Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Oxford, MD

Oxford, ME is one of the oldest ports in the United States, having been established officially as a seaport in 1683, although records show it being originally laid out as a town between 1666 and 1668. Oxford and Anne Arundel–current day Annapolis–were the only allowed ports of entry for all of Maryland in 1694. It was also a major center for international shipping until the American Revolution.

Today it is a small town with only just over 550 homes, but a big destination for recreational boaters in the Chesapeake. There are over 5 marinas that offer transient moorings in the area, and the Town of Oxford manages a public landing and its own transient dock. To book slips or enquire about facilities at the local marinas please contact them directly.

To reach the town about the moorings, anchorages, and transient facilities they operate contact:

Town of Oxford
PO Box 339
101 Market Street
Oxford MD 21654-0339

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (410) 226-5122
Fax: (410) 226-5597

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Oxford is on the east side of Tred Avon River, 2 miles above the mouth. The principal facilities are along Town Creek on the east side of the town.
Town Creek enters Tred Avon River east of Oxford and comprises the waterfront area of the town. A marked dredged channel leads from the entrance to a turning basin at the head of the creek. In 2011, the controlling depth was 7 feet in the entrance of the channel to 38°41’20″N., 76°10’09″W., thence 5 feet at midchannel to the head of the project.

A marina is on the river side 2 miles above Choptank River Light; the marked entrance channel has a controlling depth of about 4 feet. The ferry landing on the river side of Oxford has depths of 14 feet at the face. Year-round ferry service is maintained to Bellevue, on the opposite side of the river. A public landing nearby has fuel.

There are two anchorage basins on the west side of the Town Creek channel, 0.3 mile and 0.5 mile above the entrance, had depths of 9 feet and 7 feet, respectively.