Rhoden Cove Landing

On Lake Jackson

Lake Jackson is a shallow prairie lake in northern Leon County, Florida, a few miles north of Tallahassee in the Red Hills region. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) describes it as a 4,000-acre lake with an average depth of about 7 feet and a maximum of 30 feet; it is roughly 7.5 miles long, and Interstate 10 crosses its southern tip. No stream drains the lake. Water leaves through Porter Sink and Lime Sink into the Floridan Aquifer, and the lake has drained many times, including 1999, 2007, 2012 and 2021. With Carr Lake and Mallard Pond it forms the 5,130-acre Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve, established in 1973. More about Lake Jackson.

Boating rules on Lake Jackson

• During the current low-water dry-down, Crowder Landing is the only Lake Jackson landing open to motorized vessels (Cedar Hill Landing serves Carr Lake); boats larger than small mud boats or airboats are likely to get stuck source
• During the dry-down, paddlecraft only at Sunset, Miller and Jackson View landings; Faulk Drive, Rhoden Cove, Meginnis Arm and Fuller landings limited to wildlife viewing source
• Driving any motorized vehicle on the lake bottom is prohibited source
• Vessels may be launched only at designated public boat landings; FWC administers and enforces boating, fishing and hunting regulations source

Community

Where people who use Lake Jackson talk about it.

• Friends of Lake Jackson Association
• Friends of Lake Jackson (Facebook page) Facebook
• Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve (Florida DEP), with current lake information and landing status Agency
• Lake Jackson - FWC fishing site and forecast Agency
• Lake Jackson lake-level station (DEP monitoring dashboard) Link
• Search Reddit: r/florida Reddit
• Search all of Reddit for Lake Jackson, Florida Reddit

Nearby launches

• Crowder Road Landing · 1.2 mi · Lake Jackson
• Fuller Landing · 1.6 mi · Lake Jackson
• Faulk Landing · 1.7 mi · Lake Jackson
• Meginnis Arm Canoe Landing · 1.9 mi · Lake Jackson
• Miller Landing Canoe Launch · 2.6 mi · Lake Jackson
• Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park (No Gasoline Motors) · 2.7 mi · Lake Hall