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Bankhead Lake Boat Launch near Driftwood
Boat ramp · on Bankhead Lake · near Driftwood · Alabama
Zebra mussels (latest report 2017) reported in this water (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · checked October 18, 2026
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Coordinates
- 33.53881, -87.20735
Directions (Google) Apple Maps
This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level at Bankhead Lock and Dam · USACE
Lake level: Bankhead Lake
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Full pool is 255.0 ft (USACE, Top of Normal).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Bankhead Lock and Dam), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
On the river
River mile 383.5 on Black Warrior River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, placed between its mile markers
Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers.
On Bankhead Lake
Reservoir in Alabama. All launches on Bankhead Lake.
Community
Where people who use Bankhead Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Locust Fork Boat Launch near Alliance · 3.2 mi · Locust Fork
- Locust Fork Boat Launch near Wilderness Garden · 5.0 mi · Locust Fork
- Locust Fork Boat Launch near Wilderness Garden · 5.2 mi · Locust Fork
- Locust Fork Boat Launch near Black Creek · 5.2 mi · Locust Fork
- Hwy 269 Public Boat Ramp · 6.5 mi · Locust Fork
- Black Warrior River Boat Launch near Pumpkin Center · 8.7 mi · Black Warrior River
Sources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District boat ramps (Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama rivers navigation GIS) record 16adf86b-5fd0-4fc7-95a3-42a57e12a9de · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District); no warranty
Why it is listed as public: listed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District boat ramps (Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama rivers navigation GIS). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.