Nanjemoy Creek is a tidal tributary to the Potomac River and is a fine place for leisurely paddling, good bird watching, and for enjoying peace and quiet. The river is very easy going, the banks are initially swampy but quickly give way to broad marshes backed by graceful, wooded bluffs, and a few houses and duck blinds are the only development that you will find until approaching Friendship Landing. This route is at the absolute head of tidewater and is farm more intimate and less exposed than the lake-like lower reaches of the creek.