Pocahontas Island
Pocahontas Island is a public kayak and canoe launch on the Appomattox River near Petersburg, Virginia.
- Restrooms
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)
- Car parking
- Medium lot
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 37.23873, -77.39992
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, flow, water temperature at the APPOMATTOX RIVER AT MATOACA, VA gauge · USGS, 4.2 mi away on Appomattox River
Water level
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USGS gauge APPOMATTOX RIVER AT MATOACA, VA, 4.2 mi from this launch on Appomattox River: water level, flow, water temperature, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
Keep well clear of dams: strong currents and restricted zones above and below them.
- Dam, 7.6 mi upstream: Brasfield Dam (run-of-river dam), 55 ft. · Virginia DCR run-of-river and 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.
On Appomattox River
River in Virginia. All launches on Appomattox River.
Community
Where people who use Appomattox River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Appamatuck Park · 0.4 mi · Appomattox River
- Roslyn Park · 1.1 mi · Appomattox River
- Patton Park · 1.2 mi · Appomattox River
- Wilcox Lake Carry-in Access · 2.5 mi · Wilcox Lake
- White Bank Park · 3.4 mi · Swift Creek
- Appomattox Riverside/Ferndale Park · 4.3 mi · Appomattox River
Sources
- Virginia DCR Water Access Points (statewide public access inventory, Virginia Outdoors Plan) record -77.3999,37.2387 · Public data (Virginia DCR), 'for planning purposes only'; credit Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Recreation Planning and Recreational Resources
Why it is listed as public: listed by Virginia DCR Water Access Points (statewide public access inventory, Virginia Outdoors Plan). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.