High Bridge Ramp
Boat ramp · on Kentucky River · near High Bridge · 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
- Fee charged
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Paved
- Car parking
- Up to 25 vehicles
- Hours
- Year-round, all hours
- Website
- app.fw.ky.gov
- Coordinates
- 37.82607, -84.72398
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCK 7 AT HIGHBRIDGE, KY gauge · USGS, 0.2 mi away on Kentucky River
Water level
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USGS gauge KENTUCKY RIVER AT LOCK 7 AT HIGHBRIDGE, KY, 0.2 mi from this launch on Kentucky River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
Low-head dams drown people every year: the current below the drop circles back and holds a swimmer or a boat at the face. Portage around them; stay well clear above and below.
- Low-head dam, 0.2 mi downstream: Kentucky River Lock & Dam No. 7 (Closed). · Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources low-head dams
Up to 10 river miles each way, from the agencies' inventories; not every hazard is listed and rivers change. Scout before you go.
Sources: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources low-head dams.
On Kentucky River
River in Kentucky. All launches on Kentucky River.
Community
Where people who use Kentucky River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Palisades Adventures · 2.7 mi · Kentucky River
- Royalty's Camp Ramp · 4.8 mi · Herrington Lake
- Cane Run Ramp · 5.1 mi · Herrington Lake
- Chimney Rock Ramp · 5.3 mi · Herrington Lake
- Camp Kennedy · 5.4 mi · Herrington Lake
- Nonesuch · 5.5 mi · Kentucky River
Sources
- Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Fishing and Boating Access Sites record 276 · No access and use limitations; acknowledge KDFWR as the data originator (ArcGIS item 754c5304f53c4941956d5ee945bd30db)
- OpenStreetMap n12396636768 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
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.