Free Boat Ramps in Oregon
Oregon has 734 confirmed-free boat ramps with no launch fee. Popular free-launch waterbodies include Rogue River (Middle) (15 ramps), Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem) (14 ramps), and Willamette River (Lower) (13 ramps). Many other public ramps in the state may also be free but are not yet confirmed.
Garrison Lake
Port Orford
Columbia River (Pacific to Westport)
Astoria
Columbia River (Lake Umatilla)
Irrigon
Tenmile Creek
Lakeside
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Mill City
Tenmile Creek
Lakeside
Tualatin River
Tualatin
Snake River (Above Brownlee)
Adrian
Agate Lake
Yaquina River
Toledo
Columbia Slough
Portland
Alameda Lake
Siletz River
North Fork Nehalem River
Columbia River (Pacific to Westport)
Chetco River
Umpqua River
Elkton
Allen Creek Reservoir
Willamette River (Eugene to Harrisburg)
Eugene
North Umpqua River
Roseburg North
Ana Reservoir
Ana River
Willamette River (Harrisburg to Corvallis)
South Santiam River
Sweet Home
Antelope Flat Reservoir
Applegate River
Coquille River
Rogue River (Middle)
Smith River (Douglas)
Lake Billy Chinook
Rogue River (Coastal)
Rogue River (Middle)
Grants Pass
South Fork Coquille River
Balm Creek Reservoir
Coquille River
Coquille River
Bandon
Alsea River
Gerber Reservoir
Barney Reservoir
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
Vancouver
Prineville Reservoir
Juniper Canyon
Sprague River
South Fork Coquille River
Nehalem River (Lower)
Beaver Slough
Ben Irving Reservoir
McKenzie River (Upper)
Deschutes River (Upper)
Willamette River (Newberg Pool)
West Linn
Deschutes River (Upper)
Sunriver
Beulah Reservoir
North Fork John Day River
Big Cliff Reservoir
Deschutes River (Upper)
Three Rivers
Big Rock Reservoir
Big Swamp Reservoir
Green Peter Lake
Hills Creek Reservoir
Prineville Reservoir
Juniper Canyon
Nestucca River
Beaver
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Cascade Locks
Columbia River (Lake Umatilla)
Devils Lake (Lincoln)
Lincoln City
Columbia River (Lake Umatilla)
Boardman
Independence
Three Rivers
Fern Ridge Lake
Willamette River
Portland
Hells Canyon Reservoir
North Umpqua River
Bond Butte Pond
Nestucca River
North Umpqua River
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Albany
Bradley Lake
Little Deschutes River
South Fork Coquille River
Neawanna Creek
Seaside
Deschutes River (City of Bend)
Bend
Brownlee Reservoir
Tualatin River
Tualatin
Willamette River (Eugene to Harrisburg)
McKenzie River (Upper)
South Fork Coquille River
Myrtle Point
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Coquille River
Umpqua River
Reedsport
Bumphead Reservoir
Burns Gravel Pond
Butterfield Lake
Saunders Lake
Henry Hagg Lake
Coos Bay
North Bend
Foster Lake
North Fork John Day River
Campbell Lake (Warner Wetlands)
Alsea River
Molalla River
Canby
Yaquina River
Willamette River (Eugene to Harrisburg)
Eugene
Canyon Meadows Lake
Sixes River
Cape Meares Lake
Cape Meares
Carmen Reservoir
Cullaby Lake
Carter Lake
Necanicum River
Seaside
Wirth Lake
Salem
Catching Slough
Coos Bay
Lost Creek Lake
Willamette River (Lower)
Portland
Willamette River (Lower)
West Linn
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Wishram
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Wishram
Coos Bay
Barview
Coos Bay
Barview
Cheadle Lake
Lebanon
Galesville Reservoir
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
Fairview
Willamette River (Eugene to Harrisburg)
Clackamas River (Lower)
Oregon City
John Day River (3A - Service Creek to Twickenham)
John Day River (2A - Clarno to Thirtymile)
Clatskanie River
Clatskanie
South Santiam River
Waterloo
Clear Lake (Linn)
Middle Fork Willamette River
Springfield
Umpqua River
Deschutes River (Middle)
Eagle Crest
Cold Springs Reservoir
Clear Lake (Linn)
North Umpqua River
Glide
Williamson River
Columbia Slough
Portland
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
Portland
Coos Bay
Glasgow
Tualatin River
Tigard
Cooper Creek Reservoir
Cooper Creek Reservoir
Sutherlin
Coos Bay
Coos Bay
Applegate Lake
Hells Canyon Reservoir
Hells Canyon Reservoir
Coquille River
Coquille
Cottonwood Meadow Lake
Cottonwood Meadow Lake
Cottonwood Reservoir
Rogue River (Middle)
Prineville Reservoir
Juniper Canyon
Coyote Creek
Tillamook Bay
Cape Meares
Yaquina River
Crump Lake
Lost River Pool
Devils Lake (Lincoln)
Lincoln City
Smith River (Douglas)
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
South Umpqua River
Days Creek
Yamhill River
Dayton
Lake Creek
Deadhorse Lake
Rogue River (Middle)
Rogue River
Delintment Lake
Detroit Lake
Detroit Lake
Detroit
Detroit Lake
Detroit
Detroit Lake
Devils Lake (Lincoln)
Lincoln City
Middle Fork Willamette River
Dexter
Dexter Reservoir
Dexter
Diamond Lake
Willamette River Coast Fork
Deschutes River (Upper)
Sandy River
Alsea River
Millicoma River
Dorman Pond
Pacific Ocean (North Coast)
Cannon Beach
Rogue River (Middle)
Deschutes River (City of Bend)
Bend
Drews Reservoir
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
Gresham
Willamette River (Lower)
Portland
Snake River (Below Hells Canyon)
Duncan Reservoir
Eagle Creek
Eagle Creek
Henry Hagg Lake
Upper Klamath Lake
Columbia River (Lake Umatilla)
Arlington
Columbia River (Pacific to Westport)
Astoria
Devils Lake (Lincoln)
Lincoln City
Mann Lake
Yaquina Bay
Newport
Isthmus Slough
Coos Bay
Cougar Reservoir
Willamette River (Salem to Yamhill River)
Elbow Lake
Middle Fork Willamette River
Trent
Yaquina River
Elk River
Columbia Slough
Portland
Columbia Slough
Portland
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Coos Bay
Coos Bay
Alsea River
Willamette River (Eugene to Harrisburg)
Eugene
Expo Ponds
Central Point
South Umpqua River
Roseburg
Deschutes River (City of Bend)
Bend
Deschutes River (City of Bend)
Bend
Nestucca River
Tualatin River
Smith River (Douglas)
Clackamas River (Lower)
Fern Ridge Lake
Little Deschutes River
Molalla River
Tualatin River
West Linn
McKenzie River (Upper)
Nestucca River
Beaver
Deschutes River (City of Bend)
Bend
Clackamas River (Upper)
Eagle Creek
Fish Lake (Harney)
Fish Lake (Jackson)
Siltcoos Lake
Dunes City
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Rogue River (Upper)
Alsea River
Flagstaff Lake
Willamette River (Lower)
Lake Oswego
Siuslaw River
South Umpqua River
Fords Pond
Sutherlin
McKenzie River (Upper)
Rogue River (Middle)
Rogue River (Middle)
New River
Nestucca River
Freeway Lakes
Albany
Applegate Lake
McKenzie River (Upper)
Frog Lake (Hood RR USFS)
Garden Lake
Creswell
Umpqua River
Gardiner
Foster Lake
Sweet Home
Willamette River (Lower)
Lake Oswego
Tillamook Bay
Miller Lake
Multnomah Channel
Gilbert River
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Rufus
South Santiam River
Lebanon
Sandy River
Troutdale
Gold Lake
Rogue River (Middle)
Molalla River
Canby
Goose Lake (Lake County)
New Pine Creek
Lake Owyhee
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
Portland
Rogue River (Middle)
North Umpqua River
Isthmus Slough
Green Peter Lake
Green Peter Lake
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Middle Fork Willamette River
Oakridge
Howard Prairie Lake
Multnomah Channel
Upper Klamath Lake
Haldeman Pond
McKenzie River (Upper)
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Mill City
Lookout Point Lake
Multnomah Channel
South Umpqua River
Green
Rogue River (Middle)
Deschutes River (City of Bend)
Bend
Dorena Lake
Deschutes River (Upper)
Sunriver
Willamette River (Harrisburg to Corvallis)
Harrisburg
Hart Lake
Columbia River (Lake Wallula)
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
Portland
Heart Lake
Willamette River (Newberg Pool)
Canby
Siletz River
Siletz
Alsea River
Snake River (Below Hells Canyon)
Agency Lake
Oregon Shores
Deschutes River (Lower)
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Cascade Locks
North Umpqua River
Hidden Lake
Higgins Reservoir
Willamette River (Eugene to Harrisburg)
Santa Clara
Grande Ronde River
Winchester Creek
Middle Fork Coquille River
Clackamas River (Upper)
Devils Lake (Lincoln)
Lincoln City
Cleawox Lake
North Fork Siuslaw River
Willamette River Coast Fork
Howard Prairie Lake
Howard Prairie Lake
Alsea River South Fork
Huddleston Pond
Willamina
Hult Reservoir
Pacific Ocean (North Coast)
Pacific City
Rogue River (Coastal)
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Siletz River
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Independence
Lake Owyhee
Willamette River (Harrisburg to Corvallis)
Elk River
Columbia River (Lake Umatilla)
Irrigon
Willamette River (Eugene to Harrisburg)
Springfield
Multnomah Channel
Multnomah Channel
John Day River (1A - Cottonwood to Starvation)
Siletz River
Umpqua River
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
Portland
Middle Fork Willamette River
Jasper
Prineville Reservoir
Juniper Canyon
Santiam River
Jefferson
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Hood River
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Lyons
Empire Lake Lower
Coos Bay
Empire Lake Upper
Coos Bay
Johnson Mill Pond
Willamette River (Lower)
Oregon City
Columbia River (Westport to Willamette)
Rogue River (Coastal)
Wedderburn
Clackamas River (Upper)
Juniper Lake
Tualatin River
Tualatin
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Keizer
Columbia Slough
Portland
Klamath River
Keno
Westport Slough
Westport
John Day River (4 - Kimberly to Service Creek)
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Mill City
Tualatin River
King City
Kinney Lake
Necanicum River
Howard Prairie Lake
Salmon River (Lincoln)
Molalla River
Canby
Lake Creek
Krumbo Reservoir
Tenmile Lakes (South)
Lakeside
Deschutes River (Upper)
Yamhill River
Lafayette
Lake Billy Chinook
Lake Billy Chinook
Lake Billy Chinook
Lake Harriet
Lake Lucile
Lake Lytle
Rockaway Beach
Lake Owyhee
Lake Tahoe
Multnomah Channel
South Umpqua River
South Umpqua River
McKenzie River (Lower)
Lake Owyhee
Foster Lake
Lewis and Clark River
Sandy River
Troutdale
Suttle Lake
McNary Lake (Sauvie)
Leaburg Lake
Rogue River (Coastal)
North Fork John Day River
North Umpqua River
Glide
Trask River
Dexter Reservoir
Lowell
Deschutes River (Middle)
John Day River (3A - Service Creek to Twickenham)
Smith River (Douglas)
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
Vancouver
Green Point Lower Reservoir (Lower Kingsley)
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Luckiamute River
Lucky Reservoir (Lake County)
Willamette River Coast Fork
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Lyons
Magone Lake
Maidu Lake
Malheur Reservoir
Sprague River
Grande Ronde River
Malone Pool
Crystal Creek
Siuslaw River
Mapleton
Siuslaw River
Florence
Siuslaw River
Mapleton
Willamette River (Eugene to Harrisburg)
Phillips Lake
Rogue River (Middle)
Deschutes River (Lower)
Maupin
Columbia River (Westport to Willamette)
Willamette River (Harrisburg to Corvallis)
Multnomah Channel
John Day River (1B - Starvation to Tumwater)
Rogue River (Upper)
McKay Reservoir
Green Meadows
McKay Reservoir
Deschutes River (City of Bend)
Bend
McKenzie River (Upper)
Calapooia River
Crawfordsville
McKenzie River (Upper)
Columbia River (Lake Wallula)
Umatilla
Columbia River (Lake Wallula)
Molalla River
Willamette River (Lower)
Gladstone
Clackamas River (Upper)
Lookout Point Lake
Clear Creek
Illinois River
South Fork Coquille River
Little Deschutes River
La Pine
Middle Fork Willamette River
Dexter
Midway Reservoir
Alsea River
Alsea River
Oswego Lake
Lake Oswego
Klamath River
Deschutes River (City of Bend)
Bend
South Umpqua River
Willamette River (Lower)
Milwaukie
Minam River
Alsea River
Nehalem River (Lower)
Willamette River (Newberg Pool)
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Albany
North Fork John Day River
Monument
Moon Reservoir
Klamath River
Brownlee Reservoir
Siletz River
Clackamas River (Upper)
Upper Klamath Lake
Klamath Falls
Upper Klamath Lake
Klamath Falls
Mud Lake Reservoir
John Day River (4 - Kimberly to Service Creek)
South Fork Coquille River
South Fork Coos River
North Fork Nehalem River
Deschutes River (Lower)
Nestucca River
Pacific City
Lewis and Clark River
New River
Sprague River
Trask River
Smith River (Douglas)
Chetco River
Lost Creek Lake
Diamond Lake
Tenmile Lakes (North)
Lakeside
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Corvallis
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
North Fork Reservoir
North Fork Reservoir
South Santiam River
Coos Bay
Coos Bay
Warm Springs Reservoir
Umatilla River
Umatilla
Snake River (Above Brownlee)
Nyssa
Ochoco Reservoir
Ochoco Reservoir
Siletz River
Olalla Reservoir
Olallie Lake
Olallie Lake
Tillamook Bay
Garibaldi
Siletz River
Siletz
Olive Lake
Snake River (Above Brownlee)
Ontario
South Fork Coquille River
Umpqua River
Lake Owyhee
Oxbow Reservoir
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Yaquina River
North Umpqua River
Roseburg North
Deschutes River (City of Bend)
Bend
Emigrant Lake
Columbia River (Lake Umatilla)
Middle Fork Willamette River
Trent
Trask River
Willamette River (Harrisburg to Corvallis)
Peoria
Wood River
John Day River (Below Tumwater)
South Umpqua River
Canyonville
Columbia River (Pacific to Westport)
Astoria
Detroit Lake
Detroit
Pilcher Creek Reservoir
Pilcher Creek Reservoir
Pine Hollow Reservoir
Pine Hollow
Pine Hollow Reservoir
Pine Hollow
Garrison Lake
Port Orford
John C Boyle Reservoir
John C Boyle Reservoir
Nehalem River (Upper)
Columbia River (Westport to Willamette)
Columbia City
Plat 1 Reservoir
South Santiam River
Sweet Home
Pole Creek Reservoir
Nehalem River (Upper)
Alsea Bay
Waldport
Columbia River (Lake Umatilla)
Arlington
Columbia River (Lake Umatilla)
Arlington
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Cascade Locks
Tillamook Bay
Garibaldi
Rogue River (Coastal)
Gold Beach
Siuslaw River
Florence
Siuslaw River
Florence
Depot Slough
Toledo
Prineville Reservoir
Juniper Canyon
Powers Pond
Powers
Priday Reservoir
John Day River (3B - Twickenham to Clarno)
Prineville Reservoir
Juniper Canyon
North Fork Reservoir
Alsea River
Necanicum River
Seaside
Rogue River (Coastal)
Nestucca River
Pacific City
Columbia River (Westport to Willamette)
Rainier
Rogue River (Middle)
Devils Lake (Lincoln)
Lincoln City
McKenzie River (Upper)
Fern Ridge Lake
Siuslaw River
Tenmile Lakes (South)
Lakeside
Umpqua River
Melrose
Alsea River
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
The Dalles
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Salem
Willamette River (Lower)
Portland
Clackamas River (Lower)
Happy Valley
Smith River (Douglas)
Coquille River
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Independence
Tenmile Lakes (North)
Lakeside
Prineville Reservoir
Juniper Canyon
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Mosier
Rock Creek Reservoir (Wasco)
Sportsmans Park
Coquille River
Recreation Creek
Rocky Point
Recreation Creek
Rocky Point
Willamette River (Lower)
Lake Oswego
Willamette River (Newberg Pool)
Newberg
Owyhee River (Lower - Rome to Leslie Gulch)
Tualatin River
Hillsboro
Millicoma River
Round Valley Reservoir
Row River
Cottage Grove
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Rowena
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Rufus
Necanicum River
Seaside
Alsea River
Willamette River (Salem to Yamhill River)
Columbia River (Westport to Willamette)
St. Helens
Columbia River (Westport to Willamette)
St. Helens
Devils Lake (Lincoln)
Neotsu
Clackamas River (Upper)
Santiam River
Rogue River (Middle)
Gold Hill
Saunders Lake
Saunders Lake
Multnomah Channel
Multnomah Channel
Deschutes River (City of Bend)
Bend
Umpqua River
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
Vancouver
Umpqua River
Skipanon River
Warrenton
Willamette River (Lower)
Portland
John Day River (4 - Kimberly to Service Creek)
Shinglehouse Slough
Luce Reservoir
South Umpqua River
Dillard
Lookout Point Lake
Siltcoos Lake
Siltcoos Lake
Dunes City
McKenzie River (Upper)
Wilson River
Sixes River
Deschutes River (Upper)
Smith Lake (Smith and Bybee Wetlands)
Portland
Smith Reservoir
Chetco River
Phillips Lake
Emigrant Lake
South Lake
Diamond Lake
Phillips Lake
Willamette River (Salem to Yamhill River)
Willamette River (Lower)
Oregon City
Spring Creek
Spring Creek
Klamath River
Columbia River (Westport to Willamette)
St. Helens
South Umpqua River
Tualatin River
Rivergrove
John Day River (1B - Starvation to Tumwater)
Grande Ronde River
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Stayton
West Fork Millicoma River
Trask River
Alsea River
Siletz River
Sturgeon Lake (Sauvie)
Steelman Lake
Hoquarten Slough
Tillamook
Summit Lake
Foster Lake
Pacific Ocean (South Coast)
Sunset Lake
North Umpqua River
Suttle Lake
Sutton Lake
Swan Island Basin
Portland
Brownlee Reservoir
Rock Creek Reservoir (Harney)
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Albany
Taylor Lake (Wasco)
The Dalles
McKenzie River (Lower)
South Umpqua River
Roseburg
Deschutes River (Upper)
Columbia River (Bonneville Reservoir)
Hood River
Hood River
Hood River
Thief Valley Reservoir
Diamond Lake
John Day River (2B - Thirtymile to Cottonwood)
Green Peter Lake
South Umpqua River
Owyhee River (Middle - Three Forks to Rome)
Columbia River (Lake Umatilla)
Siuslaw River
South Umpqua River
Little Deschutes River
La Pine
Nehalem Bay
Nehalem
Town Lake
Pacific City
Crescent Lake
Trojan Pond
Grande Ronde River
Willamette River (Lower)
Lake Oswego
Tualatin River
Tualatin
Willow Creek Reservoir
Heppner
Turpin Lake (Warner Wetlands)
North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River
Westfir
John Day River (3B - Twickenham to Clarno)
Siletz River
Clackamas River (Upper)
Umatilla River
Umatilla
Umatilla River
Gopher Flats
Umpqua River
Umpqua River
Unity Reservoir
North Santiam River (below Detroit)
Upper Big Creek Reservoir (Newport)
Newport
Upper Cow Lake
Upper Klamath Lake
Galesville Reservoir
Willamette River (Eugene to Harrisburg)
Eugene
Rogue River (Middle)
Foots Creek
Wilson River
Vee Lake
Vernonia Lake
Vernonia
Lake Ewauna
Klamath Falls
Smith River (Douglas)
Eckman Lake
Waldport
Molalla River
Mulino
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Salem
Willamette River (Corvallis to Salem)
Salem
Wallowa Lake
Wallowa Lake
Wallowa Lake
Wallowa Lake
McKenzie River (Lower)
Walton Lake
Columbia River (Lake Wallula)
Columbia River (Lake Wallula)
Warm Springs Reservoir
Deschutes River (Lower)
Warm Springs
South Santiam River
Waterloo
Waverly Lake
Albany
Deschutes River (Middle)
Tumalo
Webster Pond
Willamette River (Eugene to Harrisburg)
Springfield
Davis Lake
Kirk Pond
Mann Lake
Columbia River (Pacific to Westport)
Astoria
Yaquina Bay
Newport
Haystack Reservoir
Siltcoos Lake
Dunes City
Westport Slough
Westport
Nehalem Bay
Wheeler
North Umpqua River
Columbia Slough
Portland
Green Peter Lake
Rogue River (Middle)
Siuslaw River
Wickiup Reservoir
Grande Ronde River
Columbia River (Willamette to Bonneville)
Gresham
Willamette River (Harrisburg to Corvallis)
Corvallis
Tualatin River
West Linn
Williamson River
Chiloquin
Willow Creek
Tenmile Lakes (South)
Willow Valley Reservoir
Cottage Grove Lake
Willamette River (Newberg Pool)
Wilsonville
Withers Lake
Woahink Lake
Dunes City
Woahink Lake
Dunes City
Upper Klamath Lake
Wolf Creek Reservoir
Wood River
Wood River
John Day River (4 - Kimberly to Service Creek)
North Fork John Day River
Deschutes River (Upper)
Umpqua River
Yellow Jacket Lake
Youngs Bay
Astoria
Waterbodies with free ramps in Oregon
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