Pennsylvania / Allegheny River /
Freeport Public Ramp
Boat ramp · on Allegheny River · near Freeport Boro · Pennsylvania
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
- Motors
- No horsepower limit
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Managed by
- Local government
- Website
- google.com
- Coordinates
- 40.67510, -79.67536
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Pittsburgh District; the one nearest this launch is of May 28, 2021). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, water temperature at the Allegheny River at Lock & Dam 5 near Freeport, PA gauge · USGS, 0.8 mi away on Allegheny River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge Allegheny River at Lock & Dam 5 near Freeport, PA, 0.8 mi from this launch on Allegheny River: water level, water temperature, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 29.7 on Allegheny 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.
- Allegheny River Pool 4 · 0.1 mi from this launch
Condition survey of May 28, 2021 by the Pittsburgh District. Soundings on the sheet from 3.3 to 33 ft below the pool's low control level; 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 Allegheny River
River in Pennsylvania. All launches on Allegheny River.
Community
Where people who use Allegheny River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Freeport Access · 0.9 mi · Allegheny River
- Rivers Edge · 5.5 mi · Kiskiminetas River
- Wood St Launch · 6.6 mi · Allegheny River
- Tarentum · 6.8 mi · Allegheny River
- East Vandergrift · 8.1 mi · Kiskiminetas River
- Rosston · 8.1 mi · Crooked Creek
Sources
- Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access record {2CA95EE1-54F9-4A80-958D-6C7EFF35CBF9} · PFBC terms: credit PFBC, describe modifications, no implied PFBC approval (ArcGIS item 13d48d0bec7640e289a7a399ff951b04)
Why it is listed as public: listed by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.