- Shelter
- SW, S, SE
- Seabed
- mud
- Anchoring
- Allowed
Anchorage off Betterton, a small bayside community at the mouth of the Sassafras River on the upper Chesapeake Bay, Kent County.
- Beach
Guide
Approach and anchoring
Open roadstead off the river mouth, approached from the bay. Mud bottom. Sheltered from south-west through south-east winds only, fully exposed to the north and west across the bay.
Ashore
Betterton Beach is a 5.2 acre town park with 300 feet of sandy swimming frontage, a bathhouse, a picnic pavilion and a stone fishing jetty. A transient launching ramp is on site. Skipjack Cove and Duffy Creek marinas lie about 7.2 nm up the Sassafras to the east.
History
Betterton was a Chesapeake steamboat resort: before 1900 some eleven steamboat landings a day called at its piers. Its boom ran from 1918 to 1930 before the resort declined after the Bay Bridge opened.
Key facts
- Type
- Anchorage
- Coordinates
- 39.37182, -76.04831 (39°22.31'N 76°2.90'W)
- Country
- United States
- Shelter
- Sheltered from south-west, south, south-east winds
- Seabed
- mud
- Anchoring
- Allowed
- Services
- Beach
- Boaters' rating
- 5.0/5
- Updated
- July 7, 2026
Getting there
Betterton Area lies at 39°22.31'N 76°2.90'W, that is 39.37182, -76.04831 in decimal degrees.
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Which winds is Betterton Area sheltered from?
Betterton Area is sheltered from south-west, south, south-east winds.
Can you anchor at Betterton Area?
Yes, anchoring is allowed at Betterton Area.
How do boaters rate Betterton Area?
Betterton Area is rated 5.0/5 by boaters on BoatMap.
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