Iowa Boat Ramps
1657 public launches · 1000 with trailer ramps · 495 carry-in kayak/canoe launches · 20 confirmed free
Before you launch in Iowa
Links go to official Iowa agency pages.
Lakes
- Rathbun Lake (28)
- Saylorville Lake (16)
- Lake Red Rock (14)
- Black Hawk Lake (10)
- Clear Lake (Cerro Gordo County) (8)
- Fisher Lake (8)
- Lake McBride (8)
- Spirit Lake (8)
- Green Valley Lake (7)
- George Wyth Lake (6)
- Lake Manawa (6)
- Viking Lake (6)
- Densmore Lake (5)
- Swan Lake (Emmet County) (5)
- Trumbull Lake (5)
- Coralville Lake (4)
- Ingham Lake (4)
- Lake Ahquabi (4)
- Lake Anita (4)
- Lake Icaria (4)
- Rice Lake (4)
- Union Grove Lake (4)
- Big Wall Lake (3)
- Cedar Lake (Chickasaw County) (3)
- Center Lake (3)
- East Twin Lake (3)
- Geode Lake (3)
- Hartwick Lake (3)
- Lake Darling (3)
- Lake Panorama (3)
- Lake Wapello (3)
- Lost Island Lake (3)
- Mud Hen Lake (3)
- Princeton Wildlife Area Lake (3)
- Rush Lake (Palo Alto County) (3)
- Sabula Lakes (3)
- Silver Lake (Dickinson County) (3)
- Storm Lake (3)
- Sunfish Lake (3)
- Thomas Lake (3)
- Three Mile Lake (3)
- Twelve Mile Lake (3)
- West Lake (3)
- Backbone Lake (2)
- Badger Lake (Monona County) (2)
- Bays Branch Lake (2)
- Blue Lake (2)
- Dakins Lake (2)
- Don Williams Lake (2)
- Forneys Lake (2)
- Fourmile Lake (2)
- Goose Lake (Clinton County) (2)
- Goose Lake (Greene County) (2)
- Harmon Lake (2)
- Hendrickson Marsh Lake (2)
- Hickory Grove Lake (2)
- High Lake (2)
- Klum Lake (2)
- Lake Keomah (2)
- Lake Miami (2)
- Lake Odessa (2)
- Lake of Three Fires (2)
- Little Wall Lake (2)
- Lizard Lake (2)
- Lock and Dam 16 (2)
- Long Lake (2)
- Meadow Lake (2)
- Okamanpeedan Lake (2)
- Pickerel Lake (2)
- Prairie Lake (2)
- Prairie Rose Lake (2)
- Red Haw Lake (2)
- Robbins Lake (2)
- Silver Lake (Palo Alto County) (2)
- Silver Lake (Worth County) (2)
- South Twin Lake (2)
- Spring Lake (Greene County) (2)
- Summit Lake (2)
- Sunken Island Lake (2)
- Town Lake (2)
- Virgin Lake (2)
- West Twin Lake (2)
Rivers, bays and coast
- Mississippi River (94)
- Iowa River (Hardin County) (91)
- Cedar River (90)
- Wapsipinicon River (76)
- Des Moines River (Webster County) (52)
- Little Sioux River (Cherokee County) (41)
- Upper Iowa River (34)
- Maquoketa River (29)
- Turkey River (27)
- Shell Rock River (25)
- North Raccoon River (24)
- South Skunk River (Story County) (23)
- Des Moines River (Van Buren County) (19)
- Winnebago River (19)
- Skunk River (16)
- Big Sioux River (14)
- Boone River (14)
- Missouri River (Monona County) (14)
- East Fork Des Moines River (11)
- Middle Raccoon River (11)
- Rock River (11)
- Volga River (11)
- West Fork Cedar River (11)
- Big Creek Lake (10)
- East Nishnabotna River (10)
- Thompson River (9)
- Buffalo Creek (Linn County) (7)
- Rock Creek Lake (7)
- West Nishnabotna River (7)
- Yellow River (7)
- Black Hawk Creek (Black Hawk County) (6)
- Middle River (Madison County) (6)
- North Skunk River (6)
- Raccoon River (6)
- South Skunk River (Keokuk County) (6)
- Elk Creek (Worth County) (5)
- Mill Creek (Cherokee County) (5)
- Missouri River (Fremont County) (5)
- North Fork Maquoketa River (5)
- South Fork Iowa River (5)
- South Raccoon River (5)
- Boyer River (4)
- Iowa River (Louisa County) (4)
- Lime Creek (4)
- Little Cedar River (4)
- North River (4)
- Ocheyedan River (4)
- Beaver Creek (3)
- Cedar Creek (Jefferson County) (3)
- Little Turkey River (3)
- Lizard Creek (3)
- Badger Creek (2)
- Black Hawk Creek (Scott County) (2)
- Chariton River (2)
- Dugout Creek (2)
- East Fork Wapsipinicon River (2)
- Elk River (2)
- English River (2)
- Harpers Slough (2)
- Iowa Slough Lake (2)
- Lost Creek (2)
- Mill Slough (2)
- Minnesota Slough (2)
- Otter Creek (Tama County) (2)
- Tug Fork Big Indian Creek (2)
- Whiskey Run Creek (2)
- Wiese Slough (2)
Counties
- Adair County (7)
- Adams County (6)
- Allamakee County (38)
- Appanoose County (26)
- Audubon County (1)
- Benton County (14)
- Black Hawk County (66)
- Boone County (12)
- Bremer County (31)
- Buchanan County (19)
- Buena Vista County (11)
- Butler County (17)
- Calhoun County (4)
- Carroll County (8)
- Cass County (9)
- Cedar County (4)
- Cerro Gordo County (30)
- Cherokee County (20)
- Chickasaw County (9)
- Clarke County (6)
- Clay County (23)
- Clayton County (37)
- Clinton County (27)
- Crawford County (7)
- Dallas County (18)
- Davis County (4)
- Decatur County (15)
- Delaware County (19)
- Des Moines County (17)
- Dickinson County (52)
- Dubuque County (19)
- Emmet County (26)
- Fayette County (22)
- Floyd County (14)
- Franklin County (7)
- Fremont County (16)
- Greene County (14)
- Grundy County (4)
- Guthrie County (17)
- Hamilton County (12)
- Hancock County (13)
- Hardin County (43)
- Harrison County (14)
- Henry County (9)
- Howard County (11)
- Humboldt County (14)
- Ida County (3)
- Iowa County (11)
- Jackson County (41)
- Jasper County (16)
- Jefferson County (5)
- Johnson County (40)
- Jones County (19)
- Keokuk County (7)
- Kossuth County (6)
- Lee County (22)
- Linn County (53)
- Louisa County (21)
- Lucas County (8)
- Lyon County (10)
- Madison County (13)
- Mahaska County (12)
- Marion County (21)
- Marshall County (11)
- Mills County (9)
- Mitchell County (13)
- Monona County (23)
- Monroe County (4)
- Montgomery County (12)
- Muscatine County (20)
- O'Brien County (4)
- Osceola County (5)
- Page County (7)
- Palo Alto County (18)
- Plymouth County (8)
- Pocahontas County (6)
- Polk County (51)
- Pottawattamie County (22)
- Poweshiek County (2)
- Ringgold County (6)
- Sac County (18)
- Scott County (40)
- Shelby County (4)
- Sioux County (16)
- Story County (25)
- Tama County (16)
- Taylor County (5)
- Union County (19)
- Van Buren County (15)
- Wapello County (9)
- Warren County (11)
- Washington County (8)
- Wayne County (7)
- Webster County (22)
- Winnebago County (14)
- Winneshiek County (28)
- Woodbury County (18)
- Worth County (17)
- Wright County (24)