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Dismal Swamp Canal Trail South
Boat ramp · on Dismal Swamp Canal · 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
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Free
- Car parking
- Limited, car and trailer
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Managed by
- Chesapeake Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
- Website
- cityofchesapeake.net
- Coordinates
- 36.60106, -76.38261
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
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 Dismal Swamp Canal
Canal in Virginia. All launches on Dismal Swamp Canal.
Community
Where people who use Dismal Swamp Canal talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Ballahack Boat Ramp · 0.2 mi · Dismal Swamp Canal
- Bunch Walnuts Bridge · 5.9 mi · Northwest River
- Interior Ditch Boat Ramp · 5.9 mi · Lake Drummond
- Rest Stop Boat Ramp · 6.4 mi · Dismal Swamp Canal
- A Place for Girls - Nellie Hayse Site · 9.8 mi · Bells Mill Creek/Elizabeth River
- Deep Creek Lock Park · 10.4 mi · Deep Creek
Sources
- Hampton Roads PDC Public Access Water Recreation Sites (boat ramps and kayak/canoe launches) record PA-2 · Public Domain Mark (free of known copyright restrictions), 'use for planning purposes only'; credit the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
- Virginia DCR Water Access Points (statewide public access inventory, Virginia Outdoors Plan) record -76.3826,36.6011 · 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 Hampton Roads PDC Public Access Water Recreation Sites (boat ramps and kayak/canoe launches) and 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.