Free Boat Ramps in Maryland
Maryland has 178 confirmed-free boat ramps with no launch fee. Popular free-launch waterbodies include Potomac River (20 ramps), Pocomoke River (7 ramps), and Patuxent River (6 ramps). Many other public ramps in the state may also be free but are not yet confirmed.
Breton Bay
North Branch Potomac River
Potomac Park
Lakes Cove / Honga River
Transquaking River
Sassafras River
Betterton
Big Pool and Beaver Pond
Potomac River
Little Seneca Lake
Clarksburg
Anacostia River
Colmar Manor
Chesapeake Bay
Perryville
Chincoteague Bay
Long Cove
Lake Shore
Marley Creek
Pasadena
Patuxent River
Solomons
Patuxent River
Aquasco
Still Pond Creek
Broad Creek / Susquehanna River
Susquehanna River
Rocky Gorge
Ashton-Sandy Spring
Potomac River
Brunswick
Chester River
Bushwood Cove / Wicomico River
Pocomoke River
Snow Hill
Potomac River
Big Spring
Potomac River
Hancock
Potomac River
Little Orleans
Potomac River
Choptank River
Cambridge
Inner Harbor - Northwest Branch
Baltimore
Rhode River
Mayo
Pocomoke River
Nanticoke River / Bivalve Harbor
Bivalve
Centennial Lake
Ellicott City
Corsica River
Centreville
Wicomico River
Nanticoke River
Sharptown
Eastern Bay
Wicomico River
Mount Vernon
Conowingo Creek
Coulbourn Creek
Fairmount
Tuckahoe Creek
Back River
Essex
Monocacy River
Chester River
Crumpton
Cummings Creek
Dames Quarter Creek
Dames Quarter
Choptank River
Denton
Upper Thorofare Creek
Deal Island
Chester River
Dogwood Harbor / Harris Creek
Tilghman Island
Little Elk Creek
Elkton
McCreadys Cove / Fishing Bay
Elliott
Big Thorofare
Smith Island
Marshyhope Creek
Federalsburg
Marshyhope Creek
Federalsburg
Forrest Landing Cove
Patapsco River
Baltimore
Sassafras River
Nanjemoy Creek
Choptank River
North Branch Potomac River
Dawson
Chincoteague Bay
Wheatley Lake
Wallace Creek
Choptank River
Cambridge
Worton Creek
Chesapeake Landing
Potomac River
Choptank River
Greensboro
Turville Creek
Ocean Pines
Gunpowder River
Wicomico River
Herrington Creek
Tuckahoe Creek
Hillsboro
Honga River
Blairs Valley Lake
Lynch Cove / Bear Creek
Dundalk
Island Creek
Patuxent River
Croom
Susquehanna River
Havre de Grace
Jenkins Creek
Crisfield
Jennings Randolph Lake
Johnsons Pond
Salisbury
Lake Needwood
Redland
Langrells Creek / Nanticoke River
Leonards Mill Pond
Salisbury
Liberty Reservoir
Eldersburg
Little Blackwater River
Cambridge
Little Annemessex River
Crisfield
Loch Raven Reservoir
Long Cove / Langford Creek
Madison Bay
Madison
Patuxent River
Aquasco
Potomac River
Barren Creek
Mardela Springs
Potomac River
Choptank River / Watts Creek
Denton
Massey Creek / Massey Branch
Bull Neck Creek
Dundalk
Middle Branch / Patapsco River
Baltimore
Miles River
Monocacy River
Myrtle Grove
Nanticoke River
Nanticoke
Balls Creek
Chicamacomico River
Tuckahoe Creek
Potomac River
Oak Creek / Miles River
Whites Neck Creek
Potomac River
Travilah
Susquehanna River
Perryville
Monocacy River
Bartonsville
Saint George Creek
Piney Point
Piscataway Creek
Accokeek
Pocomoke River
Pocomoke City
Pocomoke River
Potomac River
Point of Rocks
Susquehanna River
Port Deposit
Potomac River
Dargan
Potomac River
Lansdowne
Potomac River
Potomac River
Potomac River
Spring Gap
Prettyboy Reservoir
Pocomoke River
Sheep Pen Gut/Hog Neck Bottom
Smith Island
Wicomico River
Salisbury
Monocacy River
Frederick
Back River / Hawk Cove / Chesapeake Bay
Edgemere
Goose Creek
Frenchtown-Rumbly
Marumsco Creek / Pocomoke Sound
Smith Creek
Saint Marys River
Callaway
Saint Peters Creek
Warwick River
Secretary
Patuxent River
Croom
Potomac River
Darnestown
Chester River
Bishopville Prong / Saint Martin River
Pocomoke River
Blackwater River
Skipton Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Smithville Lake
Patuxent River
Solomons
Sinepuxent Bay
Patapsco River
Baltimore Highlands
Elk River
Still Pond Creek
Tuckahoe Creek
Chincoteague Bay
Potomac River
Mercersville
Farm Creek
Transquaking River
Cambridge Creek
Cambridge
Triadelphia Reservoir
Tuckahoe Lake
Leeds Creek
Peach Orchard Creek / Bear Creek
Dundalk
Tyler Cove / Fishing Creek
Fishing Creek
Tyler Cove
Smith Island
Unicorn Branch / Chester River
Urieville Lake
Nanticoke River
Vienna
Wicomico River / Websters Cove
Mount Vernon
Elk River
Elkton
Lower Thorofare Creek
Deal Island
Sinepuxent Bay
West Ocean City
Wetipquin Creek
Tyaskin
Wicomico River
Potomac River
Williamsport
Dark Head Creek
Middle River
Choptank River
Pocomoke River
Pocomoke City
Wye Mills Lake
Wye East River
Waterbodies with free ramps in Maryland
Fee information is verified where available. Contact the managing agency to confirm current fees before visiting.