Stairs are raised and lowered according to the season. The landings are generally available April through October. During the winter months, the stairs are raised in consideration of the storms and swells that can appear unpredictably. Storms can be strong enough to pop the deck planks loose from their nailed positions requiring repair as the spring season approaches. To assist boaters wishing to load, unload, or otherwise dock at the Wharf, we have a floating dock that rises and drops with the tide.
People can climb a ladder from the attached floating dock up onto the landing.
Small boats like kayaks, canoes, and inflatables may be stored on a side platform of the landing for those that moor their boats nearby at no charge. Mooring private boats next to the Wharf is free and is safest during the spring and summer months. Mooring during winter months is not safe and a number of vessels have pulled loose and beached or sank over the years that were left moored too late into the winter season. The landing is also an excellent place to view the structure of the Wharf. Many colorful starfish, sponges, tunicates, and shellfish can be seen living on the pilings.