Boat Ramps by Waterway

We track 2,748 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 2,748 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.

Suwannee River (Florida) 53 St. Johns River (Florida) 51 Sabine River - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 48 Brazos River (Texas) 45 Colorado River (Texas) 45 Pecos River (Texas) 44 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Florida) 43 Lake Huron (Michigan) 40 Sabine River (Texas) 39 Manistee River (Michigan) 39 Indian River Lagoon (Florida) 35 Red River - Lake Texoma (Texas) 34 Grand River (Michigan) 34 Guadalupe River (Texas) 34 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (California) 33 Colorado River (California) 32 Leon RIver (Texas) 28 Neches River (Texas) 28 Sacramento River (California) 26 Muskegon River (Michigan) 25 Choctawhatchee River (Florida) 24 Sabine River - Lake Tawakoni (Texas) 24 Nueces River (Texas) 24 West Fork San Jacinto River - Lake Conroe (Texas) 24 Long Lake (Michigan) 23 Lake Okeechobee (Florida) 23 Withlacoochee River (Florida) 22 Medina River (Texas) 22 Trintiy River - Lake Livingston (Texas) 22 Big Cypress Bayou - Lake O' the Pines (Texas) 22 Angelina River - Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Texas) 22 Oakland Harbor (California) 21 Clear Lake (California) 21 Brazos River - Possum Kingdom Lake (Texas) 20 San Francisco Bay-East Bay (California) 20 Trinity River (Texas) 20 Sulphur River - Wright Patman Lake (Texas) 20 Apalachicola River (Florida) 19 Brazos River - Lake Whitney (Texas) 19 Lake Fork Creek - Lake Fork Reservoir (Texas) 19 Richland Creek - Richland Chambers Reservoir (Texas) 18 Pedernales River (Texas) 18 Kalamazoo River (Michigan) 17 Clear Fork of the Brazos River (Texas) 17 San Marcos (Texas) 17 Neches River - Lake Palestine (Texas) 16 Au Sable River (Michigan) 16 Salado River (Texas) 16 Choctawhatchee Bay (Florida) 16 Denton Creek - Grapevine Lake (Texas) 16 Guadalupe (Texas) 16 Lake Michigan (Michigan) 16 Rio Grande (Texas) 16 Peace River (Florida) 15 North Bosque River (Texas) 15 Ochlockonee River (Florida) 15 Guadalupe River - Canyon Lake (Texas) 15 Laguna Madre (Texas) 15 Colorado River - Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas) 15 Pere Marquette River (Michigan) 15 Lake Superior (Michigan) 15 Betsie River (Michigan) 14 San Saba River (Texas) 14 Escambia River (Florida) 14 Maple River (Michigan) 14 Lake Charlevoix (Michigan) 14 San Jacinto River (Texas) 14 Gulf of Mexico (Florida) 13 Shasta Lake (California) 13 Cibelo Creek (Texas) 13 Ochlockonee River - Lake Talquin (Florida) 13 Lake Almanor (California) 13 Leon River - Belton Lake (Texas) 13 Santa Fe River (Florida) 13 Corpus Christi Bay - Padre Island Seashore (Texas) 13 Cibolo Creek (Texas) 13 Blackwater River (Florida) 13 Neuse River (North Carolina) 13 Tampa Bay - Boca Ciega Bay (Florida) 12 Brazos River - Somerville Lake (Texas) 12 East Fork Trinity River - Lavon Lake (Texas) 12 Caney Creek - Lake Fork Reservoir (Texas) 12 Trinity Lake (California) 12 Menominee River (Michigan) 12 Tampa Bay (Florida) 12 Llano River (Texas) 12 Sixmile Creek - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 12 San Antonio River (Texas) 12 Chipola River (Florida) 12 Middle Concho River - Lake Nasworthy (Texas) 12 Hickory Creek Arm - Lewisville Lake (Texas) 12 San Antonio (Texas) 11 Clear Fork Trinity River - Benbrook Lake (Texas) 11 Biscayne Bay (Florida) 11 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta-Sacramento River (California) 11 Pacific Ocean (California) 11 Kissimmee River (Florida) 11 Holmes Creek (Florida) 11 Florida Bay (Florida) 11 Lake Tahoe (California) 10 Spring Creek (Texas) 10 Red River - Pat Mayse Lake (Texas) 10 Lake Jackson (Florida) 10 Nueces (Texas) 10 Cape Fear River (North Carolina) 10 Falcon Lake (Texas) 10 Lake Istokpoga (Florida) 10 Lake Griffin (Florida) 10 Cowhouse Creek (Texas) 10 Yellow River (Florida) 10 Frio River (Texas) 10 Cedar Creek - Cedar Creek Reservoir (Texas) 10 Catawba River (Lake Norman) (North Carolina) 10 Jordan River (Michigan) 10 Roanoke River (North Carolina) 9 Folsom Lake (California) 9 Caloosahatchee River (Florida) 9 Gulf of Mexico (Texas) 9 Amistad Reservoir (Texas) 9 Sturgeon River (Michigan) 9 Huron River (Michigan) 9 Mosquito Lagoon (Florida) 9 Tar River (North Carolina) 9 Lake Seminole (Florida) 9 Saginaw River (Michigan) 9 Pine River (Michigan) 9 West Fork Trinity River - Eagle Mountain Lake (Texas) 9 Navasota River - Lake Limestone (Texas) 9 Torch Lake (Michigan) 9 Clear Lake (Michigan) 9 Blanco River (Texas) 8 Mission Bay (California) 8 Sandy Creek - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 8 St. Joseph River (Michigan) 8 Lake St. Clair (Michigan) 8 Bass Lake (Michigan) 8 Klamath River (California) 8 Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 8 Little Manistee River (Michigan) 8 Tuckasegee River (North Carolina) 7 Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River (Texas) 7 North Fork Guadalupe (Texas) 7 Richland Creek - Navarro Mills Lake (Texas) 7 Lake Limestone (Texas) 7 Middle Bosque River (Texas) 7 Matanzas River (Florida) 7 St. Marys River (Michigan) 7 Hog Creek (Texas) 7 Aransas Bay (Texas) 7 Arroyo Colorado (Texas) 7 Chowan River (North Carolina) 7 Atascosa River (Texas) 7 Aquilla Creek (Texas) 7 East Fork Trinity River - Lake Ray Hubbard (Texas) 7 Neches River - B.A. Steinhagen Lake (Texas) 7 Lake Isabella (California) 7 Galveston Bay (Texas) 7 Roanoke River (John H. Kerr Reservoir) (North Carolina) 7 Dowagiac River (Michigan) 7 Navasota River (Texas) 7 Intracoastal Waterway (North Carolina) 7 Angelina River (Texas) 7 Big Cypress Creek - Lake Bob Sandlin (Texas) 7 Paluxy River (Texas) 7 Lavaca River - Lake Texana (Texas) 7 Yadkin River (North Carolina) 7 San Francisco Bay-South Bay (California) 7 Big Cypress Bayou - Caddo Lake (Texas) 7 Lumber River (North Carolina) 7 Lake Harris (Florida) 7 Duck Lake (Michigan) 7 Lake Tohopekaliga (Florida) 7 Boardman River (Michigan) 7 Pine Flat Lake (California) 7 Pilot Grove Creek - Lavon Lake (Texas) 7 Northeast Cape Fear River (North Carolina) 7 West Arm Grand Traverse Bay (Michigan) 6 Carrabelle River (Florida) 6 Attoyac River - Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Texas) 6 Crooked Lake (Michigan) 6 Colorado River - Lake Travis (Texas) 6 Lake Panasoffkee (Florida) 6 Atlantic Ocean (Florida) 6 Lake Michigan - Little Bay de Noc (Michigan) 6 Waxahachie Creek - Bardwell Lake (Texas) 6 Eagle Lake (California) 6 Lake Oroville (California) 6 New River (Florida) 6 South Sulphur River (Texas) 6 Big Bear Lake (California) 6 Housen Bayou - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 6 Lake Leelanau (Michigan) 6 Sarasota Bay (Florida) 6 Cheboygan River (Michigan) 6 Avish Bayou - Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Texas) 6 Grass Lake (Michigan) 6 Intracoastal Waterway (Texas) 6 Pee Dee River (North Carolina) 6 Lake Alan Henry (Texas) 6 St. Johns River - Lake Monroe (Florida) 6 Gaucho Bayou - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 6 Big Cypress Bayou (Texas) 6 Bear Lake (Michigan) 6 Portage Lake (Michigan) 6 Lake Berryessa (California) 6 Humboldt Bay (California) 6 Medina River - Medina Lake (Texas) 6 Platte River (Michigan) 6 Apalachicola Bay (Florida) 6 Withlacoochee River - Lake Rousseau (Florida) 6 Silver Lake (Michigan) 6 Lake O' the Pines (Texas) 6 Pecan Bayou (Texas) 6 Clearwater Harbor (Florida) 6 Little Tennessee River - Tellico Lake (Tennessee) 6 San Diego Bay (California) 6 Nassau River (Florida) 6 Canadian River (Texas) 6 Cape Coral Canal System (Florida) 6 Hillsborough River (Florida) 6 Elm Fork Trinity River - Lake Ray Roberts (Texas) 5 San Gabriel River - Granger Lake (Texas) 5 Millerton Lake (California) 5 Eagle Lake (Michigan) 5 Escanaba River (Michigan) 5 Big Cypress Creek - Lake Cypress Springs (Texas) 5 Haw River (Jordan River) (North Carolina) 5 Napa River (California) 5 Neuse River (Falls Lake) (North Carolina) 5 Manisitique Lake (Michigan) 5 Pensacola Bay (Florida) 5 Feather River (California) 5 Rollins Lake (California) 5 Little Cypress Bayou (Texas) 5 Lake Erie (Michigan) 5 Lake Lancer (Michigan) 5 Lake Travis (Texas) 5 Pecan Bayou - Lake Brownwood (Texas) 5 Elm Creek - Choke Canyon Reservoir (Texas) 5 Round Lake (Michigan) 5 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta-Mokelumne River (California) 5 New Hogan Lake (California) 5 Lampasas River - Stillhouse Hollow Lake (Texas) 5 Mud Creek (Texas) 5 Middle Aucilla River (Florida) 5 Ocklawaha River (Florida) 5 Crystal Lake (Michigan) 5 South Sulphur River - Jim Chapman Lake (Texas) 5 Crooked River (Florida) 5 Salt Creek - Lake Graham (Texas) 5 East Fork San Jacinto (Texas) 5 Corpus Christi Bay (Texas) 5 Lake Michigan - Big Bay de Noc (Michigan) 5 Little Sandy Creek - Lake Hawkins (Texas) 5 Johnson Creek - Lake O' the Pines (Texas) 5 Canadian River - Lake Meredith (Texas) 5 Lake Perris (California) 5 Oklawaha River - Rodman Reservoir (Florida) 5 North Concho River - O. C. Fisher Lake (Texas) 5 Flat River (Michigan) 5 Indian Lake (Michigan) 5 Caddo Lake (Texas) 5 Banana River (Florida) 5 Trent River (North Carolina) 5 Lavaca Bay (Texas) 5 Nueces River - Lake Corpus Christi (Texas) 5 Lows Creek - Toledo Bend Reservoir (Texas) 5 Santa Rosa Sound (Florida) 5 Don Pedro Lake (California) 5 Lake Kissimmee (Florida) 5 Redfish Bay (Texas) 5 Lake San Antonio (California) 5 Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta-San Joaquin River (California) 5 Little Wichita River - Lake Arrowhead (Texas) 5 Saint Marys River (Georgia Shoreline) (Florida) 5 Steinhatchee River (Florida) 5 Manatee River (Florida) 5 Colorado (Texas) 5 Elm Fork Trinity River - Lewisville Lake (Texas) 5 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Mississippi) 5 Little Elkhart Creek - Houston County Lake (Texas) 5 Guadalupe River- Canyon Lake (Texas) 5 Lemon Bay (Florida) 5 Manistee Lake (Michigan) 5 Red River (Texas) 5 White Oak Creek (Texas) 5 Murvaul Creek - Lake Murvaul (Texas) 5 Brazos River - Lake Granbury (Texas) 5 Orange Lake (Florida) 5 North Bosque River - Lake Waco (Texas) 5 Saddle Creek Park (Florida) 5 Cedar Lake (Michigan) 5 Bosque River (Texas) 5 Deer Point Lake (Florida) 5 Farmers Creek - Lake Nocona (Texas) 5 Thornapple River (Michigan) 5 Au Sable River - North Branch (Michigan) 4 Big Cypress Creek (Texas) 4 Nolan River - Lake Pat Cleburne (Texas) 4 Portage River (Michigan) 4 L-38 West Canal and Water Conservation Area 3 (Florida) 4 Rio Grande River (Texas) 4 Green Lake (Michigan) 4 Lake Okeechobee - Harney Pond Canal (Florida) 4 Trinity River - Lake Livingston (Texas) 4 Black Cypress Bayou (Texas) 4 New Melones Reservoir (California) 4 Miami Canal (Florida) 4 Escambia Bay (Florida) 4 Grand Lagoon - St. Andrew Bay (Florida) 4 St. Johns River - Lake George (Florida) 4 Hiwassee River (North Carolina) 4 Alafia River (Florida) 4 Lake Bellaire (Michigan) 4 Lake Ray Roberts (Texas) 4 Cedar Creek Lake (Texas) 4 Thunder Bay River (Michigan) 4 Lake Conroe (Texas) 4 Crescent City Harbor (California) 4 Crystal River - Kings Bay (Florida) 4 San Luis Reservoir (California) 4 Rio Grande - Falcon International Reservoir (Texas) 4 East Galveston Bay (Texas) 4 Mosaic Lakes FMA - (Florida) 4 Bucks Lake (California) 4 Hogset Lake (Michigan) 4 Caloosahatchee Canal (Florida) 4 Catawba River (Mountain Island Lake) (North Carolina) 4 Rush Creek - Proctor Lake (Texas) 4 Silver River (Michigan) 4 Martin Creek - Martin Creek Lake (Texas) 4 Pease River (Texas) 4 West Frio River (Texas) 4 Walnut Creek - Joe Pool Lake (Texas) 4 South Fork Guadalupe (Texas) 4 Horseshoe Lake (Michigan) 4 Perquimans River (North Carolina) 4 Caney Creek - Cedar Creek Reservoir (Texas) 4 San Francisco Bay-North Bay (California) 4 Dan River (North Carolina) 4 Tamarack Lake (Michigan) 4 Lake Miccosukee (Florida) 4 Wichita River (Texas) 4 Perdido River (Florida) 4 South Branch Au Sable River (Michigan) 4 Lower Laguna Madre (Texas) 4 Onion Creek (Texas) 4 Pensacola Bay - East Bay (Florida) 4 Lake Fork Creek (Texas) 4 Little Muskegon River (Michigan) 4 Hurricane Lake (Florida) 4 French Broad River (North Carolina) 4 Walloon Lake (Michigan) 4 San Bernard River (Texas) 4 Colorado River - Lake Buchanan (Texas) 4 Monterey Bay (California) 4 Erie Canal (New York) 4 Sulphur River (Texas) 4 Lake Davis (California) 4 Rogue River (Michigan) 4 Salton Sea (California) 4 Clear Fork (Texas) 4 Perdido Bay (Florida) 4 Pee Dee River (Lake Tillery) (North Carolina) 4 T.M. Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area (Florida) 4 Gun Lake (Michigan) 4 Grand Traverse Bay (Michigan) 4 St. Andrew Bay (Florida) 4 Perch Lake (Michigan) 4 Pike Lake (Michigan) 4 White Rock Creek - White Rock Lake (Texas) 4 Crescent Lake (Florida) 4 West Fork Trintiy River - Lake Worth (Texas) 4 Wichita River - Lake Kemp (Texas) 4 Hubbard Creek - Hubbard Creek Reservoir (Texas) 4 Paint River (Michigan) 4 Big Sandy Creek - Lake Winnsboro (Texas) 4 Yadkin River (W. Kerr Scott Reservoir) (North Carolina) 4 Castaic Lake (California) 4 Rifle River (Michigan) 4 Porter Lake (Florida) 4 Lake Mary (Michigan) 3 Choctawhatchee Bay - Cinco Bayou (Florida) 3 Matlacha Pass (Florida) 3 Naples Bay (Florida) 3 Chain-O-Lakes (Florida) 3 Village Creek - Lake Arlington (Texas) 3 Webb Lake (Florida) 3 Little Tennessee River (North Carolina) 3 Loon Lake (Michigan) 3 Silver Lake (California) 3 Leon River - Lake Leon (Texas) 3 Withlacoochee River (North Florida) (Florida) 3 Bastrop Bayou (Texas) 3 Tres Palacios Bay (Texas) 3 McDonald Lake (Michigan) 3 Chambers Creek - Richland Chambers Reservoir (Texas) 3 West Fork San Jacinto River - Lake Houston (Texas) 3 Lake Sam Rayburn (Texas) 3 Pretty Lake (Michigan) 3 Alligator Lake (Florida) 3 St. Lucie Canal (Florida) 3 Pecos River - Red Bluff Reservoir (Texas) 3 Deer Lake (Michigan) 3 Gunsolus Creek - Lake Daniel (Texas) 3 Marina Del Rey (California) 3 South Yadkin River (North Carolina) 3 Brady Creek - Brady Creek Reservoir (Texas) 3 Beaverdam Creek - Falls Lake (North Carolina) 3 Lake Yale (Florida) 3 White River - White River Lake (Texas) 3 Blanco (Texas) 3 Catawba River (Lake Hickory) (North Carolina) 3 Hords Creek - Hords Creek Lake (Texas) 3 Black Creek - Choctawhatchee River (Florida) 3 Lake McClure (California) 3 Tomoka River (Florida) 3 Fish Lake (Michigan) 3 New River (North Carolina) 3 Tamiami Canal (Florida) 3 Dead River (Michigan) 3 Chocolay River (Michigan) 3 Peshekee River - Lake Michigamme (Michigan) 3 Lake Amistad (Texas) 3 Colorado River - Lake Austin (Texas) 3 Bayou Loco - Lake Nacogdoches (Texas) 3 San Joaquin River (California) 3 Chokoloskee Bay (Florida) 3 Middle Concho River (Texas) 3 White Oak Creek - Lake Sulphur Springs (Texas) 3 Cedar River (Michigan) 3 Saint Charles Bay (Texas) 3 Lake Parker (Florida) 3 South Llano River (Texas) 3 Wakulla River (Florida) 3 Diamond Lake (Michigan) 3 Hubbard Lake (Michigan) 3 Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (Florida) 3 Elm Creek - Lake Fort Phantom Hill (Texas) 3 South Bosque River - Lake Waco (Texas) 3 Yadkin River (Badin Lake) (North Carolina) 3 Cranberry Lake (Michigan) 3 Galveston Channel (Texas) 3 Withlacoochee River - Silver Lake (Florida) 3 St. Marys River (Florida) 3 Haines Creek (Florida) 3 Rose Lake (Michigan) 3 Kelly Creek - Greenbelt Reservoir (Texas) 3 Rim Canal (Florida) 3 West Branch Chipewa River - Tubbs Lake (Michigan) 3 Lake Dora (Florida) 3 Murray Lake (Michigan) 3 Yellow House Draw (Texas) 3 Stewart Creek - Lewisville Lake (Texas) 3 Lake Eustis (Florida) 3 Tahquamenon River (Michigan) 3 Milakokia Lake (Michigan) 3 Palo Pinto Creek - Lake Palo Pinto (Texas) 3 Little Tennessee River (Fontana Lake) (North Carolina) 3 Noyo River (California) 3 Twin Lakes (Michigan) 3 Intermediate Lake (Michigan) 3 St. Joseph Sound (Florida) 3 Half Moon Lake (Michigan) 3 Petaluma River (California) 3 Colorado River- Lake Austin (Texas) 3 Prarie Dog Town Fork Red River (Texas) 3 Henry Lake (Michigan) 3 Fishing Creek (Florida) 3 Lake Seminole - Flint River (Florida) 3 West Fork Trinity Fork - Eagle Mountain Lake (Texas) 3 Kaweah Reservoir (California) 3 Iron Gate Reservoir (California) 3 Crystal River (Florida) 3 Little Grass Valley Reservoir (California) 3 Lake Dorr (Florida) 3 Catfish Creek (Texas) 3 Pickerel Lake (Michigan) 3 Aucilla River (Florida) 3 Sanders Creek (Texas) 3 Big Lake (Michigan) 3 Salt Fork of the Brazos River (Texas) 3 Pine Log Creek (Florida) 3 Bodega Bay (California) 3 Silverwood Lake (California) 3 Whiskeytown Lake (California) 3 Black River (Michigan) 3 Eagle Lake (Hamilton County) (Florida) 3 Dry Creek - Lake Quitman (Texas) 3 Tolomato River (Florida) 3 West Fork Trinity River - Lake Bridgeport (Texas) 3 Horse Creek - Palo Duro Reservoir (Texas) 3 Ochlockonee Bay (Florida) 3 Lake Pierce (Florida) 3 Hiwassee River (Hiwassee Lake) (North Carolina) 3 Little Cypress Creek (Texas) 3 North Fork San Gabriel River - Lake Georgetown (Texas) 3 East Fork Frio River (Texas) 3 South Manisitique Lake (Michigan) 3 Lake Natoma (California) 3

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Dataset

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

6,901 Boat ramps
2,748 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.

  • Suwannee River in Florida has the most public boat ramps of any single waterway we track, with 53.
  • Florida has more distinct waterways with public ramps than any other state, with 891.
  • Clear Lake appears in our data across 4 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 89% 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.