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.
RampNot recorded — FWC lists ramp surface as Unknown, lanes
Water DepthNot published. This is a carry-in bank launch; no Florida Forest Service page and no FWC field we read gives a depth, and the water follows Withlacoochee River stage.
DockFWC records DockType as "Unknown"; no agency page we read describes a dock here.
Trailer ParkingLimited / unposted
Crowding No visitation data is published. This is a carry-in off a 34-site campground loop rather than a destination lot, with no parking of any kind recorded. Expect campers, not a queue; whether non-campers may use it is unestablished.
Plan B — if this lot is full The two Silver Lake ramps are about 0.47 mi north if you need a trailerable concrete ramp — six trailer spaces at the Day Use Area, four at the campground. River Junction is about 0.30 mi east but FWC carries it as Temporarily Closed. For paddlers, FDEP's trail runs upstream to River Junction (Mile 18) and Crooked River (Mile 16.5), and downstream to Iron Bridge (Mile 20).
FeeFWC records no fee; collection type Unknown
HoursNot published for this launch — FWC records Hours as Unknown
SeasonOpen year-round (campground)
StaffedNot established for this launch
AccessibilityA hand launch: reaching the water means carrying a boat down a bank. FWC rates AccessibilityLevel "Unknown" and records no accessible spaces and no accessible restroom. No agency page describes accessible features. Call (352) 797-4140.
Not Available Fish cleaning · Fishing pier · Pier
Scout's Notes
Ramp Quirks & Etiquette
Why This One Is Easy to Miss
FWC files this launch under the bare name "Withlacoochee River (West Central Florida)" with no Silver Lake suffix, so lake-shaped searches miss it. The Forest Service puts it on the lake: the Cypress Glen page lists "Access to lake for fishing, canoeing/kayaking from campground."
Hand Launch Only
FWC records no lanes, no trailer spaces and no ramp surface — carry-in canoe, kayak or small craft, and no source describes any concrete here. Do not tow a boat expecting a ramp.
Fee Unclear
FWC records no fee required, collection unknown. Whether the Silver Lake $2 per-person day-use fee applies to a carry-in launch from the campground loop — or whether non-campers may use it at all — is unstated on any agency page. Ask at the gatehouse.
Spelling
FWC writes "Cypress Glenn"; the Florida Forest Service writes "Cypress Glen." The agency spelling governs in prose; FWC's stays in the record mapping.
Where It Sits
28.57203 / -82.21176 — about half a mile from the Silver Lake launches and 0.3 mi from River Junction, on the 34-site Cypress Glen loop at 31475 Silver Lake Road, Brooksville. Open year-round.
Thin Data, Not Empty Ground
FWC's row lists no amenities, restroom unknown, parking unknown, hours unknown — read it as thin data rather than a finding that nothing is there. The nearest confirmed facilities are at the Silver Lake day-use area, half a mile north.
Accessibility
No accessible features are recorded or described anywhere, and this is a bank carry — getting a boat to the water means carrying it down. Call (352) 797-4140 before relying on it.
FWC Boat Ramp Inventory row HD00003AA; Florida Forest Service / FDACS reservation page for Cypress Glen Campground (parkId 1120168) and Silver Lake Campground (parkId 1120180) and Silver Lake Pavilion (parkId 1120556); FDEP Withlacoochee River (South) paddling-trail guide; NOAA NWPS gauge TRBF1; FDOH HAB notification repository and Hernando Sun — read or re-read 2026-07-31.
About This Lake
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