Motorboating


Boat launch at Smith Lake State Park

Virginia State Parks allow motorboats at 14 parks. You can take your motorboat out into the Blue Ridge, Chesapeake Bay, Eastern Shore, Hampton Roads area, Northern Virginia waters, and Virginia’s rivers and lakes.

For avid boaters, consider a Boat Launch Annual Pass so you can get out on the water as much as you want!

Questions about boat registration, licensing, safety and more? The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources has information for you.

Find parks by region and amenity.

Parks with motorboating access

map of parks with motorboat access

Bear Creek Lake Belle Isle Breaks Interstate Caledon Chippokes Claytor Lake Clinch River Douthat Fairy Stone False Cape First Landing Grayson Highlands High Bridge Trail Holliday Lake Hungry Mother James River Kiptopeke Lake Anna Leesylvania Mason Neck Natural Bridge Natural Tunnel New River Trail Occoneechee Pocahontas Powhatan Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historic Shenandoah River Seven Bends Shot Tower Sky Meadows Smith Mountain Lake Southwest Virginia Museum Historical Staunton River Staunton River Battlefield Twin Lakes Westmoreland Widewater Wilderness Road York River Machicomoco State Park

Belle Isle (BI)
Claytor Lake (CL)
False Cape (FC)
First Landing (FL)
James River (JR)

Kiptopeke (KP)
Lake Anna (LA)
Leesylvania (LE)
Occoneechee (OC)
Smith Mountain Lake (SM)

Staunton River (SR)
Westmoreland (WE)
Widewater (WW)
York River (YR)

 



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