Free Boat Ramps in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 239 confirmed-free boat ramps with no launch fee. Popular free-launch waterbodies include Merrimack River (6 ramps), Connecticut River (6 ramps), and Long Pond (4 ramps). Many other public ramps in the state may also be free but are not yet confirmed.
Mill Pond
Wareham
Allen Harbor
Harwich
Alum Pond
Sturbridge
Annisquam River
Gloucester
Ashland Reservoir
Ashland
Ashmere Lake
Hinsdale
Ashumet Pond
Falmouth
Asnacomet Pond
Hubbardston
Hudson
Assonet River
Freetown
Baddacook Pond
Groton
Baker Pond
Orleans
Bartlett Pond
Northborough
Bass River
Yarmouth
Bass River
Dennis
Benedict Pond
Monterey
Big Bearhole Pond
Taunton
Big Pond
Otis
Northbridge
Grafton
Boston
Hatfield
Winthrop Town
Charles River
Boston
Cheshire Reservoir
Muddy Pond
Barnstable Town
Mystic River
Medford
Salem Sound, MA South Channel Anchorage Area
Salem
Taunton River
Somerset
Buffumville Reservoir
Charlton
Bungay River
Attleboro
Vine Brook
Burlington
Fort Meadow Reservoir
Marlborough
Cape Poge Bay Marshes
Edgartown
Hudson
Center Pond
Becket
Charles River
Brighton
Charles River
Waltham
Needham
Medway
Millis
Millis
Dedham
Boston
Dover
Chebacco Lake
Hamilton
Cheshire Lake
Cheshire
Cheshire Reservoir
Cheshire
Springfield
Wilbraham
Chicopee River
Wilbraham
Childs River
Falmouth
Cliff Pond
Brewster
Lowell
Connecticut River
Chicopee
Connecticut River
Chicopee
Connecticut River
Hatfield
Connecticut River
Northfield
Sunderland
Connecticut River
Gill
Connecticut River
Easthampton
Cook Pond
Fall River
Town Cove
Orleans
Cranberry Pond
Sunderland
Cranberry Pond
West Stockbridge
Delaney Pond
Stow
Vineyard Sound
Aquinnah
Charles River
Cambridge
East Brimfield Reservoir
Sturbridge
Eddy Pond
Auburn
Falmouth Inner Harbor
Falmouth
Farm Pond
Framingham
Five Mile Pond
Springfield
Flint Pond
Tyngsborough
Fore River
Weymouth
Weymouth Fore River
Quincy
Weymouth Fore River
Quincy
Forest Lake
Methuen
Forest Lake
Palmer
Fort Meadow Reservoir
Marlboro
Fort Pond
Lancaster
Town Cove
Orleans
Goose Pond
Tyringham
Great Pond
Falmouth
Great Herring Pond
Bourne
Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds Anchorage Area E
Chilmark
Green Pond
Falmouth
Hamblin Pond
Barnstable
Hamilton Reservoir
Holland
Hardwick Pond
Hardwick
Haviland (Chapin) Pond
Ludlow
Salt Pond Bay
Higham Bay
Hingham
Hither Creek
Nantucket
Hockomock River
West Bridgewater
Holland Pond
Holland
Ipswich
Cotuit Bay
Barnstable Town
North Adams
Williamstown
Indian Brook
Hopkinton
Horn Pond
Woburn
Bass River
Dennis
Lenox
Great Barrington
Stockbridge
Pittsfield
Iron Mine Brook
Hanover
Indian Lake
Worcester
Hundred Acre Meadow
Reading
North Reading
Jacobs Pond
Norwell
Johns Pond
Mashpee
Johnsons Pond
Groveland
Jones River
Gloucester
Jordan Pond
Shrewsbury
Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds Anchorage Area G
Edgartown
Knopps Pond
Groton
Lagoon Pond
Tisbury
Lake Attitash
Merrimac
Lake Buel
Monterey
Lake Chauncy
Westborough
Lake Cochituate
Wayland
Lake Denison
Winchendon
Lake Ellis
Athol
Lake Garfield
Monterey
Lake Nippenicket
Bridgewater
Lake Pentucket
Haverhill
Lake Rohunta
Orange
Lake Sabbatia
Taunton
Lake Saltonstall
Haverhill
Lake Winthrop
Holliston
Atlantic Ocean
Gloucester
Laurel Lake
Lee
Laurel Lake
Erving
French River
Oxford
Leverett Pond
Lewis Bay
Yarmouth
Little Chauncy Pond
Northborough
Little Long Pond
Plymouth
Little South Pond
Plymouth
Long Pond
Yarmouth
Long Pond
Sturbridge
Long Pond
Rutland
Long Pond
Littleton
Long Sought-for Pond
Westford
Lovells Pond
Barnstable
Lynn Harbor
Lynn
Madaket Harbor
Nantucket
Marblehead Harbor
Marblehead
Marys Pond
Rochester
Mascuppic Lake
Dracut
Megansett Harbor
Falmouth
Merrimack River
Lowell
Merrimack River
Chelmsford
Merrimack River
Haverhill
Merrimack River
Newburyport
Merrimack River
Methuen
Merrimack River
Lawrence
Methuen
Red Brook
Orange
Mill Brook
Athol
Tully River
Athol
Monponsett Pond
Halifax
Moosehorn Pond
Hubbardston
Mystic Lake (Upper)
Medford
Nashawannuck Pond
Easthampton
Lancaster
Nashua River Reservoir
Groton
North Pond
Hopkinton
Onota Lake
Pittsfield
Otis Reservoir
Tolland
Newbury
Pequot Pond
Westfield
Peters Pond
Sandwich
Ponkapoag Pond
Canton
Pontoosuc Lake
Pittsfield
Quaboag Pond
Brookfield
Great Swamp
Brookfield
Holland Pond
Holland
Grafton
Richmond Pond
Richmond
Rock Pond
Georgetown
Beverly Harbor
Salem
Big Sandy Pond
Plymouth
Satucket River
East Bridgewater
Robbins Pond
East Bridgewater
Schoolhouse Pond
Brewster
Scituate Harbor
Scituate
Waquoit Bay
Falmouth
Sengekontacket Pond
Oak Bluffs
Sengekontacket Pond
Oak Bluffs
Shaw Pond
Otis
Sheep Pond
Brewster
Shubael Pond
Barnstable
Lubbers Brook
Wilmington
Singletary Pond
Millbury
Slough Pond
Brewster
Winnecunnet Pond
Norton
Snipatuit Pond
Rochester
South Meadow Pond
Clinton
South Pond
Brookfield
Townsend
Stockbridge Bowl
Stockbridge
Sudbury River
Ashland
Framingham
Framingham
Sudbury River Reservoir
Ashland
Sugden Reservoir
Spencer
Swift River
Belchertown
Palmer
Taunton River
Berkley
Thousand Acre Pond
New Marlborough
Tisbury Great Pond
West Tisbury
Tispaquin Pond
Middleborough
Bridgewater
Upper Spectacle Pond
Sandisfield
Wallum Lake
Douglas
Wampatuck Pond
Hanson
Parker Mills Pond
Wareham
Ware River
Ware
Hardwick
Danforth Brook
Hardwick
Rutland
Webster Lake
Webster
Wequaquet Lake
Barnstable
West Meadows Pond
West Bridgewater
Westport Harbor
Westport
Wewantic River
Wareham
Whalom Lake
Leominster
White Pond
Concord
Whitehall Reservoir
Hopkinton
Whitman Pond
Weymouth
Wickaboag Pond
West Brookfield
Windsor Lake
North Adams
Windsor Pond
Windsor
Winning Pond
Billerica
York Lake
New Marlborough
Fort Meadow Reservoir
Marlborough
Waterbodies with free ramps in Massachusetts
Fee information is verified where available. Contact the managing agency to confirm current fees before visiting.