Kayaking - Patuxent's Jug Bay
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.88 nm
- Elevation gain
- 0 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 33 ft
- Max elevation
- 56 ft
- TrailRank
- 32
- Min elevation
- 10 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 645
- Uploaded
- October 3, 2009
- Recorded
- October 2009
near Jackson Landing, Maryland (United States)
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Itinerary description
We had a nice afternoon paddle in the bay and up Old House Creek. There was plenty of wildlife to view and we even caught site of a pair of bald eagles. You have to time your paddle and direction based on the tide. The tide was coming in when we set out and was not going to peek until around 4:00 so we paddled against the tide out and let it push us back. When the tide goes out it can move rather quickly. You have been warned.
There use to be a fee for kayak put in and we had a season pass but starting last year they only charge a fee if you have a boat trailer. One of the few totally free kayak put ins around the Washington area. There and Riley's Lock which is a nice paddle on the Potomac well above Great Falls.
Jug Bay Natural Area
16000 Croom Airport Road
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
301-627-6074; TTY 301-699-2544
There use to be a fee for kayak put in and we had a season pass but starting last year they only charge a fee if you have a boat trailer. One of the few totally free kayak put ins around the Washington area. There and Riley's Lock which is a nice paddle on the Potomac well above Great Falls.
Jug Bay Natural Area
16000 Croom Airport Road
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
301-627-6074; TTY 301-699-2544
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