Tennessee / Old Hickory Lake /
Walton Ferry Boat Ramp
Boat ramp · on Old Hickory Lake · near Delray Park Estates · Tennessee
Zebra mussels (latest report 1993) reported in Old Hickory Lake 960 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
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Managed by
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Coordinates
- 36.25852, -86.62903
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Nashville District; the one nearest this launch is of October 25, 2019). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level at Old Hickory Lock and Dam Headwater · USACE
Lake level: Old Hickory Lake
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Old Hickory Lock and Dam Headwater), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
On the river
River mile 219.8 on Cumberland 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.
- OLD Hickory · 0.3 mi from this launch
Condition survey of October 25, 2019 by the Nashville District. Soundings on the sheet from 374.4 to 436.4 ft; 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 Old Hickory Lake
Lake in Tennessee. All launches on Old Hickory Lake.
Community
Where people who use Old Hickory Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Lock 3 Access · 1.2 mi · Old Hickory Lake
- Sanders Ferry Park · 1.5 mi · Old Hickory Lake
- Mallard Point Park · 2.4 mi · Old Hickory Lake
- Metro Beach Boat Ramp · 2.5 mi · Old Hickory Lake
- Drakes Creek Boat Ramp · 2.8 mi · Old Hickory Lake
- Rockland Park · 2.9 mi · Old Hickory Lake
Sources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory) record 1016-392899-7-001 · US federal government data, public domain (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers submittal)
- OpenStreetMap n10288253224 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.