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Queen Anne's County Public Landings offers two types of permits, an Annual or Daily. We accept cash, credit card, and checks.
- To purchase online click here: Purchase Landing Permit
- To purchase over the phone with QAC Parks Office, call 410-758-0835
- To purchase from one of our vendors, see 'Permit Purchasing Locations' tab below
- To purchase via mail, please print and fill out our Permit Application form and mail with a check to:
Location | Permit Application | Checks payable to |
QAC Parks 1945 4-H Park Road Centreville, MD 21617 | QAC Public Landings |
*Permit prices change beginning November 21, 2023*
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 $40 for Maryland resident and $75 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.
Location | Phone Number | Address | Hours |
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Anglers 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 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 |
8a.m. - 4:30p.m. |
QAC Parks Office | 410-758-0835 | 1945 4-H Park Road
Centreville, MD 21617 |
7a.m. - 3:30p.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. |
Millington Hardware | 410-928-3118 | 403 Cypress Street Millington, MD 21651 |
6 a.m. - 6 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 6am to 9pm. Matapeake pier and boat launch is open 24 hours. Matapeake picnic area is open from sunrise to sunset.
Applications, Permits, Etiquette, Licenses
- QA Public Landings Guide & Permit Application 2024
- Ramp Etiquette
- Maryland Guide to Fishing and Crabbing 2023
Water Trails
- Corsica River Water Trail
- Kent Island Water Trails Brochure Page 1
- Kent Island Water Trails Brochure Page 2
Maryland DNR Water Trails
Regulations