Description
The Magothy is a relatively small, mostly tidal river with a watershed area (including the water surface) of 44 square miles (110 km2), or 35 square miles (91 km2) of land. Thus, its total watershed area is 20% water. It starts in Anne Arundel County in Severna Park, and flows into Chesapeake Bay next to Gibson Island. It is probably best known among recreational boaters for the popular anchorage behind Dobbins Island. Its navigable tidal portion is crossed by one bridge, located on Magothy Bridge Road in Pasadena. Its upper, nontidal portion is called Magothy Branch, and is dammed at MD 648 (Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard) to form Lake Waterford (there was an old mill dam at the same site). Some of the creeks on its south shore drain highly developed portions of Severna Park and Arnold, especially North Cypress Creek, which drains much of the Park Plaza and Giant shopping centers along Ritchie Highway north of McKinsey Road.
The Baltimore Light Station marks the mouth of the river.
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