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Meginnis Arm Canoe Landing

Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Lake Jackson · near Tallahassee · 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
Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
Fee
Free
Ramp surface
Grass
Car parking
4 spaces
Restrooms
No
Hours
Half Hour Before Sunrise to Half Hour After Sunset
Managed by
Leon County
Website
cms.leoncountyfl.gov
Coordinates
30.48749, -84.30456

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On Lake Jackson

Lake Jackson is a shallow prairie lake in northern Leon County, Florida, a few miles north of Tallahassee in the Red Hills region. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) describes it as a 4,000-acre lake with an average depth of about 7 feet and a maximum of 30 feet; it is roughly 7.5 miles long, and Interstate 10 crosses its southern tip. No stream drains the lake. Water leaves through Porter Sink and Lime Sink into the Floridan Aquifer, and the lake has drained many times, including 1999, 2007, 2012 and 2021. With Carr Lake and Mallard Pond it forms the 5,130-acre Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve, established in 1973. More about Lake Jackson.

Boating rules on Lake Jackson

  • During the current low-water dry-down, Crowder Landing is the only Lake Jackson landing open to motorized vessels (Cedar Hill Landing serves Carr Lake); boats larger than small mud boats or airboats are likely to get stuck source
  • During the dry-down, paddlecraft only at Sunset, Miller and Jackson View landings; Faulk Drive, Rhoden Cove, Meginnis Arm and Fuller landings limited to wildlife viewing source
  • Driving any motorized vehicle on the lake bottom is prohibited source
  • Vessels may be launched only at designated public boat landings; FWC administers and enforces boating, fishing and hunting regulations source

Community

Where people who use Lake Jackson talk about it.

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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.