West Virginia / Monongahela River /
VanVoorhis
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Monongahela River · near Van Voorhis · West Virginia
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)
- Car parking
- 10 spaces
- Restrooms
- No
- Wheelchair access
- No
- Coordinates
- 39.68366, -79.95686
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the MONONGAHELA R AT MORGANTOWN LOCK & DAM (LOWER), WV gauge · USGS, 4.4 mi away on Monongahela River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge MONONGAHELA R AT MORGANTOWN LOCK & DAM (LOWER), WV, 4.4 mi from this launch on Monongahela River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 95.2 on Monongahela River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, placed between its mile markers
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, 4.4 mi downstream: Point Marion Lock and Dam.
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: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, Low Head Dam Inventory, Pennsylvania (USACE LHDI via PEMA).
On Monongahela River
River in West Virginia. All launches on Monongahela River.
Community
Where people who use Monongahela River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Fort Martin · 0.9 mi · Monongahela River
- Star City Riverfront Park · 2.5 mi · Monongahela River
- Morgantown Walnut Street · 3.6 mi · Monongahela River
- Point Marion · 4.5 mi · Monongahela River
- Cheat Lake Sunset Beach · 5.3 mi · Cheat Lake
- Cheat Lake Ices Ferry Bridge · 5.3 mi · Cheat Lake
Sources
- West Virginia DNR Public Fishing and Boating Access Sites record -79.95686,39.68366 · Public data (WVDNR), general information only, not for navigation; credit to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources appreciated
Why it is listed as public: listed by West Virginia DNR Public Fishing and Boating Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.