This small boat launch is situated on a branch of the Northwest River, about eight tenths of a mile west of the Virginia Beach line. It offers a small cleared parking area and a primitive launch suitable for kayaks, canoes, and other small craft. This spot is mostly dense riparian woodlands, with a few clusters of pines around the parking area. In migration, it offers some potential for warblers and other migrant passerines. Among the breeders, interior woodland species such as Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Great Crested Flycatcher, Red-eyed and Yellow-throated Vireos, Northern Parula, Ovenbird, and others can be seen and heard here. With luck, this spot could turn up a Swainson’s Warbler; though it is further east than the species is regular recorded, the habitat is possibly suitable.
Accessibility: The boat launch is free and open to the public from 9:00 am to sunset each day. There is a gate that will be closed during times when the launch is not open.
Owner/Manager: City of Chesapeake
eBird Hotspot: Baum Road Small Boat Put-In
—Matt Anthony