Free Boat Ramps in Tennessee
Tennessee has 522 confirmed-free boat ramps with no launch fee. Popular free-launch waterbodies include Kentucky Reservoir (48 ramps), Old Hickory Reservoir (38 ramps), and Watts Bar Reservoir (35 ramps). Many other public ramps in the state may also be free but are not yet confirmed.
Chilhowee Reservoir
Lake Graham
Red River
Adams
Reelfoot Lake
Norris Reservoir
Nickajack Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Soddy-Daisy
Holston River
Knoxville
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hendersonville
Tellico Reservoir
Normandy Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
South Holston
Chickamauga Reservoir
Holston River
Kentucky Reservoir
Norris Lake-Clinch River
Beech Lake
Lexington
Kentucky Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kingston
Kentucky Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Nickajack Reservoir
Caney Fork River
Tellico River
Kentucky Reservoir
Hatchie River
Center Hill Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Big Sandy
Watts Bar Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
Nolichucky River
Kentucky Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Watauga River
Central
Guntersville Reservoir
New Hope
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
South Fork Holston River
Bluff City
Cheatham Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Sale Creek
Chickamauga Reservoir
Sale Creek
Normandy Reservoir
Cold Creek
Dallas Lake
Chattanooga
Douglas Lake
Golliher Creek
Richland Creek
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kingston
Caney Fork River
South Carthage
Chickamauga Reservoir
Harrison
Kentucky Reservoir
Holston River
Knoxville
Norris Reservoir
Cumberland River
Kentucky Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Browns Creek Lake
Pickwick Reservoir
Cordell Hull Reservoir
Caney Fork River
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Gallatin
Norris Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Lenoir City
Cumberland River
Cherokee Reservoir
Jefferson City
Old Hickory Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
New Johnsonville
Candies Creek
Cane Creek Lake
Cookeville
Center Hill Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Cherokee Reservoir
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Louisville
Duck River
Old Hickory Reservoir
Carthage
Watts Bar Reservoir
Loudon
Old Hickory Reservoir
Gallatin
Normandy Reservoir
Center Hill Lake
Duck River
Centerville
Reelfoot Lake
Hiwassee River
Calhoun
Cheatham Reservoir
Woods Reservior
Elk River
Fayetteville
Old Hickory Reservoir
Gallatin
Kentucky Reservoir
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Knoxville
Cherokee Reservoir
Bean Station
Chickamauga Reservoir
Middle Valley
Dallas Lake
Chattanooga
Duck River
Holston River
Holston River
Church Hill
Old Hickory Reservoir
Tellico Reservoir
South Fork Holston River
Kingsport
Watts Bar Reservoir
Loudon
Calf Killer River
Sparta
Calf Killer River
Sparta
Melton Hill Lake
Oak Ridge
Woods Reservior
Tellico Reservoir
Tellico Village
Cumberland River
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Cumberland River
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Old Hickory Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Dale Hollow Reservoir
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Chattanooga
Chattanooga
Chickamauga Reservoir
Cherokee Reservoir
Bean Station
Dale Hollow Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
Bedford Lake
Kentucky Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Douglas Reservoir
Dandridge
Kentucky Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
Davy Crockett Lake
Nolichucky River
Tims Ford Reservoir
Winchester
Elk River
Kentucky Reservoir
Melton Hill Reservoir
Clinton
Norris Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Dogwood Lake
Obey River
Celina
French Broad River
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Dover
Cheatham Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hendersonville
Kentucky Reservoir
Center Hill Reservoir
Duck River
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Smyrna
Nolichucky River
Center Hill Reservoir
Center Hill Reservoir
Melton Hill Reservoir
Oak Ridge
Chickamauga Reservoir
South Fork Holston River
Tims Ford Reservoir
Estill Springs
Kentucky Reservoir
Eva
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Clarksville
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Guntersville Lake
South Pittsburg
Norris Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Woods Reservior
Chickamauga Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Friendsville
Clinch River
Oak Ridge
Old Hickory Reservoir
Garrett Lake
Chickamauga Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Hiwassee River
Delano
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Louisville
Cherokee Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Glen Springs Lake
Kentucky Reservoir
Clifton
Chickamauga Reservoir
Caney Fork River
Gordonsville
Cherokee Reservoir
Reelfoot Lake
Kentucky Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kingston
Reelfoot Lake
Hiwassee River
Kentucky Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
Beach Lake
Tracy City
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Cumberland City
Dale Hollow Reservoir
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Caney Fork River
Kentucky Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Harrison
Chickamauga Reservoir
Dallas Lake
Tellico Reservoir
Hatchie River
Stones River
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Duck River
Wolf River - Herb Parsons Lake
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Dover
Cordell Hull Reservoir
Hatchie River
Hatchie River
Bolivar
Clinch River
New River
Huntsville
Hiwassee River
Delano
Hatchie River
Hatchie River
South Fork Forked Deer River
Hatchie River
Pocahontas
Clinch River
Clinton
Hatchie River
French Broad River
Sevierville
Hatchie River
Holston River
Great Falls
Watts Bar Reservoir
Cordell Hull Reservoir
Hatchie River
Shoal Creek
Lawrenceburg
Hatchie River
Watts Bar Reservoir
Dale Hollow Reservoir
Cordell Hull Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Duck River
French Broad River
Watauga River
Hunter
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hartsville/Trousdale County
Huntsville Reservoir
Huntsville
Duck River
Cherokee Reservoir
Bean Station
Chickamauga Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Sale Creek
Duck River
Columbia
Shoal Creek
Iron City
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Guntersville Reservoir
South Pittsburg
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Smyrna
Holston River
Center Hill Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Sequatchie River
Reelfoot Lake
Tiptonville
Cherokee Reservoir
Collins River
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kingston
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kingston
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kingston
Nolichucky River
Reelfoot Lake
Samburg
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kingston
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Center Hill Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Cherokee Reservoir
Reelfoot Lake
Tiptonville
Watts Bar Reservoir
Laurell Hill Lake
Laurell Hill Lake
Holston River
Church Hill
French Broad River
Chickamauga Reservoir
Sale Creek
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Lenoir City
Kentucky Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Dover
Duck River
Kentucky Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Rockford
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hendersonville
Old Hickory Reservoir
Gallatin
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Cheatham Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Old Hickory Reservoir
Caney Fork River
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Reelfoot Lake
Tims Ford Reservoir
Lynchburg, Moore County
Tellico Reservoir
Tellico Village
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Louisville
Reelfoot Lake
Sequatchie River
Pikeville
Nickajack Lake
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hendersonville
Nickajack Reservoir
New Hope
Maples Creek Lake
Nickajack Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Gallatin
Cordell Hull Reservoir
Elk River
Elkton
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Knoxville
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Clarksville
Town of Monterey Meadow Creek Lake
Mississippi River
Cherokee Reservoir
Mississippi River
Memphis
Old Hickory Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Clinch River
Norris
Old Hickory Reservoir
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Tellico Reservoir
Greenback
Woods Reservior
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kingston
Powell River
Collins River
Hiwassee River
Holston River
Ocoee River
Benton
Kentucky Reservoir
Eva
Tims Ford Reservoir
Lynchburg, Moore County
Cheatham Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
New Johnsonville
New Lake
Norris Reservoir
Pigeon River
Newport
Nickajack Reservoir
New Hope
Douglas Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Tellico Reservoir
Cherokee Reservoir
Cherokee Reservoir
Obion River
Old City Lake
Cookeville
Kentucky Reservoir
Clifton
Elk River
Lynchburg, Moore County
Cheatham Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Hiwassee River
Old Hickory Reservoir
Oneida City Park Pond
Oneida
Norris Reservoir
Cherokee Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Sale Creek
Hiwassee River
Clinch River
Chickamauga Reservoir
Harrison
Little River
Barren Fork River
McMinnville
Kentucky Reservoir
Crump
Pickwick Reservoir
Pickwick Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Pin Oak Lake
Chesterfield
Pine Lake
Kentucky Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Dale Hollow Reservoir
Tims Ford Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Great Falls
Norris Reservoir
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Louisville
Watts Bar Reservoir
J Percy Priest Reservoir
La Vergne
Cherokee Reservoir
Mooresburg
Tellico Reservoir
Tellico Village
Kentucky Reservoir
Norris Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Center Hill Reservoir
Cherokee Reservoir
Nickajack Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
French Broad River
Norris Reservoir
Caryville
Watts Bar Reservoir
Red Bud Lake
Chattanooga
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Emory River
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Crump
New River
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Cheatham Reservoir
Ashland City
Barren Fork River
McMinnville
Chattanooga
Guntersville Lake
New Hope
Duck River
Columbia
Cordell Hull Reservoir
Gainesboro
Tims Ford Reservoir
Estill Springs
Cherokee Reservoir
Center Hill Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Barren Fork River
McMinnville
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hendersonville
Watts Bar Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Tennessee River - Nickajack Lake
Chattanooga
Chattanooga
South Fork Holston River
Spurgeon
Kentucky Reservoir
Saltillo
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hendersonville
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hendersonville
Kentucky Reservoir
Savannah
Chickamauga Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hartsville/Trousdale County
French Broad River
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Chickamauga Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Douglas Reservoir
Douglas Reservoir
Cheatham Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Duck River
Shelbyville
Nickajack Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Green Hill
Old Hickory Reservoir
Green Hill
Watauga Lake
Chickamauga Reservoir
South Fork Holston River
Spurgeon
Cordell Hull Reservoir
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Clinch River
Woods Reservior
Duck River
Old Hickory Reservoir
Gallatin
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Spring City
Douglas Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hendersonville
Pickwick Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Gallatin
Chattanooga
J Percy Priest Reservoir
La Vergne
Norris Reservoir
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Rockford
Elk River
Nickajack Reservoir
Chattanooga
Boone Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Cordell Hull Reservoir
Cumberland River - Cordell Hull Lake
Cordell Hull Reservoir
Nickajack Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Reelfoot Lake
Holston River
Surgoinsville
Kentucky Reservoir
Douglas Reservoir
Sycamore Lake
Nickajack Reservoir
Chattanooga
Nickajack Reservoir
Chattanooga
Hiwassee River
Tellico Reservoir
Lenoir City
Cherokee Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Nickajack Reservoir
Pickwick Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Chilhowee Reservoir
Tellico Reservoir
Pigeon River
Newport
Cherokee Reservoir
Bean Station
Old Hickory Reservoir
Hartsville/Trousdale County
Roaring River
Dodson Branch
Center Hill Reservoir
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
Rockwood
Tellico Reservoir
Great Falls
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Clarksville
Cherokee Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Harrison
Old Hickory Reservoir
Watauga River
Watauga
Ft. Loudon Reservoir
Collins River
McMinnville
VFW Lake
Duck River
Shelbyville
Richland Creek
Pulaski
Elk River
Prospect
Chickamauga Reservoir
Chattanooga
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)
Tellico Reservoir
Vonore
French Broad River
Baneberry
Pigeon River
Normandy Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Center Hill Reservoir
Reelfoot Lake
Watauga River
Watts Bar Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Savannah
Lake Barkley Reservoir
Cumberland City
J Percy Priest Reservoir
Smyrna
Mississippi River
Cordell Hull Reservoir
Whiteville Lake
Norris Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Saltillo
Duck River
Bluecat Lake
Shellcracker Lake
Whippoorwill Lake
Pickwick Reservoir
Watts Bar Reservoir
French Broad River
Dale Hollow Reservoir
Chickamauga Reservoir
Kentucky Reservoir
Pickwick Reservoir
Old Hickory Reservoir
Waterbodies with free ramps in Tennessee
Fee information is verified where available. Contact the managing agency to confirm current fees before visiting.