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 3 kayak launches within 16 miles of Greenville. 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. 9 more are within 50 miles.
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 Greenville we list 3 kayak launches: Kayak / Canoe Launch, Humany Dam Impoundment Boating Access Site and Rockford Dam Canoe Landing.
Within 50 miles: Leslie E. Tassell Park Kayak Launch (Grand Rapids, 23 miles), John Collins Park Boat Launch (Grand Rapids, 24 miles), Canoe and Kayak Launch (Grand Rapids, 24 miles), LaBarge Dam Downstream Kayak Launch (Caledonia, 29 miles) and Johnson Park Kayak Launch (Grandville, 30 miles).
How to launch a kayak or canoe explains the basics, and the map lists more places within driving distance of Greenville. All launches in the city: Boat ramps in Greenville, MI.