Virginia / James River /
Watkins
Boat ramp · on James River · near Manakin-Sabot · 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
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Free
- Ramp lanes
- 2
- Ramp surface
- paved
- Wheelchair access
- Yes
- Managed by
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
- Coordinates
- 37.58817, -77.71295
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level, flow at the JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL NEAR RICHMOND, VA gauge · USGS, 7.8 mi away on James River
Water level
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USGS gauge JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL NEAR RICHMOND, VA, 7.8 mi from this launch on James River: water level, flow, 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, 8.3 mi downstream: Bosher Dam, 10 ft. · Virginia DCR run-of-river and low-head dams
Up to 10 river miles each way, from the agencies' inventories; not every hazard is listed and rivers change. Scout before you go.
On James River
River in Virginia. All launches on James River.
Community
Where people who use James River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Robious Park · 4.1 mi · James River
- Huguenot Bridge · 9.3 mi · James River
- Maidens/Beaumont · 11.1 mi · James River
- Ground Squirrel Bridge · 13.1 mi · South Anna River
- James River Boat Launch near Goochland · 13.4 mi · James River
- James River Boat Launch near Goochland · 14.2 mi · James River
Sources
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Public Boating Access Sites record {85993375-30FE-476B-9E04-3A48D003C6DE} · VDGIF/DWR layer metadata: available to public or private entities; cite as DGIF_Boating_Access_Sites. 2010. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
- OpenStreetMap n217704794 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Public Boating Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.