Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Middle Hooper Island, MD

Gasoline and diesel fuel are available at the wharves in Muddy Hook Cove.
Navigation:
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The three Hooper Islands divide Honga River from Chesapeake Bay and Tar Bay. Middle and Upper Hooper Islands are connected with each other and with the mainland by bridges. Hoopersville is a village with general stores and packing plants on Middle Hooper Island, 3.5 miles above the southern entrance of Honga River. A dredged channel in Muddy Hook Cove which is marked by a light and daybeacons, leads to a fish company-owned wharf at the village. In 2011, the controlling depth was 3 feet in the channel with 1 to 3 feet in the basin. A charted wreck just north of the channel covers at high water and is hazardous to navigation.
The highway bridge over the passage between Middle Hooper Island and Upper Hooper Island, at Ferry Point, has a fixed span with a clearance of 35 feet. The marked passage through the bridge from Honga River to Chesapeake Bay has a controlling depth of about 2 feet, but greater depths can be carried with local knowledge.