Brickhill River Northern Anchorage
Posted by admin | Posted on 02-08-2007
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January 10, 2012 - Anchored in Mumford Creek (10ft at low tide, lots of room.), off Brickhill river.... read more
October 9, 2009 - The Park Service runs a tour to Plum Orchard by ferry on the 2nd and 4th Sundays, I... read more
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Brickhill River Northern Anchorage
Statute Mile: 696 (northern entrance from the ICW)
Lat/Lon: 30 53.191 North/081 27.726 West
Location: Brickhill River runs southeast between the Waterway’s unlighted daybeacon #40 and flashing daybeacon #41
Minimum Depth: sufficient room for vessels as large as 36 feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels up to 50 feet on anchorage between the creek’s southeasterly mouth, and the charted split moving upstream, and up to 42 feet on southwestern fork anchorage
Foul Weather Shelter: Good, except open to western, and southwestern winds
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Anchored in Mumford Creek (10ft at low tide, lots of room.), off Brickhill river. Very quiet. Entered Brickhill at Dividings with shallow water. Jan 7, 2012.
Sonny
The Park Service runs a tour to Plum Orchard by ferry on the 2nd and 4th Sundays, I believe in the afternoon. If you get there some other way, you can still go through the house. The latest news is that the Park Service has a plan to run a north island tour using ground transportation. There will probably be an extra charge for the tour. They plan to take 15 people daily to visit Plum Orchard, Stafford, the chimneys and the Settlement (the first African Baptist Church and a settlement home which will be a museum/ restrooms). The planning has been done; now they are waiting on the vehicles. They spent $6 million renovating and preserving Plum Orchard last year.
Jean Thomason (DOVEKIE)
Subject: Brickhill River, GA
Cruising News: There are several anchorages in the Brickhill River that are very well protected and have fair to good holding. Our favorite is off Plum Orchard. The river is wide enough for a 45-50 footer to swing although if you get too close to the marsh side the falling tide can ground you in the mud. Since the current can be fairly swift best to make sure to back down and set your anchor well. You can leave your dink at the floating dock while you go ashore, just don’t block the South end where the rangers, ferry etc dock. We’ve been told the house is open on the 2nd and 4th weekend of each month, but I can’t confirm that. There is MUCH less pedestrian traffic here compared to the Sea Camp dock at the Southern end of the island and usually you’ll have it to yourself. The hike across to the beach is about 2 miles and at places the trail in covered in fallen trees, but you will probally find the beach deserted.
Randy Tyson
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