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Bayhead North Boat Ramp

Also known as: Bay Head North Boat Ramp
Deer Point Lake · Bay County, Florida
Last verified: July 2, 2026
This is Bay County's drinking-water reservoir, and it behaves like one: shallow, stump-strewn in the creek arms, thick with alligators, and drawn down about two and a half feet every winter (recent cycles run mid-November to early March), when the shallower ramps go skinny and the FWC drawdown ramp at the dam becomes the reliable launch. There is no boat passage past the dam — below it is saltwater North Bay.
1 laneConcrete ramp
4 spotsTrailer parking
Daytime use onlyHours
Directions
Street View
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.
RampConcrete, 1 lane
DockFloating dock
Trailer Parking4 spots · paved
Crowding A neighborhood ramp in the truest sense — four trailer spots along Cherokee Street, and most days they're enough.
Plan B — if this lot is full Bayhead South (~1 mi, small beach & picnic)
David W. Hutchinson Park (~3 mi, $3, Bear Creek)
FeeNo fee
HoursDaytime use only
SeasonOpen year-round
Not Available Fish cleaning · Fishing pier · Restrooms · Pier
Scout's Notes
Ramp Quirks & Etiquette
Upper-Lake Local
One wide concrete lane and a floating dock at the end of Cherokee Street — the Youngstown shore's back door to the upper lake, minutes from the creek country where the Econfina and Bear Creek arms braid into cypress.
Bring Everything
No restrooms, no lights, no picnic tables — a trash can is the entire amenity list. Its sibling a mile south adds the comforts; this one just adds you to the water.
Skinny in the Drawdown
The upper lake feels the winter drawdown first. From mid-November to early March, check conditions before trailering here — the dam-end drawdown ramp exists for exactly these months.
Paddler's Pick
For kayaks and canoes headed into the creek arms, this is the practical put-in the Duppie Lane access pretends to be — Duppie has no parking at all, by FWC's own note. Launch here instead and paddle north into the quiet.
Sources: FWC boat-ramp inventory (BY00747SB), Bay County, Panhandle fishing-guide ramp inventory
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