West Virginia / Monongahela River /
Whiteday Creek Mouth Shoreline
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Monongahela River · near Lowsville · West Virginia
Zebra mussels (latest report 1999) reported in Monongahela River 580 m from this launch (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · checked October 18, 2026
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)
- Restrooms
- No
- Wheelchair access
- No
- Managed by
- West Virginia Division of Highways
- Coordinates
- 39.56030, -80.05252
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Pittsburgh District; the one nearest this launch is of February 11, 2020). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Water level at the MONONGAHELA R AT OPEKISKA LOCK & DAM (UPPER), WV gauge · USGS, 0.2 mi away on Monongahela River
Water level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge MONONGAHELA R AT OPEKISKA LOCK & DAM (UPPER), WV, 0.2 mi from this launch on Monongahela River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On the river
River mile 115.7 on Monongahela River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, placed between its mile markers
Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers.
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Monongahela River Opekiska Pool · 0.1 mi from this launch
Condition survey of February 11, 2020 by the Pittsburgh District. Soundings on the sheet from 3.3 to 41.5 ft below the pool's low control level; the Corps maintains a 9 ft channel here. Survey sheet (PDF)
US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.
On Monongahela River
River in West Virginia. All launches on Monongahela River.
Community
Where people who use Monongahela River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Little Falls · 2.8 mi · Monongahela River
- Pricketts Fort State Park · 3.6 mi · Monongahela River
- Uffington · 4.4 mi · Monongahela River
- Morgantown Walnut Street · 7.0 mi · Monongahela River
- Fairmont Pallatine Park · 7.2 mi · Monongahela River
- Star City Riverfront Park · 7.6 mi · Monongahela River
Sources
- West Virginia DNR Public Fishing and Boating Access Sites record -80.05252,39.56030 · 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.