Florida / Lake Rousseau /
Rest Haven Shores - Kitty Lane Public Boat Ramp (aka. Bass Avenue)
Boat ramp · on Lake Rousseau · near Inglis · Florida
Open per Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC)'s data, updated weekly. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Free
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Trailer parking
- 6 spaces
- Restrooms
- No
- Hours
- 24 Hours
- Managed by
- Levy County
- Website
- levycounty.org
- Coordinates
- 29.03316, -82.57410
On Lake Rousseau
Lake Rousseau is a reservoir on the Withlacoochee River in Florida. It lies where Levy, Marion and Citrus counties meet. The lake formed in 1909 when the original Inglis Dam was finished to support the area's phosphate industry. Florida Power Corporation used the dam for hydropower until 1965, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began building the Cross Florida Barge Canal. A lock and channel for that project, which is now inactive, were completed in 1969. A 1977 USGS study described the lake as about 11 miles long, covering about 4,000 acres and holding about 34,000 acre-feet at a normal pool of 27.5 feet above sea level. More recent sources give smaller areas: about 3,700 acres on Wikipedia and 2,696 acres in the University of South Florida Water Atlas. The Rainbow River also feeds the lake. The Inglis Main Dam is the larger of the lake's two spillway structures. More about Lake Rousseau.
Community
Where people who use Lake Rousseau talk about it.
- Lake Rousseau - FWC fishing site and forecast Agency
- Inglis Dam & Island Recreation Area - Florida State Parks Agency
- Lake Rousseau Restoration (Facebook page of Inglis-based citizen nonprofit) Facebook
- Lets talk about Lake Rousseau - Crappie.com forum Forum
- Search Reddit: r/florida Reddit
- Search all of Reddit for Lake Rousseau, Florida Reddit
Nearby launches
- Dessie Smith Prescott Memorial Inglis Dam Recreation Area - Lake Rousseau Boat Ramp · 3.1 mi · Lake Rousseau
- Dessie Smith Prescott Memorial Inglis Dam Recreation Area - Withlacochee River/Barge Canal Boat Ramp · 3.2 mi · Withlacoochee River
- Goldendale Public Boat Ramp · 4.3 mi · Lake Rousseau
- Cross Florida Greenway - Withlacoochee Barge Canal Boat Ramp · 5.5 mi · Cross-Florida Barge Canal
- Dunnellon Centennial Park and Boat Ramp · 6.6 mi · Withlacoochee River
- Rainbow Lakes Estates - Tiger Lake Small Craft Launch · 7.5 mi · Little Bonable Lake
Sources
- Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC) record LV00019CE · Open data; credit to FWC-FWRI requested
- OpenStreetMap n12754536831 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.