Frontier Boat Launch
This boat launch facility is located in Washington County north of Marietta on State Route 7 along the Ohio River Scenic Byway. The 6-acre site includes 70 parking spaces for trucks and trailers plus additional parking for cars. There ramp is wide enough that two vehicles can launch a boat at one time. The parking area is open all night seven days a week, so overnight parking of vehicles and trailers is allowed.
Dimensions:
- Ramp is 30 feet wide
- Concrete portion with piers is 87 feet long
- Total ramp length is 250 feet long
- 15% slope
Other useful info:
There is good site distance at the launch.
Frontier Boat Launch accesses the Willow Island Pool, bounded by Hannibal Locks and Dam on the northern end and Willow Island Locks and Dam on southern end.
Each of the websites below leave the Wayne National Forest website.
Hannibal Locks and Dam (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District)
Willow Island Locks and Dam (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District)
A $2,247,055 grant was provided by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft through their Cooperative Boating Access Facilities Grant Program to build this facility.
GPS coordinates for this site are: 39 degrees, 28' 1.56" N, 81 degrees, 6' 57.599' W
General Information
Open year-round 24 hours a day unless Ohio River levels exceed safe limits.
No fees are required for this site
Free site provided under agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Watercraft.
Getting There
Latitude / Longitude
Latitude: 39.450696
Longitude: -81.130107
Parking
Lighted 70 boat and trailors plus car parking.
Facility and Amenity Information
Restrooms
Vault toilet(s)Water
Potable water is not available at this site.
