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Description
This is a very small and somewhat out of the way site surrounded by houses, some of which have historic importance. The launch provides boat access to the York River where, during summer, quiet paddling is likely to produce close encounters with common estuarine birds such as herons, terns, spotted sandpipers, great black-backed gulls, and bald eagles. In winter, the site is more likely to be visited by a variety of puddle and diving ducks.
Directions
Location Coordinates: 37.380275, -76.635501
From US-17 turn south onto Rt. 606/Ark Road. Travel 2.8 miles and turn left onto Rt. 614/Hickory Fork Road. Proceed 0.5 miles and turn right on Rt. 618/Cappahosic Road. Drive 2.3 miles to the end of the road, which is a public boat landing.
Location & Directions
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- Site Contact: County of Gloucester Parks, Recreation, & Tourism: 804-693-2355, [email protected]
- Website
- Access: Free, Daily
Birds Recently Seen at Cappahosic Beach Boat Landing (as reported to eBird)
- Laughing Gull
- Ring-billed Gull
- American Herring Gull
- Forster's Tern
- Royal Tern
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Blue Jay
- Northern House Wren
- Carolina Wren
Seasonal Bird Observations
Facilities
- Parking
- Picnic
- Restrooms