Olive Hill Carrydown
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Tygarts Creek · near Olive Hill · Kentucky
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
- Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
- Fee
- Free
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Unpaved
- Car parking
- Up to 25 vehicles
- Hours
- Year-round, limited hours
- Website
- app.fw.ky.gov
- Coordinates
- 38.29933, -83.17451
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the TYGARTS CREEK AT LAWTON RD AT OLIVE HILL,KY gauge · USGS, 1.0 mi away on Tygarts Creek
Water level
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USGS gauge TYGARTS CREEK AT LAWTON RD AT OLIVE HILL,KY, 1.0 mi from this launch on Tygarts Creek: 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, 4.5 mi upstream. · Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources low-head dams
Up to 10 river miles each way, from the agencies' inventories; not every hazard is listed and rivers change. Scout before you go.
Sources: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources low-head dams.
On Tygarts Creek
River in Kentucky. All launches on Tygarts Creek.
Community
Where people who use Tygarts Creek talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Smoky Valley/Carter Caves Lake Ramp · 5.2 mi · Smoky Valley Lake
- Carter Caves State Park · 5.9 mi · Tygarts Creek
- Clifty Creek Ramp · 9.9 mi · Grayson Lake
- Caney Creek · 10.4 mi · Grayson Lake
- Grayson Dam Ramp · 10.8 mi · Grayson Lake
- Bruin Creek · 11.1 mi · Grayson Lake
Sources
- Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Fishing and Boating Access Sites record 960 · No access and use limitations; acknowledge KDFWR as the data originator (ArcGIS item 754c5304f53c4941956d5ee945bd30db)
Why it is listed as public: listed by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Fishing and Boating Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.