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Bayhead South Boat Ramp

Also known as: Bay Head South 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 Four trailer spots along Cherokee Lane and a small local following — sunset watchers as much as boaters.
Plan B — if this lot is full Bayhead North (~1 mi)
High Point Park (~5 mi, free, swim park)
FeeNo fee
HoursDaytime use only
SeasonOpen year-round
RestroomsPortable toilet (1)
Not Available Fish cleaning · Fishing pier · Pier
Scout's Notes
Ramp Quirks & Etiquette
The Prettier Sibling
Same single concrete lane and floating dock as Bayhead North a mile up the shore, but this one adds a picnic table, a light, a portable toilet, and a small sand beach — the upper lake's best spot to watch the sun go down over the water.
Pack-Out Shore
No trash service here either — bring a bag and take everything home, or the beach stops being the reason to come.
Creek Country Launch
You're minutes by water from the mouths of the upper-lake creeks — spring shellcracker sand and summer bream shade close enough for a short evening after work.
Watch the Winter Line
Like everything on the upper lake, the drawdown makes this ramp marginal from mid-November to early March — the dam-end drawdown ramp is the cold-season answer.
Sources: FWC boat-ramp inventory (BY00462QZ), Bay County, Panhandle fishing-guide ramp inventory
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