$5feeBoat Ramp
Lighthouse Point Boat Ramp
St. Marks & Shell Point · Franklin-NW Taylor zone
Right on Apalachee Bay by the St. Marks Lighthouse, so there is no long river run.
- 2Launch lanes
- 34Trailer spots
- $5Fee
- Season overFranklin-NW Taylor zone
What's Here
- Fee
- Refuge entrance fee: $5 per vehicle or $25 annual refuge pass; America the Beautiful passes honored
- Parking
- 34 trailer spaces, 5 car spaces
- Hours
- Daylight hours; the Lighthouse Road gate opens at 6 AM
- Address
- Lighthouse Road (CR 59), St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, FL 32327
- Amenities
- Staging dock
Local Know-How
- The gate opens at 6 AM, so this is not a pre-dawn launch.
- No restroom at the ramp; use the refuge restrooms at the Visitor Center or Tower Pond.
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