Pennsylvania / Susquehanna River /
Northumberland Municipal Access
Boat ramp · on Susquehanna River · near Upper Augusta Township · Pennsylvania
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
- Motors
- No horsepower limit
- Managed by
- Local government
- Website
- google.com
- Coordinates
- 40.88998, -76.78824
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the Susquehanna River above Dam at Sunbury, PA gauge · USGS, 2.7 mi away on Susquehanna River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge Susquehanna River above Dam at Sunbury, PA, 2.7 mi from this launch on Susquehanna 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, 3.0 mi downstream: Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam, 8 ft.
Deaths have been recorded at this dam (Low Head Dam Inventory).
· Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA) - Low-head dam, 4.4 mi downstream.
Deaths have been recorded at this dam (Low Head Dam Inventory).
· Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA)
Up to 10 river miles each way, from the agencies' inventories; not every hazard is listed and rivers change. Scout before you go.
Sources: Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA).
On Susquehanna River
River in Pennsylvania. All launches on Susquehanna River.
Community
Where people who use Susquehanna River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Shikellamy State Park · 0.5 mi · Lake Augusta
- Shikellamy State Park North · 0.5 mi · Lake Augusta
- Pineknotter Point · 0.6 mi · West Branch Susquehanna River
- Point of Northumberland · 0.6 mi · Lake Augusta
- Shikellamy State Park South · 0.7 mi · Lake Augusta
- Sunbury Boro · 1.3 mi · Lake Augusta
Sources
- Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access record {22B4731D-8235-45E8-A646-331257CC8C77} · PFBC terms: credit PFBC, describe modifications, no implied PFBC approval (ArcGIS item 13d48d0bec7640e289a7a399ff951b04)
Why it is listed as public: listed by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.