All 123 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	21	4
Au Sable River - North Branch	4	1
Au Sable River - South Branch	2	1
Au Sable Sable River	1	1
Back River	1	1
Bad River	2	1
Baldwin River	1	1
Betsie River	14	2
Big Sable River	3	1
Black River	8	5
Black River - South Branch	2	1
Black River Lake	1	1
Boardman River	7	1
Brule River	2	1
Carp River - Deer Lake	1	1
Cass River	2	2
Cedar River	3	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
Detroit River	10	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
Fox River	4	1
Galien River	2	1
Grand River	44	6
Grand River - Center Lake	2	1
Huron River	18	6
HUron River - Ford Lake	1	1
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 Fox River - Stanley Lake	1	1
Little Manistee River	8	2
Little Muskegon River	4	1
Looking Glass River	2	1
Manistee River	45	5
Manistique River	11	2
Manistique River - West Branch	2	1
Maple River	14	3
Menominee River	12	2
Menonminee River	1	1
Michigamme River	2	1
Middle Branch River	4	1
Middle Branch Tittawabassee River - Second Lake	1	1
Munuscong River	1	1
Muskegon River	27	4
Net River	2	1
Net River Flooding	1	1
Ocqueoc River	1	1
Ontonagon River	1	1
Ontonagon River - South Branch	2	1
Otter River	1	1
Paint River	4	1
Paw Paw River	1	1
Pentwater River	1	1
Pentwater River - Pentwater Lake	2	1
Pere Marquestte River	1	1
Pere Marquette River	15	2
Peshekee River - Lake Michigamme	3	2
Pine River	9	3
Pine River - Rose Lake	1	1
Platte River	6	1
Portage River	4	1
Prairie River Lake	3	2
Presque Isle River	1	1
Rabbit River	1	1
Red Cedar River	2	1
Rifle River	13	2
River Raisin	1	1
Rock River - Worm Lake	1	1
Rogue River	4	1
Saginaw River	15	2
Saint Clair River	10	1
Saint Joseph River	4	2
Saint Marys River	2	1
Sand River	2	1
Sebewaing River	1	1
Silver River	4	1
South Branch Au Sable River	4	1
South Fork Bad River	1	1
St. Clair River	7	2
St. Joseph River	10	2
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
Three Rivers Impoundment - Saint Joseph River	2	1
Tittabawassee River	3	2
Tittabawassee River - Sanford Lake	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
Walton River	2	1
West Branch Chipewa River - Tubbs Lake	3	1
West Branch Sturgeon River	1	1
West Branch Tittawabassee River - Second Lake	1	1
West Branch Whitefish River	3	1
White River	1	1
White River - South Branch	2	1

Other waterway types in Michigan

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

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Sourced from Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan DNR Boating Access Sites and U.S. Geological Survey. Data on this page was last updated September 7, 2026, based on the latest ramp data update. See all waterways and counties in Michigan →