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Boat ramps near Washington
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Boat ramps near Washington

12 stops4 watersUpdated Nov 6

24 public boat ramps on published waters near Washington.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Washington; below are the 12 closest, grouped by water.

Rocky Gorge Reservoir

Recorded in Rocky Gorge Reservoir: Northern Pike, Walleye, Blue Catfish, and Common Carp.

Surveyed depths in Rocky Gorge Reservoir reach 106 ft.

  1. 1Supplee Lane Recreation Area: boat ramp on Rocky Gorge Reservoir, ≈ 17.8 mi from downtown.
  2. 2Scott's Cove Recreation Area: boat ramp on Rocky Gorge Reservoir, ≈ 18.3 mi from downtown.

Triadelphia Reservoir

Recorded in Triadelphia Reservoir: Northern Pike, Walleye, Brown Trout, and Common Carp.

Surveyed depths in Triadelphia Reservoir reach 64 ft.

  1. 3Greenbridge Recreation Area: boat ramp on Triadelphia Reservoir, ≈ 21 mi from downtown.
  2. 5Pig Tail Recreation Area at Triadelphia Reservoir Lake: boat ramp on Triadelphia Reservoir, ≈ 22.4 mi from downtown.
  3. 6Big Branch Recreation Area at Triadelphia Lake: boat ramp on Triadelphia Reservoir, ≈ 23.3 mi from downtown.
  4. 7Triadelphia Recreation Area: boat ramp on Triadelphia Reservoir, ≈ 23.4 mi from downtown.

Potomac River

Recorded in Potomac River: Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Goldfish, and Largemouth Bass.

Surveyed depths in Potomac River reach 119 ft.

  1. 4Mattingly Park / Slavin's Dock boat ramp: boat ramp on Potomac River, ≈ 22.1 mi from downtown.
  2. 8Sweden Point Marina/Smallwood State Park boat ramps: boat ramp on Potomac River, ≈ 24.7 mi from downtown.
  3. 10Chapel Point State Park: boat ramp on Potomac River, ≈ 29.3 mi from downtown.
  4. 11Friendship Landing boat ramp: boat ramp on Potomac River, ≈ 31.1 mi from downtown.
  5. 12Mallows Bay boat ramp: boat ramp on Potomac River, ≈ 31.9 mi from downtown.

Little Seneca Lake

Recorded in Little Seneca Lake: Common Carp, Brown Trout, and Green Sunfish.

Surveyed depths in Little Seneca Lake reach 69 ft.

  1. 9Black Hill Regional Park boat ramp: boat ramp on Little Seneca Lake, ≈ 25.2 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Goldfish is at peak around Washington in November.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Washington fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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