Pennsylvania / Susquehanna River /
Steelton Boat Launch
Boat ramp · on Susquehanna River · near Highspire · Pennsylvania
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
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Managed by
- Local government
- Website
- google.com
- Coordinates
- 40.20815, -76.79971
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, flow, water temperature at the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, PA gauge · USGS, 5.6 mi away on Susquehanna River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, PA, 5.6 mi from this launch on Susquehanna River: water level, flow, water temperature, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
Low-head dams drown people every year: the current below the drop circles back and holds a swimmer or a boat at the face. Portage around them; stay well clear above and below.
- Low-head dam, 5.2 mi upstream: Dock Street Dam, 6 ft.
Deaths have been recorded at this dam (Low Head Dam Inventory).
· Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA) - Low-head dam, 8.8 mi downstream: York Haven Main Dam, 10 ft.
Deaths have been recorded at this dam (Low Head Dam Inventory).
· Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA)
Up to 10 river miles each way, from the agencies' inventories; not every hazard is listed and rivers change. Scout before you go.
Sources: Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA).
On Susquehanna River
River in Pennsylvania. All launches on Susquehanna River.
Community
Where people who use Susquehanna River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- New Market · 2.7 mi · Susquehanna River
- New Cumberland Boro Park - Take Out Only · 3.5 mi · Yellow Breeches Creek
- Beacon Hill - EMER Take Out · 3.9 mi · Yellow Breeches Creek
- Middletown · 3.9 mi · Swatara Creek
- Clifton Bridge · 4.1 mi · Swatara Creek
- Goldsboro · 4.2 mi · Susquehanna River
Sources
- Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access record {1A318BC1-177D-4236-8436-0A1E7C1C4189} · PFBC terms: credit PFBC, describe modifications, no implied PFBC approval (ArcGIS item 13d48d0bec7640e289a7a399ff951b04)
- OpenStreetMap n6504642627 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Fishing and Boating Access. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.