Paddling near Bowie, MD

Set in Prince George's County, Bowie sits at the heart of the Patuxent Water Trail, with the Governor Bridge Canoe Launch just outside town on the Patuxent River — the longest river flowing entirely within Maryland at roughly 110–115 miles. Paddlers reach moving flat water, the broad tidal marshes of Jug Bay about 15 miles south, and the urban Anacostia Water Trail to the west.