Slade Creek Anchorages
Posted by admin | Posted on 03-30-2007
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Slade Creek Anchorages
Statute Mile: 140
Lat/Lon:
35 27.553 North/076 33.137 West (anchorage immediately east of the creek’s mouth)
35 27.860 North/076 32.760 West (anchorage north of Church Creek)
35 28.526 North/076 32.056 West (anchorage west of Wood Creek)
Location: the entrance to Slade Creek cuts Pungo River’s eastern shoreline, southeast of unlighted daybeacon #5
Minimum Depth: 7 feet if and only if you can follow the unmarked entrance channel
Special Comment: A GPS chartplotter is NECESSARY for safe entrance into Slade Creek
Swing Room: sufficient room for vessels from 30 to 42 feet depending on the particular anchorage chosen
Foul Weather Shelter: Fair on southwesternmost anchorage, and good for other two anchorages farther upstream
Rating: 
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Centered on the Location of This Anchorage:
In August 2009 we anchored in Slade Cr. south and east of Becky Cr. in mid channel where the chart shows 7′ depths. Our Garmin GPS brought us through the Slade Cr. entrance with no problems. This is a very quiet undeveloped area with beautiful scenery. Holding was good. You can find wind protection from any direction. If you don’t have GPS, I think you could find the entrance to Slade Cr. from the ICW magenta line by following an imaginary line drawn between the house near Church Cr. (on your bow) with houses on Woodstock Point (on your stern). We peaked into the entrance of the 4 creeks on the NE and N side – Spellman, Wood, Neil & Becky. It’s possible to snuggle into the entrance of each for extra protection if it’s really nasty weather. We found depths to be as charted.