North Carolina Canals with Boat Ramps

North Carolina has 14 canals with at least one public boat ramp, totaling 23 launch sites we track. Intracoastal Waterway has the most, with 7 ramps alone.

14 Canals

23 Boat ramps

Intracoastal Waterway Most ramps (7)

8 Counties covered

Average of 1.6 boat ramps per canal.

Top Canals

The 8 canals with the most public boat ramps we track in North Carolina.

Intracoastal Waterway 7

Unnamed Canal (Intracoastal Waterway) 3

Bogue Sound (Intracoastal Waterway) 2

Dutchman Creek Outlet Channel 1

Hydeland Canal 1

Lockwoods Folly River & Intracoastal Waterway 1

Oregon Inlet 1

Outfall Canal 1

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All North Carolina Canals with Boat Ramps

All 14 North Carolina canals with public boat ramps are listed below. Canals are sorted alphabetically by default, or you can reorder them by number of launch sites. Click any canal 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 canal falls within the same watershed.

Canal	Boat ramps	Counties
Bogue Sound (Intracoastal Waterway)	2	1
Dutchman Creek Outlet Channel	1	1
Hydeland Canal	1	1
Intracoastal Waterway	7	3
Lockwoods Folly River & Intracoastal Waterway	1	1
Oregon Inlet	1	1
Outfall Canal	1	1
Unnamed Canal (Intracoastal Waterway)	3	2
Unnamed Canal (Kitty Creek)	1	1
Unnamed Canal (Newport River)	1	1
Unnamed Canal (Rose Bay)	1	1
Unnamed Canal (Scuppernong River)	1	1
Unnamed Canal (Swanquarter Bay)	1	1
Unnamed Canal (Tull Creek)	1	1

Other waterway types in North Carolina

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

Rivers 73 Creeks 55 Lakes 12 Sounds & Straits 11 Bays 7 Reservoirs 6 Ponds 1 Marshes & Swamps 1