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Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Boat ramp · on Mississippi River · near Baton Rouge · Louisiana
Zebra mussels (latest report 1995) reported in Mississippi River 800 m from this launch (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · checked October 18, 2026
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
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Coordinates
- 30.43792, -91.19186
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (New Orleans District; the one nearest this launch is of October 7, 2026). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, flow, water temperature at the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, LA gauge · USGS, 0.6 mi away on Mississippi River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, LA, 0.6 mi from this launch on Mississippi River: water level, flow, water temperature, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 229.1 on Mississippi 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.
- Arlington - Sheet 1 · 0.2 mi from this launch
Condition survey of October 7, 2026 by the New Orleans District. Soundings on the sheet from 14.1 to 58.9 ft below the Low Water Reference Plane; the Corps maintains a 45 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 Mississippi River
River in Louisiana. All launches on Mississippi River.
Community
Where people who use Mississippi River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Intracoastal Waterway · 1.2 mi · Port Allen Canal
- Stanford Beach (BREC Milford Wampold Memorial Park) · 2.6 mi · University Lake
- Mississippi River at Court Street · 10.5 mi · Mississippi River
- New Public Landing · 12.2 mi · Bayou Plaquemine
- Bayou Plaquemine Public Launch (Old) · 14.0 mi · Bayou Plaquemine
- Jack Miller's (Lower Grand River) · 16.9 mi · Bayou Plaquemine
Sources
- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Boat Launches record -91.19196,30.43791 · Public data (LDWF), no terms stated; credit the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
- OpenStreetMap w1060370099 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Boat Launches. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.