Magothy River
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The Magothy River runs through Anne Arundel County in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located south of the Patapsco River, and north of the Severn River.
It is a relatively small, mostly tidal river with a watershed area (including the water surface) of 44 square miles, or 35 square miles of land. Thus, its total watershed area is 20% water. It starts in Anne Arundel County in Severna Park, and flows into Chesapeake Bay next to Gibson Island. It is probably best known among recreational boaters for the popular anchorage behind Dobbins Island. Its navigable tidal portion is crossed by one bridge, located on Magothy Bridge Road in Pasadena. Its upper, nontidal portion is called Magothy Branch, and is dammed at MD 648 (Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard) to form Lake Waterford (there was an old mill dam at the same site). Some of the creeks on its south shore drain highly developed portions of Severna Park and Arnold, especially North Cypress Creek, which drains much of the Park Plaza and Giant shopping centers along Ritchie Highway north of McKinsey Road.
The Baltimore Light Station sits at the mouth of the river.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed Profile: Magothy River
- Marianne Taylor, My River Speaks: The History and Lore of the Magothy River (Arnold, MD: Bay Media, 1998) ISBN 0-9665239-0-3
[edit] Further reading
- Maryland DNR's Surf Your Watershed: Magothy River
- Magothy River Association and Magothy River Land Trust: Two web sites of Magothy River watershed associations
- Magothy River map: Map to download, made in 2004, shows names of most creeks and other water bodies
