Reviews: Six Mile Creek

Six Mile Creek

• Location: St. Johns River
• Mile Marker: 54.5
• Lat / Lon: N 29° 58.138' / W 081° 33.363'
• Depth: 6 - 12 feet
• Tide: 1 foot
• Description:

  Anchorage at the mouth of the Six Mile Creek. Good protection, 6+ foot depth to leading to anchorage and 12 foot depth at marked location. Minimal tide/ current with a mud/muck bottom that holds well. This is a private anchorage away from residential/business areas and out of boat traffic. Closest marina is Trout Creek Marina to the North. Strong cellular telephone signal in the area. On a calm quite night you can hear faintly some traffic noise from CR13 nearby. 

  NOTE: Per Florida Statute 327.4109

  The owner or operator of a vessel or floating structure may not anchor or moor such that the nearest approach of the anchored or moored vessel or floating structure is:

  1. Within 150 feet of any marina, boat ramp, boatyard, or other vessel launching or loading facility;
  2. Within 300 feet of a superyacht repair facility. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "superyacht repair facility" means a facility that services or repairs a yacht with a water line of 120 feet or more in length; or
  3. Within 100 feet outward from the marked boundary of a public mooring field or a lesser distance if approved by the commission upon request of a local government within which the mooring field is located. The commission may adopt rules to implement this subparagraph.