Michigan Rivers with Boat Ramps

Michigan has 94 rivers with at least one public boat ramp, totaling 388 launch sites we track. Manistee River has the most, with 38 ramps alone.

94 Rivers
388 Boat ramps
Manistee River Most ramps (38)
48 Counties covered

Average of 4.1 boat ramps per river.

Rivers Verification
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We currently list 94 of the 123 rivers we've identified in Michigan. Additional rivers will appear as more counties complete the verification process.

Top Rivers

The 8 rivers with the most public boat ramps we track in Michigan.

Manistee River 38
Grand River 34
Kalamazoo River 17
Au Sable River 16
Pere Marquette River 15
Betsie River 14
Maple River 14
Jordan River 10

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All Michigan Rivers with Boat Ramps

All 94 Michigan 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
Anna River 1 1
Au Gres River 3 1
Au Gres River - East Branch 2 1
Au Sable River 16 3
Au Sable River - North Branch 4 1
Au Sable River - South Branch 2 1
Au Sable Sable River 1 1
Back River 1 1
Baldwin River 1 1
Betsie River 14 2
Big Sable River 3 1
Black River 3 2
Black River Lake 1 1
Boardman River 7 1
Brule River 2 1
Carp River - Deer Lake 1 1
Charlotte River 1 1
Cheboygan River 6 1
Chocolay River 3 1
Clam River 2 1
Clinton River 1 1
Crooked River 2 1
Dead River 3 1
Devils River 2 1
Dowagiac River 7 2
East Branch Escanaba River 1 1
Escanaba River 5 2
Escanaba River - Boney Falls Basin 1 1
Flat River 5 1
Flint River - C.S. Mott Lake 1 1
Flint River - South Branch 2 1
Ford River 1 1
Galien River 2 1
Grand River 34 5
Grand River - Center Lake 2 1
Huron River 8 2
Indian River 2 1
Jordan River 10 2
Kalamazoo River 17 3
Kalamazoo River - Morrow Lake 2 1
Kawkawlin River 1 1
Laughing Whitefish River 2 1
Lincoln River - Lincoln Lake 1 1
Little Manistee River 8 2
Looking Glass River 2 1
Manistee River 38 3
Maple River 14 3
Menominee River 1 1
Michigamme River 2 1
Middle Branch Tittawabassee River - Second Lake 1 1
Munuscong River 1 1
Muskegon River 3 1
Net River 2 1
Net River Flooding 1 1
Otter River 1 1
Paint River 4 1
Pere Marquestte River 1 1
Pere Marquette River 15 2
Peshekee River - Lake Michigamme 3 2
Pine River 9 3
Platte River 6 1
Portage River 4 1
Presque Isle River 1 1
Rabbit River 1 1
Red Cedar River 2 1
Rifle River 4 1
Rock River - Worm Lake 1 1
Rogue River 4 1
Saginaw River 9 1
Saint Joseph River 2 1
Saint Marys River 2 1
Sand River 2 1
Sebewaing River 1 1
Silver River 4 1
South Branch Au Sable River 4 1
St. Clair River 1 1
St. Joseph River 8 1
St. Marys River 7 1
St.Joseph River 1 1
Sturgeon River 9 3
Sturgeon River Slough 1 1
Tahquamenon River 3 1
Tahquamenon River - East Branch 2 1
Thornapple River 5 2
Tittabawassee River 1 1
Tobacco River 1 1
Tobacco River - Ross Lake 1 1
Tobacco River - Wixom Lake 1 1
Torch River 1 1
Two Hearted River 1 1
West Branch Chipewa River - Tubbs Lake 1 1
West Branch Sturgeon River 1 1
West Branch Tittawabassee River - Second Lake 1 1
West Branch Whitefish River 3 1

Other waterway types in Michigan

Rivers aren't the only way ramps are organized here - browse another type below.

Lakes 424 Bays 18 Ponds 15 Creeks 14 Reservoirs 7 Canals 2 Bayous 1 Sounds & Straits 1
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