Potomac River Boat Launch near Sharpsburg
This is a public boat ramp on the Potomac River near Sharpsburg, Maryland.
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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
- Restrooms
- No
- Coordinates
- 39.43061, -77.77814
Directions (Google) Apple Maps
This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the POTOMAC RIVER AT HARPERS FERRY, WV gauge · USGS, 7.8 mi away on Potomac River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge POTOMAC RIVER AT HARPERS FERRY, WV, 7.8 mi from this launch on Potomac River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
- Rapids, 2.6 mi downstream: Houris Falls. · USGS GNIS falls and rapids (The National Map Gazetteer)
Up to 10 river miles each way, from the agencies' inventories; not every hazard is listed and rivers change. Scout before you go.
Sources: USGS GNIS falls and rapids (The National Map Gazetteer).
On Potomac River
River in Maryland. All launches on Potomac River.
Community
Where people who use Potomac River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Lock 38 · 1.2 mi · Potomac River
- Shepherdstown · 1.3 mi · Potomac River
- Antietam Creek Campground · 1.9 mi · Potomac River
- Antietam Creek Aqueduct · 1.9 mi · Antietam Creek
- Snyders Landing · 2.4 mi · Potomac River
- Potomac River Boat Launch near Antietam · 2.7 mi · Potomac River
Sources
- Chesapeake Bay Program Public Access Sites (watershed-wide inventory) record packhorse-ford-washington-maryland-potomac-river · Chesapeake Bay Program: partner-authored data in the public domain (terms of use); accuracy disclaimer only
Why it is listed as public: listed by Chesapeake Bay Program Public Access Sites (watershed-wide inventory). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.