Boat Ramps NearbyBoat ramps by lake and river
Many people search for a ramp on a specific lake or river, not in a town. Here are 596 waters with at least three public launches each, 3138 launches in all. The busiest are Meramec River, Rend Lake, Huron River.
We group launches by the name of the lake, river or bay they sit on, taken from the launch name, the park and OpenStreetMap water data. Waters with fewer than three known launches are not listed separately; you'll find them on the city and state pages.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
- Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 20
- Choctawhatchee River 13
- Intracoastal Waterway 13
- Lake Seminole 12
- Holmes Creek 10
- Suwannee River 10
- Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway 8
- Lake Talquin 8
- Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway 7
- Caloosahatchee River 7
- Piney Z Lake 7
- Suwannee River 7
- Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway 6
- Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway 6
- Hillsborough River 6
- Lake Jackson 6
- Saint Johns River 6
- Gordon River 5
- Alafia River 4
- Lake Tohopekaliga 4
- Lake Worth Creek 4
- Pithlachascotee River 4
- Saint Andrew's Bay 4
- Santa Fe River 4
- Apalachicola River 3
- Aucilla River 3
- Cypress Creek Canal 3
- Halifax River 3
- Hillsboro Canal 3
- Ichetucknee River 3
- Julington Creek 3
- Nassau River 3
- Pensacola Bay 3
- Saint George Island Channel 3
- Saint Johns River 3
- Saint Marks River 3
- Santa Rosa Sound 3
Georgia
- Chattahoochee River 11
- Etowah River 9
- Altamaha River 6
- Little River 6
- Savannah River 6
- Tugaloo River 6
- Flint River 5
- Chattahoochee River 4
- Chattahoochee River 4
- Ocmulgee River 4
- Ogeechee River 4
- Saint Marys River 4
- Withlacoochee River 4
- Blankets Creek 3
- Lake Lanier 3
- Lake Peachtree 3
- Little River 3
- West Chickamauga Creek 3
Idaho
Illinois
- Rend Lake 27
- Fox River 17
- Des Plaines River 11
- Lake Shelbyville 11
- Rock River 11
- Illinois River 10
- North Branch Chicago River 9
- Kaskaskia River 6
- Kinkaid Lake 6
- Big Muddy River 5
- Busse Lake 5
- Crab Orchard Lake 5
- Rock River 5
- Big Muddy River 4
- Brickhouse Slough 4
- Kishwaukee River South Branch 4
- Lake Springfield 4
- Peoria Lake 4
- Sandusky Creek 4
- Skokie River 4
- Axehead Lake 3
- Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal 3
- Devil's Kitchen Lake 3
- Horseshoe Lake 3
- Kaskaskia River 3
- Lake Decatur 3
- Ohio River 3
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
- Huron River 25
- Grand River 23
- Muskegon River 15
- Clinton River 10
- Manistee River 9
- Pere Marquette River 9
- Kalamazoo River 8
- Kalamazoo River 8
- St. Joseph River 8
- Chippewa River 7
- Detroit River 7
- Menominee River 7
- White River (South Branch) 7
- Elk Lake 5
- Jordan River 5
- Lake Leelanau 5
- Manistee River 5
- Proud Lake 5
- Saint Clair River 5
- Thornapple River 5
- White River 5
- Au Sable River 4
- Boardman River 4
- Burt Lake 4
- Escanaba River 4
- Flat River 4
- Lake Charlevoix 4
- Mullett Lake 4
- River Raisin 4
- Saginaw River 4
- Tahquamenon River 4
- Au Sable River 3
- Bear River 3
- Cass Lake 3
- Creek Trout Pond 3
- Crooked Lake 3
- Eagle Lake 3
- Fox Creek 3
- Indian Lake 3
- Kawkawlin River 3
- Lake Macatawa 3
- Lake Michigamme 3
- Lake Muskoday 3
- Lake Saint Clair Metropark 3
- Long Lake 3
- Lower River Rouge 3
- Manistique Lake 3
- Pine River 3
- Pontiac Lake 3
- Red Cedar River 3
- South Branch Au Sable River 3
- St. Marys River 3
- Sturgeon River 3
- Thunder Bay River 3
- Wolverine Lake 3
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
- Meramec River 27
- Otter Slough 17
- Big Piney River 16
- Niangua River 14
- Current River 12
- Mississippi River 11
- North Fork River 11
- Eleven Point River 9
- Jacks Fork 9
- Huzzah Creek 7
- Little Piney Creek 7
- Pomme De Terre Lake 7
- Big River 6
- Bourbeuse River 6
- Dardenne Creek 6
- Illinois River 6
- Mark Twain Lake 6
- Shoal Creek 6
- Black River 5
- Creve Coeur Lake 5
- Duck Creek 4
- Gasconade River 4
- Lamine River 4
- Loutre River 4
- Platte River 4
- Blue Springs Lake 3
- Cuivre River 3
- Fork Salt River 3
- James River 3
- Little Platte River 3
- Little Saint Francis River 3
- Mingo Creek 3
- Missouri River 3
- Missouri River 3
- Osage River 3
- Pool 1 3
- Saint Francis River 3
- Salt River 3
- Stump Lake 3
- Swan Lake 3
- Ten Mile Pond 3
- Watson Lake 3
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- Hudson River 22
- Esopus Creek 21
- Lower Ashokan Reservoir 20
- Susquehanna River 10
- Chemung River 9
- Hudson River 7
- Seneca Lake 7
- Upper Ashokan Reservoir 7
- Genesee River 6
- Rondout Creek 6
- Black River 5
- Chautauqua Lake 5
- Niagara River 5
- Seneca River 5
- Wallkill River 5
- Canandaigua Lake 4
- Ellicott Creek 4
- Great Sacandaga Lake 4
- Hudson River 4
- Mohawk River 4
- Mohawk River 4
- Oneida Lake 4
- Branch Fish Creek 3
- Ganargua Creek 3
- Irondequoit Creek 3
- Lower New York Bay 3
- Nanticoke Creek 3
- Nissequogue River 3
- Onondaga Lake 3
- Salmon River 3
- Sodus Bay 3
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Willamette River 14
- Alsea River 12
- Rogue River 12
- Clackamas River 8
- Deschutes River 7
- Willamette River 7
- Devil's Lake 4
- McKenzie River 4
- Siletz River 4
- Tualatin River 4
- Umpqua River 4
- Calapooia River 3
- Coos River 3
- Coquille River 3
- Middle Fork Willamette River 3
- North Santiam River 3
- Siltcoos River 3
- Willamette River 3
Pennsylvania
- Delaware River 14
- Allegheny River 11
- Schuylkill River 11
- Monongahela River 10
- Shenango River 10
- West Branch Susquehanna River 9
- Glendale Lake 5
- Ohio River 5
- Susquehanna River 5
- Allegheny River 4
- Black Moshannon Lake 4
- Juniata River 4
- Lake Nockamixon 4
- Lake Wilhelm 4
- Lehigh Canal 4
- Lehigh River 4
- Susquehanna River 4
- Susquehanna River 4
- Swatara Creek 4
- Youghiogheny River 4
- Conodoguinet Creek 3
- Delaware River 3
- Foster Joseph Sayers Lake 3
- French Creek 3
- Leaser Lake 3
- Lehigh River 3
- Perkiomen Creek 3
- Pinchot Lake 3
- Yellow Breeches Creek 3
- Yellow Creek Lake 3
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
- Tennessee River 20
- Stones River 14
- Cordell Hull Lake 8
- Clinch River 6
- Fort Loudoun Lake 6
- Nickajack Lake 6
- Tellico Reservoir 6
- Tims Ford Lake 6
- Normandy Lake 5
- Sequatchie River 5
- Center Hill Lake 4
- Harrison Bay 4
- Obey River 4
- South Chickamauga Creek 4
- Watauga Lake 4
- Defeated Creek 3
- Mississippi River 3
- Old Hickory Lake 3
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
- Snake River 13
- Columbia River 12
- Columbia River 9
- Yakima River 8
- Sammamish River 7
- East Fork Lewis River 6
- Skagit River 6
- Banks Lake 5
- Columbia River 5
- Lake Washington 5
- Lake Washington Ship Canal 5
- Lewis River 5
- Chehalis River 4
- Columbia River 4
- Columbia River 4
- Cowlitz River 4
- Crab Creek 4
- Grande Ronde River 4
- Hood River 4
- Lind Coulee Wasteway 4
- Methow River 4
- Snake River 4
- Snoqualmie River 4
- Burke Lake 3
- Columbia Canal 3
- Elliott Bay 3
- Kalama River 3
- Klickitat River 3
- Okanogan River 3
- Padilla Bay 3
- Pearrygin Lake 3
- Port Townsend 3
- Spokane River 3
- Vancouver Lake 3
- Yakima River 3
- Yale Lake 3
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- Rock River 10
- Chippewa River 7
- Fox River 7
- Namekagon River 7
- Kickapoo River 6
- Lake Winnebago 6
- Red Cedar River 6
- Fox River 5
- Wisconsin River 5
- Wisconsin River 5
- Flambeau River 4
- Lake Onalaska 4
- Milwaukee River 4
- Saint Croix River 4
- Sioux River 4
- Spirit River Flowage 4
- Eagle Lake 3
- Lake Kegonsa 3
- Lake Mendota 3
- Lake Monona 3
- Lake Waubesa 3
- Rock Lake 3
- Root River 3
- Sheboygan River 3
- White River 3
- Wisconsin River 3
- Wisconsin River 3