Virginia / Deep Creek /
Deep Creek Lock Park
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Deep Creek · near Chesapeake · 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
- Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
- Fee
- Free
- Car parking
- Car
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Website
- cityofchesapeake.net
- Coordinates
- 36.74755, -76.34027
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Norfolk District; the one nearest this launch is of September 15, 2017). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Dismal Swamp Canal · 0.1 mi from this launch
Condition survey of September 15, 2017 by the Norfolk District. Soundings on the sheet from 0.4 to 16.1 ft; the Corps maintains a 6 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 Deep Creek
River in Virginia. All launches on Deep Creek.
Community
Where people who use Deep Creek talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Paradise Creek Nature Park · 4.0 mi · Paradise Creek
- Rest Stop Boat Ramp · 4.0 mi · Dismal Swamp Canal
- A Place for Girls - Nellie Hayse Site · 4.5 mi · Bells Mill Creek/Elizabeth River
- Bells Mill Park · 5.0 mi · Rock Creek
- Elizabeth River · 5.2 mi · Southern Branch Elizabeth River
- Great Bridge Lock Park · 5.4 mi · Southern Branch Elizabeth River
Sources
- Hampton Roads PDC Public Access Water Recreation Sites (boat ramps and kayak/canoe launches) record PA-209 · Public Domain Mark (free of known copyright restrictions), 'use for planning purposes only'; credit the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Why it is listed as public: listed by Hampton Roads PDC Public Access Water Recreation Sites (boat ramps and kayak/canoe launches). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.