Free Boat Ramps in Kentucky
Kentucky has 140 confirmed-free boat ramps with no launch fee. Popular free-launch waterbodies include Kentucky Lake (12 ramps), Green River - Lower (12 ramps), and Rough River Lake (11 ramps). Many other public ramps in the state may also be free but are not yet confirmed.
Lake Cumberland
Green River
Greensburg
Barren River Lake
Kentucky Lake
Yatesville Lake
Cave Run Lake
Rockcastle River
Benjy Kinman Lake
Kentucky River - Lower
Frankfort
Kentucky Lake
Paintsville Lake
Ohio River - West
Ohio River - West
Kentucky Lake
Nolin River Lake
Ohio River - West
Paducah
Rough River Lake
Grayson Lake
Buckhorn Lake
Buckhorn
Buckhorn Lake
Cumberland River - Lake Cumberland Tailwater
Burkesville
Lake Cumberland
Burnside
Lake Barkley
Kuttawa
Lake Cumberland Tailwater
Green River - Lower
Calhoun
Camp Ernst Lake
Burlington
Rough River Lake
Rough River Lake
Cedar Creek Lake
Cedar Creek Lake
Cedar Creek Lake
Taylorsville Lake
Kentucky River - Upper
Mississippi River
Columbus
Ohio River - Central
Ohio River - Louisville
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)
Ohio River - Below Cincinnati
Warsaw
Green River - Lower
Lake Cumberland
Burnside
Dale Hollow Lake
Mississippi River
Lake Barkley
Grand Rivers
Lake Barkley
Ohio River - West
Elizabethtown
Elmer Davis Lake
Lake Barkley
Rough River Lake
Ohio River - Above Cincinnati
Neville
Ohio River - Below Cincinnati
Ghent
Kentucky River - Lower
Gratz
Green River
Greensburg
Ohio River - Louisville
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance)
Tennessee River
Calvert City
Kentucky Lake
Ohio River - Central
Hawesville
Dale Hollow Lake
High Bridge
Green River - Lower
Rough River Lake
Rough River Lake
Dewey Lake
Prestonsburg
Dewey Lake
Prestonsburg
Dewey Lake
Prestonsburg
Green River - Lower
Kentucky Lake
Kentucky Lake
Calvert City
Kentucky Lake
Licking River
Ryland Heights
Kincaid Lake
Lake Barkley
Kuttawa
Rough River Lake
Lake Barkley
Lake Beshear
Dawson Springs
Lake Cumberland
Jamestown
Lake Malone
Otter Creek - Lake Reba
Richmond
Ohio River - Central
Lewisport
Fishtrap Lake
Little Indian Creek
Kentucky Lake
Grand Rivers
Lake Cumberland
Ohio River - Central
Owensboro
Kentucky Lake
Green River - Lower
Livermore
Rough River Lake
Rough River Lake
Lake Barkley
Eddyville
Kentucky Lake
Barren River Lake
Grayson Lake
Green River - Lower
Sebree
Ohio River - West
Lake Cumberland
Paintsville Lake
Kentucky River - Lower
Ohio River - Central
Owensboro
Ohio River - West
Paducah
Paintsville Lake
Kentucky Lake
Ohio River - Below Cincinnati
Petersburg
Rough River Lake
Yatesville Lake
Ohio River - Below Cincinnati
Carrollton
Taylorsville Lake
Rebel Trace Lake
Cumberland River
Green River - Lower
Central City
Yatesville Lake
Ohio River - Central
Brandenburg
Green River - Lower
Rochester
Green River - Lower
Rochester
Green River - Lower
Calhoun
Salt River
Harrodsburg
Lake Cumberland - Upper
Taylorsville Lake
Ohio River - Central
Green River - Lower
Spottsville
Booker Reservoir
Green River Lake
Rough River Lake
Green River Lake
Kentucky River - Lower
Cave Run Lake
Dewey Lake
Prestonsburg
Ohio River - Central
Uniontown
Taylorsville Lake
Ohio River - Below Cincinnati
Warsaw
Ohio River - Louisville
Westport
Mississippi River
Wickliffe
Kentucky Lake
Ohio River - Central
Dale Hollow Lake
Green River - Lower
Woodbury
Waterbodies with free ramps in Kentucky
Fee information is verified where available. Contact the managing agency to confirm current fees before visiting.