Open Agenda - Roaring Point
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roaring Point Park located about 30 mil
west of Salsbury off of Nanticoke Road
offers one of the best swimming beaches
on the ches peak Bay there you'll find
about 3/4 of a mile of sandy beach with
a shallow gently sloping bottom that's
ideal for swimming the beach can get a
bit skinny when tides are particularly
high but there's usually enough room to
plant your umbrella a parking lot is
available if you're visiting roaring
Point Park by car but it can get pretty
busy on hot summer weekends so be sure
to come early enough to grab a parking
space padis are situated in the parking
lot and it's just a short walk through a
withed area to access the beach a soft
launch for canoes and kayaks is also
close by roaring Park is free to all and
dogs are welcome provided that they're
leashed but please clean up after your
dogs so that no one accidentally steps
Barefoot into well you know although
camping is not permitted at roaring
Point Park a popular private camp ground
is situated immediately next door the
point for which the park is named is
actually a Sandy Cape that extends
several hundred yards out into the
Nanticoke River depending on wind
direction the cape usually protects part
of the beach from wind and waves
although the water is shallow on both
sides of the cape once you go past the
tip the depth drops to almost 50 ft so
be careful tugboats pushing huge barges
of sand and gravel regularly TI the
Nanticoke River in the channel just
beyond the cape and you'll also see
commercial oystering and crabbing boats
working the river a Pine Forest provides
a pleasant backdrop to the Shoreline and
abundant Wildlife can be found at
roaring Point throughout the year with
140 different species of birds including
bald eagles Ospreys and brown Pelicans
counted among them off in the distance
on the opposite side of the ntico river
you can see the fishing Bay Wildlife
Management Area and its extensive salt
marshes roaring point is a particularly
popular place to travel to by boat if
your boat is small enough you can pull
it right up onto the Sandy Beach larger
boats often drop anchor just a few feet
offshore where the water is wable but
still deep enough to remain afloat
without digging your propeller into the
Sand by late May the water at roaring
point is usually warm and comfortable
making it a great place to plant your
beach chair right in the river to keep
you cool while minnows nibble at your
toes
you can also fish and crab directly from
the beach or from your boat within easy
sight of the shoreline then when the
summer heat becomes too oppressive it's
easy to return to the beach anchor up
and take a swim fish crab swim and relax
at roaring Point Park or just come to
take a pleasant walk on the beach for
more information please visit the W
Comico County recreation parks and
tourism website
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