Minnesota Reservoirs with Boat Ramps

Minnesota has 23 reservoirs with at least one public boat ramp, totaling 26 launch sites we track. Cross Lake Reservoir Lake has the most, with 2 ramps alone.

23 Reservoirs
26 Boat ramps
Cross Lake Reservoir Lake Most ramps (2)
14 Counties covered

Average of 1.1 boat ramps per reservoir.

Top Reservoirs

The 8 reservoirs with the most public boat ramps we track in Minnesota.

Cross Lake Reservoir Lake 2
Fish Lake Flowage Lake 2
Island Lake Reservoir 2
Bear Creek - Bear Creek Reservoir Lake 1
Dam Lake 1
Fish Hook River Dam Lake 1
Grindstone Reservoir Lake 1
Hay Creek Flowage Lake 1

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All Minnesota Reservoirs with Boat Ramps

All 23 Minnesota reservoirs with public boat ramps are listed below. Reservoirs are sorted alphabetically by default, or you can reorder them by number of launch sites. Click any reservoir 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 reservoir falls within the same watershed.

Reservoir Boat ramps Counties
Bear Creek - Bear Creek Reservoir Lake 1 1
Cross Lake Reservoir Lake 2 1
Dam Lake 1 1
Fish Hook River Dam Lake 1 1
Fish Lake Flowage Lake 2 1
Grindstone Reservoir Lake 1 1
Hay Creek Flowage Lake 1 1
Island Lake Reservoir 2 1
Island Lake Reservoir Lake 1 1
John Reservoir 1 1
Mississippi River Lock & Dam #5 Pool Lake 1 1
Mustinka River Flowage Lake 1 1
O'Brien Creek - O'Brien Reservoir 1 1
Ottertail River - Dayton Hollow Reservoir Lake 1 1
Pigeon Dam Lake 1 1
Pike River Flowage Lake 1 1
Porter Reservoir Lake 1 1
Swamp River Reservoir Lake 1 1
Wellner-Hageman Reservoir Lake 1 1
West Two Rivers Reservoir Lake 1 1
Whiteface Reservoir 1 1
Whiteface Reservoir Lake 1 1
Willow River - Willow River Reservoir 1 1

Other waterway types in Minnesota

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

Lakes 1112 Rivers 78 Bays 16 Creeks 6 Ponds 2 Marshes & Swamps 2
Sourced from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Data on this page was last updated September 20, 2026, based on the latest ramp data update. See all waterways and counties in Minnesota →