Boat Ramps in Massachusetts
We list 559 public boat ramps and launches in Massachusetts, spread across 14 counties. The waterbodies with the most listed launches are Merrimack River (13), Mystic River (8), Bass River (7), Charles River (7), Eel Pond (6).
271 listings include official facility details (lanes, parking, fees, restrooms and more where reported) from Massachusetts Office of Fishing and Boating Access; the rest come from OpenStreetMap.
Before you launch: boat registration in Massachusetts is handled by the Massachusetts Environmental Police, and fishing licenses are sold by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.
Counties in Massachusetts
- Barnstable County (126)
- Berkshire County (33)
- Bristol County (36)
- Dukes County (12)
- Essex County (79)
- Franklin County (11)
- Hampden County (20)
- Hampshire County (14)
- Middlesex County (80)
- Nantucket County (3)
- Norfolk County (27)
- Plymouth County (45)
- Suffolk County (16)
- Worcester County (57)
Popular lakes & rivers in Massachusetts
- Merrimack River (13)
- Mystic River (8)
- Bass River (7)
- Charles River (7)
- Eel Pond (6)
- Long Pond (5)
- Neponset River (5)
- New Bedford Harbor (5)
- Oyster Pond (5)
- Connecticut River (4)
- Taunton River (4)
- Annisquam River (3)
- Assabet River (3)
- Bluefish River (3)
- Concord National Wild & Scenic River (3)
- Great River (3)
- Herring River (3)
- Ipswich River (3)
- Mill Pond (3)
- Porter River (3)
- Quabbin Reservoir (3)
- Rowley River (3)
- Buswell Pond (2)
- Cape Cod Canal (2)
- Chadwick Pond (2)
- Charles River Basin (2)
- East Branch (big part South) (2)
- East Branch Tully River (2)
- Falmouth Inner Harbor (2)
- Fort Meadow Reservoir (2)
- Hamblin Pond (2)
- Hoosic River (2)
- Lake Winthrop (2)
- Little Cliff Pond (2)
- Long Lake (2)
- Marston's Pond (2)
- Marstons Mills River (2)
- Mill Brook (2)
- Mitchell River (2)
- North River (2)
- Norton Reservoir (2)
- Peters Pond (2)
- Plum Island Sound (2)
- Quaboag River (2)
- Quacumquasit Pond (2)
- Quinebaug River (2)
- Rock Harbor Creek (2)
- South River (2)
- South Watuppa Pond (2)
- Stage Harbor (2)
- Wequaquet Lake (2)
- Weymouth Back River (2)
- Windsor Pond (2)
Cities in Massachusetts
- Boston (13)
- Barnstable Town (12)
- Gloucester (10)
- Haverhill (7)
- Newburyport (7)
- Pocasset (7)
- Provincetown (6)
- South Yarmouth (6)
- West Chatham (6)
- Woods Hole (6)
- Taunton (5)
- West Dennis (5)
- Athol (4)
- Chatham (4)
- Fall River (4)
- Medford (4)
- Salisbury (4)
- Scituate (4)
- Cochituate (3)
- Danvers (3)
- Duxbury (3)
- East Falmouth (3)
- Easthampton Town (3)
- Framingham (3)
- Hull (3)
- Lowell (3)
- Marblehead (3)
- Methuen Town (3)
- Milton (3)
- New Bedford (3)
- New Seabury (3)
- Northwest Harwich (3)
- Pittsfield (3)
- Salem (3)
- Springfield (3)
- Wareham Center (3)
- Weymouth Town (3)
- Amesbury Town (2)
- Arlington (2)
- Beverly (2)
- Bridgewater Town (2)
- Chicopee (2)
- East Dennis (2)
- East Harwich (2)
- Falmouth (2)
- Forestdale (2)
- Ipswich (2)
- Lawrence (2)
- Littleton Common (2)
- Lynn (2)
- Madaket (2)
- Marlborough (2)
- Mashpee Neck (2)
- Monomoscoy Island (2)
- North Adams (2)
- North Attleborough Town (2)
- North Falmouth (2)
- Orleans (2)
- Palmer Town (2)
- Reading (2)
- Seconsett Island (2)
- Somerset (2)
- Somerville (2)
- Waltham (2)
- Watertown Town (2)
- Wellesley (2)
- Wilmington (2)
- Winthrop Town (2)
- Woburn (2)