Kentucky / Mississippi River /
Ed Whitfield Ramp
Boat ramp · on Mississippi River · near Laketon · Kentucky
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
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Paved
- Car parking
- Up to 25 vehicles
- Hours
- Seasonal, all hours
- Website
- app.fw.ky.gov
- Coordinates
- 36.85474, -89.12775
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Memphis District; the one nearest this launch is of August 9, 2021). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
On the river
River mile 943.8 on Mississippi 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.
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- LM Hickman
Condition survey of August 9, 2021 by the Memphis District. Soundings on the sheet from 195.3 to 297.3 ft below mean lower low water (MLLW); 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 Mississippi River
River in Kentucky. All launches on Mississippi River.
Community
Where people who use Mississippi River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Forked Lake Boat Launch · 1.1 mi · Forked Lake
- Fish Lake Doug Travis · 2.3 mi · Fish Lake (Doug Travis WMA)
- Black Lake Boat Launch · 2.6 mi · Black Lake
- Number 4 Lake Boat Launch · 2.7 mi · Number 4 Lake
- Indian Camp Lake Boat Launch · 2.9 mi · Indian Camp Lake
- Jos Hunter Moore Access · 4.0 mi
Sources
- Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Fishing and Boating Access Sites record 106 · No access and use limitations; acknowledge KDFWR as the data originator (ArcGIS item 754c5304f53c4941956d5ee945bd30db)
Why it is listed as public: listed by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Fishing and Boating Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.