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Please Note That Anchorages Below Are Listed in Rough Geographic Format, Moving North to South

Upper Pasquotank River Anchorage
Statute Mile:37
Lat/Lon: near 36 23.260 North/076 17.158 West
Location: west and south of the Pasquotank River, Turners Cut intersection
Minimum Depth: 6½-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 32 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent

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Goat Island Anchorages
Statute Mile: 43.5
Lat/Lon: near 36 20.585 North/076 13.321 West
Location: south and southwest of Goat Island between unlighted daybeacons #13 and #11
Minimum Depth: 6-feet via the southeastern entrance; 5-foot minimum depths via northwestern entrance
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 45 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent

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Sawyers Creek Anchorage
Statute Mile: 46.5
Lat/Lon: near 36 19.463 North/076 10.853 West
Location: off the eastern banks of the Pasquotank River, north of the Camden Railway Bridg
Minimum Depth: 5 1/2-feet, but successful navigation can be difficult
Swing Room:  sufficient room for vessels smaller than 33 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Good

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Railroad Bridge Anchroage
Statute Mile: 47.5
Lat/Lon: near 36 18.923 North/076 10.982 West
Location: on the waters of the unnamed creek making into the Pasquotank’s southeastern banks 0.3 nautical mile south-southwest of the charted railroad bridge near the charted position of Camden
Minimum Depth: 8-feet
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Excellent

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Forbes Bay Anchorage
Statute Mile: 53
Lat/Lon: near 36 17.374 North/076 12.074 West
Location: on the waters of Forbes Bay, along the Pasquotank’s southwestern banks, northwest of flashing daybeacon #7
Minimum Depth: 6-foot minimum depths; reviewed on pages
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels as large as 50 feet
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair, wide open to northeastern winds

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