Penrose Boat Ramp

Penrose Boat Ramp is a public access point in Transylvania County, North Carolina, providing access to French Broad River. It sits within the Lyday Creek-French Broad River watershed.

Sourced from North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission . Last checked against the source on July 7, 2026.

Boat ramps on French Broad River

We track 4 public boat ramps on French Broad River, including this one. If you're planning to spend your time on a different stretch of the water, one of the launch points below may put you closer to where you're actually headed than Penrose Boat Ramp does — they're listed here in order of distance from this ramp.

• Horse Shoe 5.4 mi away
• Westfeldt Park 12 mi away
• Craven Street Bridge 22 mi away

Other boat ramps in Transylvania County

Transylvania County tracks 1 public boat ramps in total, spread across several different rivers, creeks and lakes — not just French Broad River. Each one below shows which waterbody it's on, so you can tell at a glance whether it actually connects to the same water as Penrose Boat Ramp or leads somewhere completely different.

• Penrose French Broad River less than 0.1 mi away