Fort Smallwood Park Launch*  (Anne Arundel County, MD)

FIG. 1 View of Ft Smallwood Launch looking North towards Parking
lot-note the Sparrows Point Industrial complex on the horizon at the right
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From Washington, DC and the South, get on U.S. 50 East towards Bay Bridge.
 Get off an the first exit after crossing the Severn River (Exit 27). Follow signs
for MD Rt 2 N. Travel 7.3 miles to Magothy Bridge Road and make a right
onto Magothy Bridge Road. After 3 miles of travel on Magothy Bridge road,
you cross MD RT 100, after another 0.3 miles, you cross Rt 177 and it becomes
Hog Neck Road Rt 607. Continue another 0.8 miles to stop sign and make a
right onto Ft Smallwood Rd Rt 173 East. Follow Rt 173 East 3.1 miles to an
end and continue into the park and to the toll booth.  Pay the $5 toll and
continue 0.4 miles within park to a stop sign at the battery.  Turn right at
the stop sign and travel a few hundred feet to an end and park. When you
see the sign that says “Canoe/Kayak launch here”, you’ve found the launch.

* launch is closed on Wednesdays

FIG. 2 View from parking lot of signs in front of the launch--
the small sign to the right says “Canoe/Kayak launch here".
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From Baltimore and the North, take I97 south to MD RT 100. Take
MD RT 100 east to MD RT 607 Hogs neck road and follow the above. 
Geographically, it is Cartop launch # 6 on this AA cty map

The launch is a sandy beach. You can rig on the paved and unused road
 (used only for authorized vehicles).

Launch faces East into a wide expanse of the Chesapeake at the mouth
 of the Patapsco. To the NE is Sparrows Point Industrial complex.

Launch is best in winds absent a westerly component in it. Unlike
Downs park and Jonas Green Park, I have found this launch to be less
 congested in terms of people present in the vicinity of the launch.
Also, the water appears to be unobstructed and expansive.

Park is closed on Wednesdays.

FIG. 3 A view East into the Chesapeake from the Ft Smallwood Launch on an
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FIG. 4 view of driving directions to the Ft Smallwood Launch from both
the South (Annapolis) and the West (Baltimore)

FIG. 5 Aerial view of Ft Smallwood showing directions