Minnesota Rivers with Boat Ramps

Minnesota has 78 rivers with at least one public boat ramp, totaling 323 launch sites we track. Mississippi River has the most, with 81 ramps alone.

78 Rivers
323 Boat ramps
Mississippi River Most ramps (81)
66 Counties covered

Average of 4.1 boat ramps per river.

Top Rivers

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

Mississippi River 81
Minnesota River 33
St. Croix River 15
Mississippi River - Lake Winnibigoshish 13
Crow Wing River 11
Red Lake River 11
Rainy River 10
St. Louis River 10

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All Minnesota Rivers with Boat Ramps

All 78 Minnesota 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
Ash River 5 1
Big Fork River 6 2
Blackduck River 1 1
Blue Earth River 1 1
Bowstring River 1 1
Brule River/North Light Lake 1 1
Cannon River 3 3
Cedar River 1 1
Chippewa River 2 1
Clearwater River 1 1
Cloquet River 1 1
Crow River 1 1
Crow Wing River 11 5
Des Moines River 4 2
Floodwood River 1 1
Hill River Lake 1 1
Kettle River 5 1
Lac Qui Parle River 2 1
Lake Monongalia - Middle Fork Crow River Lake 2 1
Leech Lake River 4 1
Little Fork River 1 1
Littlefork River 1 1
Minnesota River 33 13
Minnesota River - Lac qui Parle Lake 8 2
Mississippi River 81 18
Mississippi River - Ice Haul Slough Lake 1 1
Mississippi River - Lake Winnibigoshish 13 2
Mississippi River - North Lake 1 1
Mississippi River - Pepin Lake 5 3
Mississippi River - Peterson Lake 1 1
Mississippi River - Polander Lake 1 1
Mississippi River - Prichard Lake 2 1
Mississippi River - Sturgeon Lake 2 1
Moose Horn River 1 1
Mustinka River 1 1
Nokasippi River 1 1
North Fork Crow River 4 1
Otter Tail River 3 2
Otter Tail River Resevoir 1 1
Pelican River 1 1
Pine River 1 1
Platte River 1 1
Pomme de Terre River 1 1
Prairie River 1 1
Rainy River 10 2
Rainy River - Birchdale Lake 1 1
Rat-Root River 1 1
Red Lake River 11 3
Red River 1 1
Red River of the North 5 4
Redwood River 1 1
Rice River 1 1
Root River 1 1
Roseau River 4 1
Rum River 8 3
Sandy River 2 1
Sauk River 3 2
Snake River 2 2
Snake River - Cross Lake 2 1
South Fork Crow River - Otter Lake 2 1
South Fork Kawishiwi River 1 1
St. Croix River 15 3
St. Louis River 10 2
St. Louis River Estuary Lake 1 1
Straight River 2 1
Tamarac River 3 2
Turtle River Lake 2 1
Two Rivers 1 1
Two Rivers Lake 1 1
Upper Vermillion River 1 1
Vermilion River 1 1
Vermillion River 2 2
Warroad River 1 1
Watonwan River 2 1
Wild Rice River 1 1
Winter Road River 1 1
Zumbro River 2 1
Zumbro River - Zumbro Lake 1 1

Other waterway types in Minnesota

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

Lakes 1112 Reservoirs 23 Bays 16 Creeks 6 Ponds 2 Marshes & Swamps 2
Sourced from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Geological Survey. Data on this page was last updated September 20, 2026, based on the latest ramp data update. See all waterways and counties in Minnesota →