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Licking River access points and trip distances, Kentucky

25 access points (25 public) along 227.8 river miles of the Licking River in Kentucky. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mileAccessLatitude, longitudeTo next (river mi)
0.0Old Mill Park Ramp
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37.92392, -83.26204 9.3
9.3Kentucky Division of Forestry Ramp
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37.91666, -83.33913 4.7
14.0Ramp 26
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37.95500, -83.34111 0.1
14.2Boat Ramp Twentysix
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37.95483, -83.34319 5.2
19.4Blackwater Ramp
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37.97472, -83.39538 27.7
47.1Cave Run Lake tailwater
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38.11760, -83.53884 14.6
61.7Isles Mill Road
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38.15820, -83.61749 7.4
69.1Moore's Ferry
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38.17581, -83.61855 6.8
75.9Johnson Ford-Bath
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38.20800, -83.68058 0.0
75.9Johnson Ford-Fleming
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38.20846, -83.68014 4.3
80.2Wyoming Ford
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38.22124, -83.69798 1.1
81.3Licking River at KY-111
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38.23559, -83.69123 26.2
107.5Old 57 Ford
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38.33319, -83.85608 0.0
107.5Upper Blue Licks
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38.33263, -83.85658 6.5
114.1Clay WMA
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38.36468, -83.89539 3.3
117.4Clay WMA Canoe Carrydown
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38.36603, -83.93329 12.1
129.5Blue Licks Battlefield Ramp
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38.42846, -83.99738 5.4
134.9Licking River Fishing Access
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38.44956, -84.05261 13.8
148.7Claysville Ramp
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38.51685, -84.18244 26.8
175.5Boat ramp near South Fork Licking River
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38.67632, -84.32502 0.3
175.8Falmouth Ramp
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38.67872, -84.32893 41.3
217.1Kenton Co. Park Ramp (Locust Pike Park)
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38.96837, -84.46476 3.0
220.1Clines on the River
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39.00405, -84.46129 4.3
224.4Fredericks Landing
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39.05052, -84.49303 3.4
227.8Boat ramp near Licking River
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About 0.19 mi from the mapped river line.
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39.09138, -84.50778 end
Data notes: 1 access point is more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from Kentucky Fish & Wildlife Access Sites, OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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