Alabama / Mobile River /
Mt. Vernon
Boat ramp · on Mobile River · near Mount Vernon · Alabama
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
- Ramp lanes
- 2
- Docks
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Trailer parking
- 25 spaces
- Car parking
- Paved lot
- Restrooms
- No
- Wheelchair access
- No
- Managed by
- Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 31.08790, -87.97841
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Mobile District; the one nearest this launch is of February 26, 2020). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
On the river
River mile 41.0 on Mobile River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation 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.
- Mobile River
Condition survey of February 26, 2020 by the Mobile District. Soundings on the sheet down to 15 ft below the pool's low control level, with bars at or above it; the Corps maintains a 9 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 Mobile River
River in Alabama. All launches on Mobile River.
Community
Where people who use Mobile River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Rice Creek Landing · 7.6 mi · Rice Creek
- McIntosh Bluff Landing · 11.7 mi · Tombigbee River
- Cliff's Landing · 16.2 mi · Tensaw River
- Steele Creek Boat Launch · 16.5 mi · Steele Creek
- Saraland Boat Launch · 19.1 mi · Bayou Sara
- Dixie Landing Public Ramp · 19.1 mi · Alabama River
Sources
- Alabama DCNR Freshwater Boating Access (Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries) record -87.97959,31.08776 · Public data (ADCNR), no terms stated; credit the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District boat ramps (Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama rivers navigation GIS) record 68c0f3bb-634f-47d4-b445-e00a68e8f67b · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District); no warranty
- OpenStreetMap n12547000198 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Alabama DCNR Freshwater Boating Access (Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District boat ramps (Black Warrior-Tombigbee and Alabama rivers navigation GIS). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.