Arkansas / Bayou Meto /
Big Bayou Meto Boat Ramp
Boat ramp · on Bayou Meto · near Gillett · Arkansas
Open per U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation area status's data, checked April 28, 2026. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Managed by
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Coordinates
- 34.08137, -91.44179
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Little Rock District; the one nearest this launch is of July 7, 2020). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the Canon Brake HW/TW near Bayou Meto, AR gauge · USGS, 13.8 mi away on Bayou Meto
Water level
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USGS gauge Canon Brake HW/TW near Bayou Meto, AR, 13.8 mi from this launch on Bayou Meto: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Wilbur D Mills · 0.1 mi from this launch
Condition survey of July 7, 2020 by the Little Rock District. Soundings on the sheet down to 62 ft, with bars at or above it; the Corps maintains a 9 ft channel here. Survey sheet (PDF)
US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.
On Bayou Meto
River in Arkansas. All launches on Bayou Meto.
Community
Where people who use Bayou Meto talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Moores Bayou Boat Ramp · 6.0 mi · Moores Bayou
- Coal Pile Spur Levee Boat Ramp · 7.5 mi · Arkansas River
- Pendleton Bend Park Boat Ramp · 7.9 mi · Arkansas River
- Pendleton Bridge Boat Ramp · 8.0 mi · Arkansas River
- Little Bayou Meto River Boat Ramp · 8.7 mi · Arkansas River
- Buzzard Beach Boat Ramp · 9.6 mi · Morgan Point Bendway Lake
Sources
- Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Water Access record {2CFC7C4A-02E2-4D47-B530-1CE550B34CD8} · Public data (AGFC), no terms stated; credit the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory) record 10629-784304-7-001 · US federal government data, public domain (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers submittal)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District boat ramps record {FF9A3E4E-B11E-49D0-9ACD-80B546BB4926} · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation area status open or closed status · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resource Management Program)
- OpenStreetMap n117389285 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Water Access and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District boat ramps. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.