Kayak Virginia Beach Information Net

Today I made it up Ashville Bridge Creek from Horn Point, and I saw that the Lotus are really thick this year, and as the bigger leaves start coming out, I’d be willing to bet it will b close ti impossible to get through the creek here. If the creek looks impassable, you may want consider heading dow the road to Little Island, or over to Horn Point.

Well it is that time of the year again…

Tuesday the Kayak and Canoe launch facility at Horn Point will re-open for the season, and as many of you already know this is a great spot to put-in for the Northern end of Back Bay.

For more information go to the Horn Point page at kayakvb.com…

The Back Bay NWR Horn Point Launch facility is closed for the season…

I have heard conflicting reports that the entire facility is closed, and
that just the restrooms are closed…

I will verify the status and let you know….

Well I came across this announcement by accident while doing some research, and was somewhat surprised, being as there are no postings that I have seen on or around Back Bay.

All the interior waters of the Ragged Islands are closed until December 31 2007, to all vessels. I contacted the Army Corps of Engineers, and got clarification that the closure includes ALL vessels, powered or not. This kind of bums me out, because that is a real nice place to paddle.

The primary part of the announcement was that there is essentially now a no wake zone that extends 150 yards from all land and marshes in the Back Bay National Wildlife refuge. I think this is a great idea, considering all the damage that is being done to the shoreline in the refuge due to boat wakes.

A pdf of a map of the impacted area can be found here