg (2)
- Cobb Island (2)
- Columbia (2)
- Deal Island (2)
- Deale (2)
- Edgewood (2)
- Ellicott City (2)
- Galesville (2)
- Glen Burnie (2)
- Grasonville (2)
- Herald Harbor (2)
- Leonardtown (2)
- Madison (2)
- Mercersville (2)
- Ocean Pines (2)
- Oxford (2)
- Perryville (2)
- Redland (2)
- Riviera Beach (2)
- Smith Island (2)
- Tilghman Island (2)
- West Laurel (2)
- West Ocean City (2)