Virginia / Cranes Creek /
Cranes Creek Landing
Boat ramp · on Cranes Creek · near Sandy Point · Virginia
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
- Car parking
- Medium lot
- Restrooms
- No
- Tidal
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 37.81912, -76.30810
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Norfolk District; the one nearest this launch is of April 13, 2024). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Tide predictions at Fleeton Point · NOAA, 1.9 mi away
Marine advisories
Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.
National Weather Service marine zone ANZ630, Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.
Tides
Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Fleeton Point station, 1.9 mi from this launch, in local time above MLLW. Predictions, not observations: wind and weather move the real tide. Full predictions at NOAA.
| Mon Oct 19 | Low 1:16 am 0.4 ft · High 6:46 am 0.9 ft · Low 1:12 pm 0.4 ft · High 7:18 pm 1.1 ft |
|---|---|
| Tue Oct 20 | Low 2:10 am 0.4 ft · High 7:53 am 1.0 ft · Low 2:18 pm 0.4 ft · High 8:21 pm 1.1 ft |
| Wed Oct 21 | Low 2:58 am 0.3 ft · High 8:55 am 1.0 ft · Low 3:18 pm 0.3 ft · High 9:17 pm 1.1 ft |
| Thu Oct 22 | Low 3:42 am 0.3 ft · High 9:46 am 1.1 ft · Low 4:10 pm 0.3 ft · High 10:04 pm 1.1 ft |
| Fri Oct 23 | Low 4:23 am 0.2 ft · High 10:30 am 1.2 ft · Low 4:59 pm 0.2 ft · High 10:49 pm 1.2 ft |
| Sat Oct 24 | Low 5:05 am 0.1 ft · High 11:14 am 1.3 ft · Low 5:47 pm 0.1 ft · High 11:34 pm 1.2 ft |
| Sun Oct 25 | Low 5:48 am 0.1 ft · High 11:58 am 1.4 ft · Low 6:35 pm 0.1 ft |
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Cranes Creek · 0.2 mi from this launch
Condition survey of April 13, 2024 by the Norfolk District. Least depth in the channel (Channel): 6.7 ft; project depth 6 ft. 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 Cranes Creek
Stream in Virginia. All launches on Cranes Creek.
Nearby launches
- Shell · 2.1 mi · Cockrell Creek
- Coopers · 7.1 mi · Great Wicomico River
- Rowes Landing · 12.5 mi · Coan River
- Forrest Landing · 12.8 mi · Coan River
- Windmill Point Landing · 14.0 mi · Rappahannock River
- Greenvale Creek Boat Launch · 14.5 mi · Greenvale Creek
Sources
- Virginia DCR Water Access Points (statewide public access inventory, Virginia Outdoors Plan) record -76.3081,37.8191 · Public data (Virginia DCR), 'for planning purposes only'; credit Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Recreation Planning and Recreational Resources
Why it is listed as public: listed by Virginia DCR Water Access Points (statewide public access inventory, Virginia Outdoors Plan). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.