Craft Access
✓
Motorboat ✓
Kayak / Canoe ✗
Jet Ski / PWC ✗
Large 22ft+ Site Details
Conditions change rapidly due to water levels, prop wash, and weather. Always visually inspect before backing down.
RampSand, 1 lane
Water DepthUnimproved sand shoreline — the water off the landing runs extremely shallow. Canoes, kayaks, and small jons only; this is a carry-in spot in practice.
DockNo dock
Trailer Parking6 spots · unpaved
Vehicle-Only12 spots
Crowding A handful of trucks on duck-season and crappie mornings; empty most other days. Twelve vehicle spaces outnumber the visitors nearly year-round.
Plan B — if this lot is full Lochloosa Park (~2 mi northeast — concrete lanes, dock, restrooms)
FeeNo fee
HoursDaytime use only
SeasonOpen year-round
Not Available Fish cleaning · Fishing pier · Restrooms · Pier
Scout's Notes
Ramp Quirks & Etiquette
The Paddler's Sand Door
The water management district keeps this stretch of US 301 shoreline open as an unimproved landing — sand underfoot, no dock, no facilities, daytime hours. What it offers is Lochloosa at its plainest: slide a kayak or canoe off the bank and you're on cypress-line water inside the conservation area within a paddle stroke.
Know What It Isn't
The state inventory notes the shoreline here runs extremely shallow — small jons and airboats manage it, and anything bigger belongs at Lochloosa Park two miles up the road. Treat the six trailer spaces as a suggestion rather than an invitation.
Conservation-Area Water
Launching here puts you along the wildest reach of the shoreline — the Lochloosa Wildlife Conservation Area's cypress and marsh, with the bird life to match and hunters in the woods come season. Daytime use only; pack out what you pack in, and let the quiet be the amenity.
Sources: FWC boat-ramp inventory (AL23126HX), St. Johns River Water Management District
About This Lake
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