Boat Ramps by Waterway

We track 6,280 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 6,280 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 Manistee River (Michigan) 45 Brazos River (Texas) 45 Colorado River (Texas) 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 Pacific Ocean (Hawaii) 37 White River (Arkansas) 36 Indian River Lagoon (Florida) 35 Guadalupe River (Texas) 34 Red River - Lake Texoma (Texas) 34 Fox River (Wisconsin) 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 Etowah River - Allatoona Lake (Georgia) 26 Sacramento River (California) 26 Long Lake (Wisconsin) 26 Ocmulgee River (Georgia) 26 James River (Virginia) 26 Rock River (Wisconsin) 25 Nueces River (Texas) 24 Sabine River - Lake Tawakoni (Texas) 24 West Fork San Jacinto River - Lake Conroe (Texas) 24 Choctawhatchee River (Florida) 24 Chippewa River (Wisconsin) 24 Lake Marion (South Carolina) 24 Lake Michigan (Wisconsin) 24 Bass Lake (Wisconsin) 23 Smith Mountain Lake (Virginia) 23 White River - Beaver Lake (Arkansas) 23 Lake Okeechobee (Florida) 23 Red River (Louisiana) 23 Erie Canal (New York) 22 Trintiy River - Lake Livingston (Texas) 22 Angelina River - Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Texas) 22 Big Cypress Bayou - Lake O' the Pines (Texas) 22 Withlacoochee River (Florida) 22 Medina River (Texas) 22 Lake Michigan (Michigan) 22 Au Sable River (Michigan) 21 Ouachita River (Arkansas) 21 Round Lake (Minnesota) 21 North Fork White River - Norfork Lake (Arkansas) 21 Oakland Harbor (California) 21 Tennessee River - Guntersville Lake (Alabama) 21 Clear Lake (California) 21 Trinity River (Texas) 20 LIttle Red River - Greers Ferry Lake (Arkansas) 20 Clear Lake (Minnesota) 20 Sulphur River - Wright Patman Lake (Texas) 20 Wolf River (Wisconsin) 20 San Francisco Bay-East Bay (California) 20 Brazos River - Possum Kingdom Lake (Texas) 20 Brazos River - Lake Whitney (Texas) 19 Lake Fork Creek - Lake Fork Reservoir (Texas) 19 Savannah River - Lake J. Strom Thurmond (South Carolina) 19 Altamaha River (Georgia) 19 Apalachicola River (Florida) 19 Kenai River (Alaska) 19 Lake Superior (Michigan) 19 Lake Superior (Wisconsin) 19 Pedernales River (Texas) 18 Bass Lake (Minnesota) 18 Huron River (Michigan) 18 Lake Winnebago (Wisconsin) 18 Alabama River (Alabama) 18 Richland Creek - Richland Chambers Reservoir (Texas) 18 Menominee River (Wisconsin) 18 Saint Croix River (Wisconsin) 17 Chattahoochee River (Georgia) 17 San Marcos (Texas) 17 Red Cedar River (Wisconsin) 17 Kalamazoo River (Michigan) 17 Island Lake (Minnesota) 17 Clear Fork of the Brazos River (Texas) 17 Clear Lake (Michigan) 17 Oconee River (Georgia) 16 Mobile Bay (Alabama) 16 White River - Bull Shoals Lake (Arkansas) 16 Denton Creek - Grapevine Lake (Texas) 16 Choctawhatchee Bay (Florida) 16 Rio Grande (Texas) 16 Salado River (Texas) 16 Silver Lake (Wisconsin) 16 Wisconsin River - Lake Wisconsin (Wisconsin) 16 Leech Lake (Minnesota) 16 New River (Virginia) 16 Neches River - Lake Palestine (Texas) 16 Guadalupe (Texas) 16 Guadalupe River - Canyon Lake (Texas) 15 St. Croix River (Minnesota) 15 Pere Marquette River (Michigan) 15 Lake Bistineau (Louisiana) 15 Ochlockonee River (Florida) 15 Laguna Madre (Texas) 15 Flint River (Georgia) 15 Colorado River - Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas) 15 Atlantic Ocean/Long Island Sound (Connecticut) 15 Mississippi River (Louisiana) 15 Eagle Lake (Minnesota) 15 Little Pee Dee River (South Carolina) 15 Chattahoochee River - West Point Lake (Georgia) 15 North Bosque River (Texas) 15 Peace River (Florida) 15 Saginaw River (Michigan) 15 Pelican Lake (Minnesota) 15 San Saba River (Texas) 14 Lake Charlevoix (Michigan) 14 Lake Anna (Virginia) 14 Betsie River (Michigan) 14 San Jacinto River (Texas) 14 Maple River (Michigan) 14 Escambia River (Florida) 14 Round Lake (Wisconsin) 14 Intracoastal Waterway (Louisiana) 14 Saluda River - Lake Murray (South Carolina) 14 Fish Lake (Minnesota) 13 Mississippi River - Lake Winnibigoshish (Minnesota) 13 Gulf of Mexico (Florida) 13 Cibolo Creek (Texas) 13 Lake Almanor (California) 13 Corpus Christi Bay - Padre Island Seashore (Texas) 13 Leon River - Belton Lake (Texas) 13 Rifle River (Michigan) 13 Santa Fe River (Florida) 13 Rainy Lake (Minnesota) 13 Oconee River - Lake Oconee (Georgia) 13 Cedar Lake (Minnesota) 13 Savannah River (Georgia) 13 Ochlockonee River - Lake Talquin (Florida) 13 Cibelo Creek (Texas) 13 Savannah River - Clarks Hill Lake (Georgia) 13 Erie Canal - Mohawk River (New York) 13 Neuse River (North Carolina) 13 Indian Lake (Michigan) 13 Shasta Lake (California) 13 Blackwater River (Florida) 13 Arkansas River (Colorado) 13 South Fork Shenandoah River (Virginia) 13 East Fork Trinity River - Lavon Lake (Texas) 12 Caney Creek - Lake Fork Reservoir (Texas) 12 Trinity Lake (California) 12 Tugaloo River - Lake Hartwell (South Carolina) 12 Llano River (Texas) 12 Chattahoochee River - Walter F. Geprge Reservoir (Alabama) 12 Chipola River (Florida) 12 San Antonio River (Texas) 12 Rice Lake (Minnesota) 12 Sixmile Creek - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 12 Middle Concho River - Lake Nasworthy (Texas) 12 Tampa Bay (Florida) 12 Waccamaw River (South Carolina) 12 Tampa Bay - Boca Ciega Bay (Florida) 12 Hickory Creek Arm - Lewisville Lake (Texas) 12 Lake D'Arbonne (Louisiana) 12 Lake Superior (Minnesota) 12 Caddo River - DeGray Lake (Arkansas) 12 Hudson River (New York) 12 Brazos River - Somerville Lake (Texas) 12 Menominee River (Michigan) 12 Pacific Ocean (California) 11 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta-Sacramento River (California) 11 Lake St. Clair (Michigan) 11 Satilla River (Georgia) 11 Silver Lake (Minnesota) 11 Red Lake River (Minnesota) 11 Biscayne Bay (Florida) 11 San Antonio (Texas) 11 Great Pee Dee River (South Carolina) 11 Flambeau River (Wisconsin) 11 Manistique River (Michigan) 11 Kissimmee River (Florida) 11 Savannah River (South Carolina) 11 Holmes Creek (Florida) 11 Florida Bay (Florida) 11 Roanoke River - John H. Kerr Reservoir (Virginia) 11 Clear Fork Trinity River - Benbrook Lake (Texas) 11 Bayou Lafourche (Louisiana) 11 Crow Wing River (Minnesota) 11 Cape Fear River (North Carolina) 10 Cowhouse Creek (Texas) 10 Lake Jackson (Florida) 10 Yampa River (Colorado) 10 Little River - Lake Sinclair (Georgia) 10 St. Louis River (Minnesota) 10 Jordan River (Michigan) 10 Yellow River (Florida) 10 Detroit River (Michigan) 10 Frio River (Texas) 10 Moose Lake (Minnesota) 10 Colorado River (Arizona) 10 Nueces (Texas) 10 Lake Griffin (Florida) 10 Lake Istokpoga (Florida) 10 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Alabama) 10 Falcon Lake (Texas) 10 Cedar Creek - Cedar Creek Reservoir (Texas) 10 Pine Lake (Wisconsin) 10 Portage Lake (Michigan) 10 Catawba River (Lake Norman) (North Carolina) 10 Lake Pontchartrain (Louisiana) 10 Lake Michigan - Green Bay (Wisconsin) 10 Rainy River (Minnesota) 10 Savannah River - Lake Hartwell (South Carolina) 10 Lake Tahoe (California) 10 Green Lake (Wisconsin) 10 Chena River (Alaska) 10 Spring Creek (Texas) 10 Edisto River (South Carolina) 10 Red River - Pat Mayse Lake (Texas) 10 Canal (Louisiana) 10 Colorado River - Lake Havasu (Arizona) 10 Spring Lake (Wisconsin) 10 Saint Clair River (Michigan) 10 St. Joseph River (Michigan) 10 Little River - Clarks Hill Lake (Georgia) 10 Bass Lake (Michigan) 10 Caloosahatchee River (Florida) 9 Lake Champlain (New York) 9 Salt River - Roosevelt Lake (Arizona) 9 Houghton Lake (Michigan) 9 Tar River (North Carolina) 9 Black River (Wisconsin) 9 Sturgeon River (Michigan) 9 Black River (South Carolina) 9 Pokegama Lake (Minnesota) 9 Torch Lake (Michigan) 9 Lake Mendota (Wisconsin) 9 West Fork Trinity River - Eagle Mountain Lake (Texas) 9 Pine River (Michigan) 9 Lake Seminole (Florida) 9 Navasota River - Lake Limestone (Texas) 9 Lake Moultrie (South Carolina) 9 Calcasieu River (Louisiana) 9 Folsom Lake (California) 9 Loon Lake (Minnesota) 9 Clear Lake (Wisconsin) 9 Roanoke River (North Carolina) 9 Green Lake (Minnesota) 9 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (South Carolina) 9 Little River - Millwood Lake (Arkansas) 9 Perch Lake (Wisconsin) 9 Gulf of Mexico (Texas) 9 Amistad Reservoir (Texas) 9 Chattahoochee River - Lake Walter F. George (Georgia) 9 Mosquito Lagoon (Florida) 9 Palarm Creek - Lake Conway (Arkansas) 8 Big Eau Pleine River - Big Eau Pleine Reservoir (Wisconsin) 8 Peshtigo River (Wisconsin) 8 Alabama River - William Dannelly Reservoir (Alabama) 8 High Falls Reservoir (Wisconsin) 8 Oconto River (Wisconsin) 8 Pearl River (Louisiana) 8 Sand Lake (Wisconsin) 8 Klamath River (California) 8 Crooked Lake (Michigan) 8 Black River (Michigan) 8 Bear Lake (Wisconsin) 8 Rum River (Minnesota) 8 Gulf of Mexico (Alabama) 8 Bayou Teche (Louisiana) 8 Oconee River - Lake Sinclair (Georgia) 8 Bayou Petit Caillou (Louisiana) 8 Little Manistee River (Michigan) 8 Big Stone Lake (Minnesota) 8 Arkansas River - Lake Dardanelle (Arkansas) 8 Mission Bay (California) 8 Minnesota River - Lac qui Parle Lake (Minnesota) 8 Rappahannock River (Virginia) 8 Blanco River (Texas) 8 St. Francis River (Arkansas) 8 Atchafalaya River (Louisiana) 8 Sandy Creek - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 8 Flint River - Lake Seminole (Georgia) 8 Amite River (Louisiana) 8 Savannah River - Lake Richard B. Russell (Georgia) 8 Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 8 Tennessee River - Pickwick Lake (Alabama) 8 Savannah River - Lake Richard B. Russell (South Carolina) 8 Kabetogama Lake (Minnesota) 8 Pickerel Lake (Wisconsin) 8 Horseshoe Lake (Michigan) 7 East Fork Trinity River - Lake Ray Hubbard (Texas) 7 Neches River - B.A. Steinhagen Lake (Texas) 7 Turtle Lake (Minnesota) 7 Galveston Bay (Texas) 7 Lake Geneva (Wisconsin) 7 Island Lake (Wisconsin) 7 Roanoke River (John H. Kerr Reservoir) (North Carolina) 7 Navasota River (Texas) 7 San Francisco Bay-South Bay (California) 7 Lake Tohopekaliga (Florida) 7 Wateree River - Lake Wateree (South Carolina) 7 Angelina River (Texas) 7 Coosa River - Lay Lake (Alabama) 7 Birch Lake (Minnesota) 7 Black River (Arkansas) 7 Wisconsin River - Petenwell Lake (Wisconsin) 7 Intracoastal Waterway (North Carolina) 7 Paluxy River (Texas) 7 Fox River - Lake Puckaway (Wisconsin) 7 Big Lake (Minnesota) 7 Big Cypress Creek - Lake Bob Sandlin (Texas) 7 Tennessee River - Wheeler Lake (Alabama) 7 Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River (Texas) 7 Lake Chicot (Arkansas) 7 Cedar Lake (Michigan) 7 Lavaca River - Lake Texana (Texas) 7 Big Cypress Bayou - Caddo Lake (Texas) 7 Yadkin River (North Carolina) 7 North Fork Guadalupe (Texas) 7 Lumber River (North Carolina) 7 Pine Flat Lake (California) 7 Lake Limestone (Texas) 7 Elk River (Alabama) 7 Saline River (Arkansas) 7 Caney Lake (Louisiana) 7 Cheniere Lake (Louisiana) 7 Hog Creek (Texas) 7 St. Clair River (Michigan) 7 Eagle Lake (Michigan) 7 Pilot Grove Creek - Lavon Lake (Texas) 7 Matanzas River (Florida) 7 Duck Lake (Michigan) 7 Pickerel Lake (Minnesota) 7 Nottoway River (Virginia) 7 Saluda River - Lake Greenwood (South Carolina) 7 Mississippi River (Arkansas) 7 Northeast Cape Fear River (North Carolina) 7 Ogeechee River (Georgia) 7 Lake Harris (Florida) 7 Lake Erie (Michigan) 7 Tuckasegee River (North Carolina) 7 Aquilla Creek (Texas) 7 Richland Creek - Navarro Mills Lake (Texas) 7 Atascosa River (Texas) 7 Wolf Lake (Minnesota) 7 Fish Lake (Michigan) 7 Middle Bosque River (Texas) 7 Rock Lake (Minnesota) 7 Beaver Dam River - Beaver Dam Lake (Wisconsin) 7 Dowagiac River (Michigan) 7 Aransas Bay (Texas) 7 Cayuga-Seneca Canal (Seneca Lake) (New York) 7 Chemung River (New York) 7 St. Marys River (Michigan) 7 Arroyo Colorado (Texas) 7 Boardman River (Michigan) 7 Silver Lake (Michigan) 7 Lake Isabella (California) 7 Chowan River (North Carolina) 7 Cross Lake (Louisiana) 7 Big Lake (Wisconsin) 7 Intracoastal Waterway (Texas) 6 Housen Bayou - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 6 Bayou Bodcau (Louisiana) 6 Atlantic Ocean (Florida) 6 Rice Creek - Prairie Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Wilson Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Avish Bayou - Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Texas) 6 Wisconsin River - Castle Rock Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Cheboygan River (Michigan) 6 Lake O' the Pines (Texas) 6 Buffalo Lake (Minnesota) 6 Six and Twenty Creek - Lake Hartwell (South Carolina) 6 Lake Alan Henry (Texas) 6 Medina River - Medina Lake (Texas) 6 Grass Lake (Michigan) 6 Round Lake (Michigan) 6 Sabine River (Louisiana) 6 Horseshoe Lake (Minnesota) 6 Pee Dee River (North Carolina) 6 Pine Lake (Minnesota) 6 Gaucho Bayou - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 6 Saluda River (South Carolina) 6 Maple Lake (Minnesota) 6 Deer Lake (Minnesota) 6 Big Cypress Bayou (Texas) 6 St. Marys River (Georgia) 6 Humboldt Bay (California) 6 Turkey Creek Lake (Louisiana) 6 Clearwater Harbor (Florida) 6 Mud Lake (Minnesota) 6 Withlacoochee River - Lake Rousseau (Florida) 6 Lake Berryessa (California) 6 Bear Lake (Michigan) 6 Pike Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Little Tennessee River - Tellico Lake (Tennessee) 6 Sarasota Bay (Florida) 6 North Fork Edisto River (South Carolina) 6 Fish Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Rocky River - Lake Richard B. Russell (South Carolina) 6 Mud Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Santee River (South Carolina) 6 Seneca River - Lake Hartwell (South Carolina) 6 Nassau River (Florida) 6 San Diego Bay (California) 6 Moose Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Pecan Bayou (Texas) 6 Black River (New York) 6 Lake Michigan - Little Bay de Noc (Michigan) 6 Lake Panasoffkee (Florida) 6 Crystal Lake (Michigan) 6 Beaver Dam Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Spider Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Lake Saint Clair (Michigan) 6 Canadian River (Texas) 6 Lost Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Shetek Lake (Minnesota) 6 Apalachicola Bay (Florida) 6 Nottely River - Nottely Lake (Georgia) 6 Pecatonica River (Wisconsin) 6 Chattahoochee River - West Point Lake (Alabama) 6 Attoyac River - Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Texas) 6 Cayuga-Seneca Canal (Cayuga Lake) (New York) 6 Goose Lake (Minnesota) 6 Lake Oroville (California) 6 Colorado River - Lake Travis (Texas) 6 Little Missouri River - Lake Greeson (Arkansas) 6 Pickerel Lake (Michigan) 6 Lake Leelanau (Michigan) 6 Big Fork River (Minnesota) 6 False River (Louisiana) 6 Waxahachie Creek - Bardwell Lake (Texas) 6 Crystal Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Little Red River (Arkansas) 6 Platte River (Michigan) 6 Big Bear Lake (California) 6 New River (Florida) 6 Eagle Lake (California) 6 Elbow Lake (Minnesota) 6 Butternut Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Crystal Lake (Minnesota) 6 Upper Saint Croix Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Black-Clear Lake (Louisiana) 6 Deer Lake (Wisconsin) 6 Hillsborough River (Florida) 6 Cape Coral Canal System (Florida) 6 South Sulphur River (Texas) 6 Little River (Arkansas) 6 Lake Claiborne (Louisiana) 6 Pleasant Lake (Minnesota) 6 Rio Grande (Colorado) 6 St. Johns River - Lake Monroe (Florida) 6 West Arm Grand Traverse Bay (Michigan) 6 Carrabelle River (Florida) 6 Lake Bemidji (Minnesota) 6 Kettle River (Minnesota) 5 Devils Fork Little Red River - Greers Ferry Lake (Arkansas) 5 Johnson Lake (Minnesota) 5 Mud Lake (Michigan) 5 Saint Marys River (Georgia Shoreline) (Florida) 5 Etowah River (Georgia) 5 Little Sandy Creek - Lake Hawkins (Texas) 5 Johnson Creek - Lake O' the Pines (Texas) 5 Indian Lake (Minnesota) 5 Canadian River - Lake Meredith (Texas) 5 Shawano Lake (Wisconsin) 5 Combahee River (South Carolina) 5 Oswego Canal (New York) 5 Santa Rosa Sound (Florida) 5 Pensacola Bay (Florida) 5 Tombigbee River (Alabama) 5 Lake Kissimmee (Florida) 5 Nueces River - Lake Corpus Christi (Texas) 5 Don Pedro Lake (California) 5 Lake Lancer (Michigan) 5 North Concho River - O. C. Fisher Lake (Texas) 5 Colorado (Texas) 5 Little River (Louisiana) 5 Banana River (Florida) 5 Staunton River (Virginia) 5 Lake San Antonio (California) 5 Bayou Bonee Idee (Louisiana) 5 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta-San Joaquin River (California) 5 Mermentau River (Louisiana) 5 Lavaca Bay (Texas) 5 Yellow River - Castle Rock Lake (Wisconsin) 5 Ocklawaha River (Florida) 5 Manistee Lake (Michigan) 5

Dataset

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

15,683 Boat ramps

6,280 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.