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Switzer Lake Carry-in Access
This is a public kayak and canoe launch on Switzer Lake near Bridgewater, Virginia.
- Electric motors only
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)
- Motors
- Electric motors only
- Website
- dwr.virginia.gov
- Coordinates
- 38.57143, -79.14434
Directions (Google) Apple Maps
This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.
Boating rules
- Electric motors only · all of Switzer Lake rule
From the boating rules map of Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (Public Fishing Lakes. 2008. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries), read October 20, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
On Switzer Lake
Reservoir in Virginia. All launches on Switzer Lake.
Nearby launches
- Brandywine Lake Recreation Area · 3.7 mi · Hawes Run
- Brushy Fork Lake Carry-in Access · 11.9 mi · Brushy Fork
- Camp Run Lake Boat Launch · 12.6 mi · Camp Run
- Edgebriar Park Kayak Launch · 16.0 mi · North River
- Elkhorn Lake Boat Launch near Staunton · 17.4 mi · Elkhorn Lake
- South Mill Creek Lake Boat Launch · 19.3 mi · South Mill Creek
Sources
- OpenStreetMap w497476281 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: dwr.virginia.gov: Kayak/Canoe Launch. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.