Illustration Life jackets
The life jacket rule for every paddler
What the Coast Guard requires on kayaks and canoes, and kids' vests with head support.
Life jacket rulesWe list 12 kayak launches within 16 miles of Lookout Mountain. A kayak launch gets you on the water without backing a trailer down a ramp. Expect a low floating dock, rollers or a soft shoreline.
Illustration Life jackets
What the Coast Guard requires on kayaks and canoes, and kids' vests with head support.
Life jacket rules
Illustration Ramp etiquette
Staging, courtesy docks and the Clean, Drain, Dry laws that can bring a fine.
Ramp etiquetteWithin 16 miles of Lookout Mountain we list 12 kayak launches: Reflection Riding Nature Center Ramp (Lookout Creek), Cummings Hwy (Lookout Creek), Ross's Landing Duck Boat Ramp (TN River), Ross's Landing Pier (TN River), Raccoon Mountain (TN RIver), Coolidge Park Kayak Launch, Coolidge Park Market Street (TN RIver), Maclellan Island (TN RIver), Coolidge Park Tremont Street (TN River), Sullivan's Landing (TN River), Pot House (TN RIver) and Suck Creek Boat Ramp (TN River).
Bring an approved life jacket for each person; that is required on federal waters and in Georgia.
More: How to launch a kayak or canoe. Search the map. Full list of launches in the city: Boat ramps in Lookout Mountain, GA.