Rhode River

The Rhode River is a 3-mile-long (5 km)[1] tidal tributary of the West River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is south of the South River.

These are its named tidal creeks and coves starting at the upper end and going clockwise, with a lower-order tributary listed after the "&" symbol:[2][3]

  • Muddy Creek
  • Fox Creek
  • Sheephead Cove
  • Sellman Creek
  • Bear Neck Creek & Whitemarsh Creek
  • Cadle Creek
  • Boathouse Cove

YMCA Camp Letts sits on a peninsula at the northern end of the Rhode River, and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center occupies most of the northwestern shore of the Rhode River.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. ^ Topo map of the river
  3. ^ West Rhode Riverkeeper 2007 water quality report, see map on last page