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East End Boat Launch

Boat ramp · on Casco Bay · near Portland · Maine

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Fee
Fee charged
Ramp surface
Hard surface
Trailer parking
45 spaces
Restrooms
Yes
Tidal
Yes
Managed by
PORTLAND
Coordinates
43.67072, -70.24175

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On Casco Bay

Casco Bay is an open bay of the Gulf of Maine on the southern Maine coast. NOAA's chart puts its seaward boundary on a line from Bald Head on Cape Small in Phippsburg to Dyer Point in Cape Elizabeth. The bay covers about 229 square miles, roughly 146,600 acres. One estimate puts its shoreline at 578 miles. The Harpswell Neck peninsula splits the inner bay into eastern and western sections. Its deepest point, southwest of Halfway Rock, is about 204 feet, and the tidal range averages about nine feet. Portland lies on the western edge. Brunswick, Falmouth, Freeport, Harpswell and the island towns of Chebeague Island and Long Island also front the bay. Its 985-square-mile watershed drains through the Presumpscot, Royal and Stroudwater rivers. The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership estimates 785 islands, islets and exposed ledges, known as the Calendar Islands. More about Casco Bay.

Boating rules on Casco Bay

  • No Discharge Area: releasing raw or treated sewage (blackwater) from any vessel is illegal; boats must hold it until pumped out source
  • Fee charged at Portland's Eastern Promenade/East End boat ramps (attendant on site) source
  • Ramp-use fee for non-residents at the Falmouth Town Landing source
  • Simpson's Point Landing (Brunswick) takes carry-in canoes and kayaks only source

Community

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Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by Maine public boat launches (Maine GeoLibrary). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.