Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Port Tobacco River, MD

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Marinas at Port Tobacco have gasoline, berths, and some supplies. Hull and engine repairs can be made; lift, 15 tons.
Navigation:
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Between Popes Creek and Upper Cedar Point, 4.5 miles upriver, the Maryland shore of Potomac River bends northward about 2 miles to form Port Tobacco River Flats, which have shoal spots of 3 to 5 feet but generally navigable depths of 7 to 10 feet. Port Tobacco River, at the head of the bight, has depths of 7 feet for 1.6 miles and thence 5 to 3 feet for another 1.3 miles. A light and daybeacons mark the channel.
Chapel Point, on the east side of Port Tobacco River 1.2 miles above the mouth, is a summer resort. Port Tobacco, 4.4 miles above the entrance, is now the head of practical navigation.

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