Texas / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway /
TX-87 - Point A
Boat ramp · on Gulf Intracoastal Waterway · near Port Arthur · Texas
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
- Restrooms
- No
- Coordinates
- 29.82420, -93.96450
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Galveston District; the one nearest this launch is of May 6, 2026). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
Marine advisories
Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.
National Weather Service marine zone GMZ430, Sabine Lake. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.
On the river
River mile 288.4 on Gulf Intracoastal Waterway · 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.
- Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Condition survey of May 6, 2026 by the Galveston District. Least depth in the channel (001 Port Arthur to High Island): 10 ft; project depth 13 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 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Canal in Texas. All launches on Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
Community
Where people who use Gulf Intracoastal Waterway talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Texas Parks & Wildlife Recreational Park · 3.2 mi · Sabine Lake
- Sabine Lake Boat Launch near Port Arthur · 3.9 mi · Sabine Lake
- Keith Lake Launch · 4.8 mi · Keith Lake
- Walter Umphrey State Park · 5.7 mi · Sabine Lake
- Sabine Lake on Texas/Louisiana line · 5.8 mi · Sabine Lake
- TX-73 Boat Ramp · 6.5 mi · Taylor Bayou
Sources
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Public Boat Ramps record 1528 · Public data (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department GIS), TPWD disclaimer; no use limitations stated
- Texas General Land Office Beach and Bay Access (Texas Coastal Access Program) record JEF013 · Public data (Texas General Land Office, Texas Coastal Access Program); GLO disclaimer, no use limitations stated
Why it is listed as public: listed by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Public Boat Ramps and Texas General Land Office Beach and Bay Access (Texas Coastal Access Program). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.