California Rivers with Boat Ramps
California has 25 rivers with at least one public boat ramp, totaling 128 launch sites we track. Colorado River has the most, with 32 ramps alone.
Average of 5.1 boat ramps per river.
Top Rivers
The 8 rivers with the most public boat ramps we track in California.
Click a marker to open that waterway's page, or zoom in to compare nearby options.
All California Rivers with Boat Ramps
All 25 California rivers with public boat ramps are listed below. Rivers are sorted alphabetically by default, or you can reorder them by number of launch sites. Click any river to view detailed ramp locations, maps, launch information and available facilities.
Good · Fair · Poor - EPA water quality assessment, shown only where every ramp on that river falls within the same watershed.
| River | Boat ramps | Counties |
|---|---|---|
| Albion River | 2 | 1 |
| American River | 3 | 1 |
| Colorado River | 32 | 4 |
| Colorado River-Senator Wash | 2 | 1 |
| Eel River | 1 | 1 |
| Feather River | 5 | 2 |
| Kings River | 1 | 1 |
| Klamath River | 8 | 2 |
| Mokelumne River | 1 | 1 |
| Montezuma Slough | 1 | 1 |
| Napa River | 5 | 2 |
| Noyo River | 3 | 1 |
| Owens River | 1 | 1 |
| Petaluma River | 3 | 2 |
| Russian River | 2 | 1 |
| Sacramento River | 26 | 8 |
| Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta-Mokelumne River | 5 | 2 |
| Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta-Sacramento River | 11 | 3 |
| Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta-San Joaquin River | 5 | 1 |
| San Joaquin River | 3 | 3 |
| Senator Wash | 1 | 1 |
| Smith River | 2 | 1 |
| Suisun Slough | 1 | 1 |
| Trinity River | 3 | 2 |
| Tuolumne River | 1 | 1 |
Other waterway types in California
Rivers aren't the only way ramps are organized here - browse another type below.