Pennsylvania / Allegheny River /
Oakmont Public Access
Boat ramp · on Allegheny River · near Oakmont Boro · 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
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Managed by
- Local government
- Website
- google.com
- Coordinates
- 40.51999, -79.84708
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Pittsburgh District; the one nearest this launch is of June 2, 2021). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the Allegheny R at CW Bill Young (lower) Acmetonia, PA gauge · USGS, 1.9 mi away on Allegheny River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge Allegheny R at CW Bill Young (lower) Acmetonia, PA, 1.9 mi from this launch on Allegheny River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 12.2 on Allegheny River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, placed between its mile markers
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, 2.1 mi away (straight line; direction not known).
Deaths have been recorded at this dam (Low Head Dam Inventory).
· Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA) - Low-head dam, 5.5 mi downstream: Allegheny River Lock and Dam 2.
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: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA).
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Allegheny River Pool 2 · 0.2 mi from this launch
Condition survey of June 2, 2021 by the Pittsburgh District. Soundings on the sheet from 1.4 to 27.8 ft below the pool's low control level; 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 Allegheny River
River in Pennsylvania. All launches on Allegheny River.
Community
Where people who use Allegheny River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Deer Creek · 1.0 mi · Allegheny River
- Verona · 1.1 mi · Allegheny River
- Blawnox Launch Site · 2.4 mi · Allegheny River
- Rachel Carson Park · 2.9 mi · Allegheny River
- O'Hara Chapel Harbor · 3.0 mi · Allegheny River
- Springdale · 3.5 mi · Allegheny River
Sources
- Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access record {41E0A584-471B-4F5C-850D-96007A05D440} · 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.