Boat Ramps by Waterway

We track 6,276 waterways nationally - rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and other bodies of water with at least one verified public boat ramp. A "waterway" here means a specific named river, lake, or reservoir stretch; the number next to each one is how many public launch sites we currently track on it.

Long rivers commonly cross state lines, so the same river can appear more than once in this list - once per state, since ramps, fees, and managing agencies are all state-specific even when the water itself is continuous. Because of that, we organize waterways by state everywhere on this site: each state has its own dedicated page listing only the ramps actually within it, rather than one page trying to represent an entire river system at once.

Every waterway name comes directly from the federal or state agency dataset a ramp was sourced from. When the same river or lake is recorded under more than one spelling in the source data, we normalize it into a single waterway wherever we can - though with data pulled from dozens of agencies, a few inconsistencies still slip through, and we work through them as they're found.

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All 6,276 waterways we track, sorted by how many public boat ramps are on each. Use the search box above to filter by waterway or state name.

Mississippi River (Minnesota) 81 Wisconsin River (Wisconsin) 68 Chattahoochee River - Lake Lanier (Georgia) 61 Lake Huron (Michigan) 56 Suwannee River (Florida) 53 Mississippi River (Wisconsin) 53 St. Johns River (Florida) 51 Sabine River - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 48 Brazos River (Texas) 45 Colorado River (Texas) 45 Manistee River (Michigan) 45 Pecos River (Texas) 44 Sabine River - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Louisiana) 44 Grand River (Michigan) 44 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Florida) 43 Long Lake (Minnesota) 40 Sabine River (Texas) 39 Mille Lacs Lake (Minnesota) 38 White River (Arkansas) 36 Indian River Lagoon (Florida) 35 Guadalupe River (Texas) 34 Fox River (Wisconsin) 34 Red River - Lake Texoma (Texas) 34 Minnesota River (Minnesota) 33 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (California) 33 Colorado River (California) 32 Black Warrior River (Alabama) 31 Arkansas River (Arkansas) 30 Savannah River - Lake Hartwell (Georgia) 29 Long Lake (Michigan) 29 Leon RIver (Texas) 28 Neches River (Texas) 28 Muskegon River (Michigan) 27 Ocmulgee River (Georgia) 26 Long Lake (Wisconsin) 26 James River (Virginia) 26 Sacramento River (California) 26 Etowah River - Allatoona Lake (Georgia) 26 Rock River (Wisconsin) 25 Chippewa River (Wisconsin) 24 Nueces River (Texas) 24 Sabine River - Lake Tawakoni (Texas) 24 West Fork San Jacinto River - Lake Conroe (Texas) 24 Lake Michigan (Wisconsin) 24 Lake Marion (South Carolina) 24 Choctawhatchee River (Florida) 24 Bass Lake (Wisconsin) 23 White River - Beaver Lake (Arkansas) 23 Red River (Louisiana) 23 Lake Okeechobee (Florida) 23 Smith Mountain Lake (Virginia) 23 Withlacoochee River (Florida) 22 Lake Michigan (Michigan) 22 Trintiy River - Lake Livingston (Texas) 22 Erie Canal (New York) 22 Big Cypress Bayou - Lake O' the Pines (Texas) 22 Angelina River - Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Texas) 22 Medina River (Texas) 22 Oakland Harbor (California) 21 Clear Lake (California) 21 North Fork White River - Norfork Lake (Arkansas) 21 Round Lake (Minnesota) 21 Tennessee River - Guntersville Lake (Alabama) 21 Au Sable River (Michigan) 21 Ouachita River (Arkansas) 21 Trinity River (Texas) 20 Sulphur River - Wright Patman Lake (Texas) 20 Clear Lake (Minnesota) 20 LIttle Red River - Greers Ferry Lake (Arkansas) 20 Brazos River - Possum Kingdom Lake (Texas) 20 Wolf River (Wisconsin) 20 San Francisco Bay-East Bay (California) 20 Altamaha River (Georgia) 19 Brazos River - Lake Whitney (Texas) 19 Lake Superior (Michigan) 19 Lake Fork Creek - Lake Fork Reservoir (Texas) 19 Lake Superior (Wisconsin) 19 Kenai River (Alaska) 19 Apalachicola River (Florida) 19 Savannah River - Lake J. Strom Thurmond (South Carolina) 19 Huron River (Michigan) 18 Lake Winnebago (Wisconsin) 18 Pedernales River (Texas) 18 Menominee River (Wisconsin) 18 Alabama River (Alabama) 18 Bass Lake (Minnesota) 18 Richland Creek - Richland Chambers Reservoir (Texas) 18 Kalamazoo River (Michigan) 17 Red Cedar River (Wisconsin) 17 Clear Fork of the Brazos River (Texas) 17 Clear Lake (Michigan) 17 Chattahoochee River (Georgia) 17 San Marcos (Texas) 17 Saint Croix River (Wisconsin) 17 Island Lake (Minnesota) 17 Mobile Bay (Alabama) 16 New River (Virginia) 16 Silver Lake (Wisconsin) 16 Wisconsin River - Lake Wisconsin (Wisconsin) 16 Guadalupe (Texas) 16 Denton Creek - Grapevine Lake (Texas) 16 Rio Grande (Texas) 16 Choctawhatchee Bay (Florida) 16 Oconee River (Georgia) 16 Neches River - Lake Palestine (Texas) 16 Leech Lake (Minnesota) 16 White River - Bull Shoals Lake (Arkansas) 16 Salado River (Texas) 16 Chattahoochee River - West Point Lake (Georgia) 15 Guadalupe River - Canyon Lake (Texas) 15 Saginaw River (Michigan) 15 Pelican Lake (Minnesota) 15 Lake Bistineau (Louisiana) 15 Mississippi River (Louisiana) 15 St. Croix River (Minnesota) 15 Laguna Madre (Texas) 15 Colorado River - Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas) 15 Peace River (Florida) 15 Ochlockonee River (Florida) 15 Little Pee Dee River (South Carolina) 15 Eagle Lake (Minnesota) 15 Pere Marquette River (Michigan) 15 Flint River (Georgia) 15 Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound (Connecticut) 15 North Bosque River (Texas) 15 San Saba River (Texas) 14 Round Lake (Wisconsin) 14 Betsie River (Michigan) 14 Maple River (Michigan) 14 San Jacinto River (Texas) 14 Escambia River (Florida) 14 Lake Charlevoix (Michigan) 14 Intracoastal Waterway (Louisiana) 14 Lake Anna (Virginia) 14 Saluda River - Lake Murray (South Carolina) 14 Savannah River - Clarks Hill Lake (Georgia) 13 Blackwater River (Florida) 13 Rifle River (Michigan) 13 Santa Fe River (Florida) 13 Erie Canal - Mohawk River (New York) 13 Fish Lake (Minnesota) 13 Mississippi River - Lake Winnibigoshish (Minnesota) 13 Gulf of Mexico (Florida) 13 Neuse River (North Carolina) 13 Leon River - Belton Lake (Texas) 13 Shasta Lake (California) 13 Corpus Christi Bay - Padre Island Seashore (Texas) 13 Arkansas River (Colorado) 13 Indian Lake (Michigan) 13 South Fork Shenandoah River (Virginia) 13 Cibolo Creek (Texas) 13 Rainy Lake (Minnesota) 13 Cedar Lake (Minnesota) 13 Ochlockonee River - Lake Talquin (Florida) 13 Lake Almanor (California) 13 Oconee River - Lake Oconee (Georgia) 13 Cibelo Creek (Texas) 13 Savannah River (Georgia) 13 Chattahoochee River - Walter F. Geprge Reservoir (Alabama) 12 East Fork Trinity River - Lavon Lake (Texas) 12 Caney Creek - Lake Fork Reservoir (Texas) 12 Chipola River (Florida) 12 Tugaloo River - Lake Hartwell (South Carolina) 12 Llano River (Texas) 12 Hudson River (New York) 12 Sixmile Creek - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 12 Caddo River - DeGray Lake (Arkansas) 12 San Antonio River (Texas) 12 Middle Concho River - Lake Nasworthy (Texas) 12 Trinity Lake (California) 12 Lake D'Arbonne (Louisiana) 12 Rice Lake (Minnesota) 12 Waccamaw River (South Carolina) 12 Tampa Bay (Florida) 12 Hickory Creek Arm - Lewisville Lake (Texas) 12 Menominee River (Michigan) 12 Tampa Bay - Boca Ciega Bay (Florida) 12 Lake Superior (Minnesota) 12 Brazos River - Somerville Lake (Texas) 12 Manistique River (Michigan) 11 Crow Wing River (Minnesota) 11 Flambeau River (Wisconsin) 11 Roanoke River - John H. Kerr Reservoir (Virginia) 11 Pacific Ocean (California) 11 Silver Lake (Minnesota) 11 Red Lake River (Minnesota) 11 Great Pee Dee River (South Carolina) 11 Biscayne Bay (Florida) 11 Bayou Lafourche (Louisiana) 11 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta-Sacramento River (California) 11 Satilla River (Georgia) 11 San Antonio (Texas) 11 Savannah River (South Carolina) 11 Kissimmee River (Florida) 11 Holmes Creek (Florida) 11 Clear Fork Trinity River - Benbrook Lake (Texas) 11 Lake St. Clair (Michigan) 11 Florida Bay (Florida) 11 Detroit River (Michigan) 10 Colorado River (Arizona) 10 Saint Clair River (Michigan) 10 Lake Michigan - Green Bay (Wisconsin) 10 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Alabama) 10 Lake Tahoe (California) 10 Pine Lake (Wisconsin) 10 Lake Pontchartrain (Louisiana) 10 Catawba River (Lake Norman) (North Carolina) 10 Lake Jackson (Florida) 10 St. Joseph River (Michigan) 10 Frio River (Texas) 10 Green Lake (Wisconsin) 10 Portage Lake (Michigan) 10 St. Louis River (Minnesota) 10 Yellow River (Florida) 10 Cowhouse Creek (Texas) 10 Canal (Louisiana) 10 Chena River (Alaska) 10 Little River - Clarks Hill Lake (Georgia) 10 Bass Lake (Michigan) 10 Spring Lake (Wisconsin) 10 Jordan River (Michigan) 10 Colorado River - Lake Havasu (Arizona) 10 Moose Lake (Minnesota) 10 Cedar Creek - Cedar Creek Reservoir (Texas) 10 Yampa River (Colorado) 10 Little River - Lake Sinclair (Georgia) 10 Lake Istokpoga (Florida) 10 Lake Griffin (Florida) 10 Cape Fear River (North Carolina) 10 Pacific Ocean (Hawaii) 10 Nueces (Texas) 10 Savannah River - Lake Hartwell (South Carolina) 10 Spring Creek (Texas) 10 Edisto River (South Carolina) 10 Red River - Pat Mayse Lake (Texas) 10 Falcon Lake (Texas) 10 Rainy River (Minnesota) 10 Torch Lake (Michigan) 9 Caloosahatchee River (Florida) 9 Pine River (Michigan) 9 Black River (South Carolina) 9 Clear Lake (Wisconsin) 9 West Fork Trinity River - Eagle Mountain Lake (Texas) 9 Pokegama Lake (Minnesota) 9 Chattahoochee River - Lake Walter F. George (Georgia) 9 Roanoke River (North Carolina) 9 Perch Lake (Wisconsin) 9 Little River - Millwood Lake (Arkansas) 9 Calcasieu River (Louisiana) 9 Navasota River - Lake Limestone (Texas) 9 Lake Moultrie (South Carolina) 9 Lake Seminole (Florida) 9 Mosquito Lagoon (Florida) 9 Salt River - Roosevelt Lake (Arizona) 9 Black River (Wisconsin) 9 Lake Champlain (New York) 9 Tar River (North Carolina) 9 Folsom Lake (California) 9 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (South Carolina) 9 Loon Lake (Minnesota) 9 Gulf of Mexico (Texas) 9 Houghton Lake (Michigan) 9 Lake Mendota (Wisconsin) 9 Green Lake (Minnesota) 9 Amistad Reservoir (Texas) 9 Sturgeon River (Michigan) 9 Savannah River - Lake Richard B. Russell (South Carolina) 8 Bear Lake (Wisconsin) 8 Rappahannock River (Virginia) 8 Bayou Petit Caillou (Louisiana) 8 Black River (Michigan) 8 Pearl River (Louisiana) 8 Kabetogama Lake (Minnesota) 8 Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 8 Arkansas River - Lake Dardanelle (Arkansas) 8 Flint River - Lake Seminole (Georgia) 8 Savannah River - Lake Richard B. Russell (Georgia) 8 Bayou Teche (Louisiana) 8 St. Francis River (Arkansas) 8 Gulf of Mexico (Alabama) 8 Pickerel Lake (Wisconsin) 8 Tennessee River - Pickwick Lake (Alabama) 8 Peshtigo River (Wisconsin) 8 High Falls Reservoir (Wisconsin) 8 Atchafalaya River (Louisiana) 8 Big Eau Pleine River - Big Eau Pleine Reservoir (Wisconsin) 8 Rum River (Minnesota) 8 Oconto River (Wisconsin) 8 Palarm Creek - Lake Conway (Arkansas) 8 Big Stone Lake (Minnesota) 8 Amite River (Louisiana) 8 Klamath River (California) 8 Blanco River (Texas) 8 Alabama River - William Dannelly Reservoir (Alabama) 8 Minnesota River - Lac qui Parle Lake (Minnesota) 8 Little Manistee River (Michigan) 8 Crooked Lake (Michigan) 8 Sand Lake (Wisconsin) 8 Sandy Creek - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 8 Mission Bay (California) 8 Oconee River - Lake Sinclair (Georgia) 8 Aquilla Creek (Texas) 7 Atascosa River (Texas) 7 Tennessee River - Wheeler Lake (Alabama) 7 Lake Chicot (Arkansas) 7 Yadkin River (North Carolina) 7 Nottoway River (Virginia) 7 East Fork Trinity River - Lake Ray Hubbard (Texas) 7 Lumber River (North Carolina) 7 Ogeechee River (Georgia) 7 Neches River - B.A. Steinhagen Lake (Texas) 7 Cedar Lake (Michigan) 7 Elk River (Alabama) 7 Saline River (Arkansas) 7 Galveston Bay (Texas) 7 Lake Isabella (California) 7 Turtle Lake (Minnesota) 7 Navasota River (Texas) 7 Angelina River (Texas) 7 Mississippi River (Arkansas) 7 Northeast Cape Fear River (North Carolina) 7 Cayuga-Seneca Canal (Seneca Lake) (New York) 7 Wateree River - Lake Wateree (South Carolina) 7 St. Clair River (Michigan) 7 Big Cypress Creek - Lake Bob Sandlin (Texas) 7 Lake Tohopekaliga (Florida) 7 Duck Lake (Michigan) 7 Tuckasegee River (North Carolina) 7 Eagle Lake (Michigan) 7 Paluxy River (Texas) 7 Beaver Dam River - Beaver Dam Lake (Wisconsin) 7 Lavaca River - Lake Texana (Texas) 7 Birch Lake (Minnesota) 7 Big Cypress Bayou - Caddo Lake (Texas) 7 Caney Lake (Louisiana) 7 Cheniere Lake (Louisiana) 7 San Francisco Bay-South Bay (California) 7 Chemung River (New York) 7 Lake Erie (Michigan) 7 Big Lake (Minnesota) 7 Fish Lake (Michigan) 7 Big Lake (Wisconsin) 7 Dowagiac River (Michigan) 7 Chowan River (North Carolina) 7 Pilot Grove Creek - Lavon Lake (Texas) 7 Pickerel Lake (Minnesota) 7 St. Marys River (Michigan) 7 Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River (Texas) 7 Saluda River - Lake Greenwood (South Carolina) 7 Boardman River (Michigan) 7 Silver Lake (Michigan) 7 North Fork Guadalupe (Texas) 7 Pine Flat Lake (California) 7 Island Lake (Wisconsin) 7 Matanzas River (Florida) 7 Richland Creek - Navarro Mills Lake (Texas) 7 Lake Limestone (Texas) 7 Lake Geneva (Wisconsin) 7 Horseshoe Lake (Michigan) 7 Fox River - Lake Puckaway (Wisconsin) 7 Middle Bosque River (Texas) 7 Hog Creek (Texas) 7 Roanoke River (John H. Kerr Reservoir) (North Carolina) 7 Lake Harris (Florida) 7 Wisconsin River - Petenwell Lake (Wisconsin) 7 Aransas Bay (Texas) 7 Cross Lake (Louisiana) 7 Wolf Lake (Minnesota) 7 Arroyo Colorado (Texas) 7 Coosa River - Lay Lake (Alabama) 7 Black River (Arkansas) 7 Rock Lake (Minnesota) 7 Intracoastal Waterway (North Carolina) 7 South Sulphur River (Texas) 6 Withlacoochee River - Lake Rousseau (Florida) 6 Moose Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Bear Lake (Michigan) 6 Elbow Lake (Minnesota) 6 Crystal Lake (Minnesota) 6 Nottely River - Nottely Lake (Georgia) 6 Hillsborough River (Florida) 6 Housen Bayou - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 6 Sabine River (Louisiana) 6 Cape Coral Canal System (Florida) 6 Intracoastal Waterway (Texas) 6 Big Bear Lake (California) 6 Black River (New York) 6 Cayuga-Seneca Canal (Cayuga Lake) (New York) 6 Platte River (Michigan) 6 St. Johns River - Lake Monroe (Florida) 6 Carrabelle River (Florida) 6 Avish Bayou - Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Texas) 6 Beaver Dam Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Pleasant Lake (Minnesota) 6 Spider Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Lake Bemidji (Minnesota) 6 Medina River - Medina Lake (Texas) 6 Atlantic Ocean (Florida) 6 Lake Leelanau (Michigan) 6 Lost Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Turkey Creek Lake (Louisiana) 6 Six and Twenty Creek - Lake Hartwell (South Carolina) 6 Lake Alan Henry (Texas) 6 Pine Lake (Minnesota) 6 Gaucho Bayou - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 6 Pecatonica River (Wisconsin) 6 Saluda River (South Carolina) 6 Big Cypress Bayou (Texas) 6 Lake Michigan - Little Bay de Noc (Michigan) 6 Eagle Lake (California) 6 Buffalo Lake (Minnesota) 6 Crystal Lake (Michigan) 6 Horseshoe Lake (Minnesota) 6 Chattahoochee River - West Point Lake (Alabama) 6 False River (Louisiana) 6 Upper Saint Croix Lake (Wisconsin) 6 North Fork Edisto River (South Carolina) 6 Little Missouri River - Lake Greeson (Arkansas) 6 Maple Lake (Minnesota) 6 Deer Lake (Minnesota) 6 Lake O' the Pines (Texas) 6 Clearwater Harbor (Florida) 6 Crystal Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Rocky River - Lake Richard B. Russell (South Carolina) 6 Santee River (South Carolina) 6 Seneca River - Lake Hartwell (South Carolina) 6 Rio Grande (Colorado) 6 Mud Lake (Minnesota) 6 Little Red River (Arkansas) 6 Pickerel Lake (Michigan) 6 Butternut Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Sarasota Bay (Florida) 6 Pecan Bayou (Texas) 6 Wilson Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Nassau River (Florida) 6 Deer Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Little Tennessee River - Tellico Lake (Tennessee) 6 New River (Florida) 6 Round Lake (Michigan) 6 Canadian River (Texas) 6 Little River (Arkansas) 6 Rice Creek - Prairie Lake (Wisconsin) 6 St. Marys River (Georgia) 6 San Diego Bay (California) 6 Lake Panasoffkee (Florida) 6 Wisconsin River - Castle Rock Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Humboldt Bay (California) 6 Attoyac River - Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Texas) 6 Lake Berryessa (California) 6 West Arm Grand Traverse Bay (Michigan) 6 Colorado River - Lake Travis (Texas) 6 Apalachicola Bay (Florida) 6 Waxahachie Creek - Bardwell Lake (Texas) 6 Black-Clear Lake (Louisiana) 6 Goose Lake (Minnesota) 6 Pee Dee River (North Carolina) 6 Cheboygan River (Michigan) 6 Lake Claiborne (Louisiana) 6 Lake Saint Clair (Michigan) 6 Pike Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Big Fork River (Minnesota) 6 Shetek Lake (Minnesota) 6 Grass Lake (Michigan) 6 Bayou Bodcau (Louisiana) 6 Lake Oroville (California) 6 Fish Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Mud Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Diamond Lake (Wisconsin) 5 Lynches River (South Carolina) 5 North Twin Lake (Wisconsin) 5 Lake Gogebic (Michigan) 5 Balsam Lake (Wisconsin) 5 Little River (Louisiana) 5 Little Sandy Creek - Lake Hawkins (Texas) 5 Johnson Creek - Lake O' the Pines (Texas) 5 Canadian River - Lake Meredith (Texas) 5 Bayou Bonee Idee (Louisiana) 5 Rhinelander Flowage (Wisconsin) 5 Combahee River (South Carolina) 5 Big Birch Lake (Minnesota) 5 Mermentau River (Louisiana) 5 Star Lake (Wisconsin) 5 Red River of the North (Minnesota) 5 Swan Lake (Minnesota) 5 Atchafalaya Basin (Louisiana) 5 Big Creek - Norfork Lake (Arkansas) 5 Nueces River - Lake Corpus Christi (Texas) 5 White Lake (Wisconsin) 5 Crooked Lake (Wisconsin) 5 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Mississippi) 5 Black River - Lake Arbutus (Wisconsin) 5 North Concho River - O. C. Fisher Lake (Texas) 5 Shagawa Lake (Minnesota) 5 Caddo Lake (Texas) 5 Rock Lake (Wisconsin) 5 Flat River (Michigan) 5 Sugar River (Wisconsin) 5 Lemon Bay (Florida) 5 Big Lake (Michigan) 5 Lake Perris (California) 5

Dataset

The numbers behind this page, refreshed as our sync scripts run.

15,651 Boat ramps

6,276 Waterways

2.5 Avg. ramps/waterway

Regularly Last synchronized

What the data shows

A few things that only show up once you've actually got every ramp mapped to a waterway.

Mississippi River in Minnesota has the most public boat ramps of any single waterway we track, with 81.
Minnesota has more distinct waterways with public ramps than any other state, with 1,240.
Long Lake appears in our data across 8 different states - more than any other single waterway name.
The average waterway in our data has 2.5 public boat ramps, but that average hides a long tail: about 90% of waterways have fewer than 5.
By type, 48% lakes, 19% rivers, 11% creeks, 7% reservoirs, 5% ponds, 3% bays, 2% canals, 2% bayous, 1% harbors, 1% wildlife & conservation areas, 1% sounds & straits, 0% oceans & gulfs, 0% marshes & swamps - based on the waterways we've classified so far.