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Jamison Mill Park Boat Ramp

Jamison Mill Park Boat Ramp is a free public boat ramp on Philpott Lake near Ferrum, Virginia.

Aerial view of the ramp and parking lot at low water, October 2023
Aerial view of the ramp and parking lot at low water, October 2023 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map

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
concrete
Coordinates
36.84931, -80.06399

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Boating rules

  • No horsepower limit · all of Philpott Lake rule

From the boating rules map of Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (Public Fishing Lakes. 2008. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries), read October 20, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

Lake level: Philpott 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 (Philpott Dam), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.

Lake level

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USGS gauge PHILPOTT RES AT PHILPOTT DAM NR PHILPOTT, VA, 5.1 mi from this launch on Philpott Lake: lake level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.

On Philpott Lake

Reservoir in Virginia. All launches on Philpott Lake.

Community

Where people who use Philpott Lake talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: www.playfranklincounty.com: Boat Ramp (Non Motorized). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.