Florida / Apalachicola River /
Howard's Creek Landing
Boat ramp · on Apalachicola River · near Wewahitchka · Florida
Open per Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC)'s data, updated weekly. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Free
- Ramp lanes
- 2
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Trailer parking
- 15 spaces
- Car parking
- 25 spaces
- Restrooms
- No
- Hours
- 24 Hours
- Managed by
- Gulf County
- Website
- visitgulf.com
- Coordinates
- 29.89805, -85.06008
On Apalachicola River
The Apalachicola River runs about 106 miles through the Florida Panhandle, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). It starts at Lake Seminole on the Florida-Georgia line at Chattahoochee and ends at the Gulf at the town of Apalachicola. By the volume of water it discharges, it is Florida's largest river. The Flint and Chattahoochee rivers join to form it inside Lake Seminole, the reservoir behind Jim Woodruff Dam. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began building the dam in 1947 and finished it in 1957. Below the dam the river flows south past Bristol and picks up the Chipola River in northern Gulf County. It empties into Apalachicola Bay. Its watershed, the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) basin, drains about 19,500 square miles. Extensive swamps line the lower 30 miles. More about Apalachicola River.
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Nearby launches
- Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area - Van Horn Landing Kayak Launch · 2.9 mi · Apalachicola River
- Apalachicola National Forest - Smith Creek Landing · 3.0 mi · Apalachicola River
- Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area - Bloody Bluff Public Boat Ramp · 3.4 mi · Apalachicola River
- Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area - Misfit Landing Boat Ramp · 4.4 mi · Apalachicola River - Sauls Creek
- Apalachicola National Forest - Fort Gadsden Creek West Primitive Access · 4.6 mi · Fort Gadsden Creek
- Apalachicola National Forest - Fort Gadsden Creek East Primitive Access (Very Small Boats Only) · 4.8 mi · Fort Gadsden Creek
Sources
- Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC) record GU00595IZ · Open data; credit to FWC-FWRI requested
Why it is listed as public: listed by Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.