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Landings and Piers
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Please Note: Permits to use Queen Anne’s County’s landings and ramps are actually permits to park at all landing facilities throughout Queen Anne’s County. This permit is now valid for launching boats at Matapeake Pier or a kayak or canoe at Romancoke Pier. The permit does not allow you to use the fishing piers. A separate parking ticket must be purchased from the pay machine when you arrive at either Matapeake or Romancoke Fishing Pier.
To use any of the public landings, a current permit must be displayed by each vehicle, with or without a trailer, for either the launching of a boat or for general parking. Annual permits are $35 for Maryland resident and $70 for Out of State; One-Day permits are $10 for Maryland resident and $15 for Out of State.
Annual permits are valid only when displayed on the driver’s side of either the boat trailer tongue or the vehicle rear bumper. Daily permits are valid only when displayed on the windshield facing out. Launching at landings without a ramp is limited to canoes, kayaks and car-top boats.
QAC Public Landing Parking Permit Purchase Locations
| Location | Phone Number |
Address | Hours* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angler's Sport Center |
410-757-3442 | 1456 Whitehall Road Annapolis MD 21409 |
7 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Fishbones Bait & Tackle | 410-360-0573 | 4729 Mountain Road Pasadena, MD 21122 |
7 a.m. - 6 p.m. |
| Tackle Cove | 410-991-8468 | The Wharf on the Corsica River 101 Water Way Centreville, MD 21617 |
8 a.m. - 6 p.m. |
| Draper Brothers |
410-758-0340 | 2615 Centreville Road, Rt. 213 Centreville, MD 21617 |
6 a.m. - 9 p.m. |
| Price & Gannon Hardware |
410-758-0730 | 2448 Centreville Road, Rt. 213 Centreville, MD 21617 |
7 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Western Tire & Auto | 410-758-2552 | 204 E. Water Street Centreville, MD 21617 |
8 a.m. - 6 p.m. |
| QAC Finance Office | 410-758-0414 | 107 North Liberty Street Centreville, MD 21617 |
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| QAC Parks Office |
410-758-0835 | 1945 4-H Park Road Centreville, MD 21617 Purchase Permits online at webtrac.qac.org |
7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
| Chesapeake Outdoors |
410-604-0446 | Rt. 50 East, Exit 39B Chester, MD 21619 |
5 a.m. - 7 p.m. |
| Island Tackle | 410-643-4099 | 915 Main Street Chester, MD 21619 |
9 a.m. - 7 p.m. |
| JBK Hardware | 410-778-9600 | Washington Square Shopping Center, Rt. 213 Chestertown, MD 21620 |
7 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Rhodes Store |
410-556-6355 | 620 Main Street Church Hill, MD 21623 |
6 a.m. - 9 p.m. |
| Outpost Citgo | 410-778-4200 | 1921 Dudley Corner Road Crumpton, MD 21651 |
7 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
| Molly's Place |
410-348-9160 | 12503 Augustine Herman Highway Kennedyville, MD 21645 |
6 a.m. - 9 p.m. |
| Blue Heron Golf Course |
410-643-5721 | 3270 Romancoke Road, Rt. 8 South Stevensville, MD 21666 |
7 a.m. - Sunset |
| L&B Marine | 410-643-3600 | 124 Kent Landing Stevensville, MD 21666 |
9 a.m. - Varies by Day |
| Western Tire & Auto |
410-643-3600 | 1406 Main Street, Rt.18 Stevensville, MD 21666 |
8 a.m. - 7 p.m. |
Matapeake and Romancoke piers use the pay and display system in which the on-site machine accepts exact cash & coins (no change is given) or credit cards and produces a receipt which must be displayed face-up on your vehicle’s dashboard. The entrance fee at Matapeake and Romancoke piers is $2.50 per vehicle per hour. For customers who plan to leave a car parked for more than 24 hours and choose to pay via the pay machine, we suggest purchasing and displaying multiple entrance receipts on the dashboard noting the additional dates on the receipts. The general Queen Anne’s County Public Landing Permit is also valid at these two sites for the launching of a boat at Matapeake and for the launching of a canoe or kayak at Romancoke. All other visitors who use a parking space for any reason must pay for a parking receipt. Failure to pay and display will result in a $50 citation.
Romancoke Fishing pier and adjoining picnic area is open from sunrise to sunset. Matapeake pier and boat launch is open 24 hours. Matapeake picnic area is open from sunrise to sunset.
Applications, Permits, Etiquette, Licenses
The link below takes you to Maryland's Department of Natural Resources Water Trails Website.