Boat Ramps in Montana
We list 329 public boat ramps and launches in Montana, spread across 44 counties. The waterbodies with the most listed launches are Yellowstone River (30), Clark Fork (27), Missouri River (17), Flathead Lake (14), Madison River (13).
Listings come from OpenStreetMap; no statewide agency boat-access dataset has been merged for this state yet.
Before you launch: boat registration in Montana is handled by the Montana Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division, and fishing licenses are sold by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Counties in Montana
- Beaverhead County (16)
- Big Horn County (6)
- Broadwater County (9)
- Carbon County (2)
- Cascade County (5)
- Chouteau County (4)
- Dawson County (3)
- Deer Lodge County (6)
- Fergus County (2)
- Flathead County (36)
- Gallatin County (11)
- Garfield County (2)
- Glacier County (1)
- Granite County (11)
- Hill County (1)
- Jefferson County (2)
- Lake County (19)
- Lewis and Clark County (18)
- Liberty County (4)
- Lincoln County (25)
- Madison County (20)
- McCone County (1)
- Meagher County (2)
- Mineral County (8)
- Missoula County (32)
- Park County (18)
- Petroleum County (1)
- Phillips County (3)
- Pondera County (1)
- Powell County (8)
- Prairie County (1)
- Ravalli County (16)
- Richland County (1)
- Roosevelt County (1)
- Rosebud County (1)
- Sanders County (12)
- Sheridan County (2)
- Silver Bow County (1)
- Stillwater County (2)
- Sweet Grass County (4)
- Teton County (2)
- Valley County (3)
- Wheatland County (1)
- Yellowstone County (5)
Popular lakes & rivers in Montana
- Yellowstone River (30)
- Clark Fork (27)
- Missouri River (17)
- Flathead Lake (14)
- Madison River (13)
- Blackfoot River (11)
- Bitterroot River (10)
- Canyon Ferry Lake (10)
- Hauser Lake (8)
- Hungry Horse Reservoir (8)
- Lake Koocanusa (8)
- Rock Creek (8)
- Beaverhead River (6)
- Georgetown Lake (6)
- Kootenai River (6)
- Big Hole River (5)
- Bighorn River (5)
- Clark Canyon Reservoir (4)
- Fort Peck Lake (4)
- Swan River (4)
- Flathead River (3)
- Hebgen Lake (3)
- Jefferson River (3)
- North Fork Flathead River (3)
- Noxon Rapids Reservoir (3)
- Smith River (3)
- West Fork Bitterroot River (3)
- Browns Lake (2)
- Clearwater River (2)
- Crystal Lake (2)
- Dog Lake (2)
- Ennis Lake (2)
- Gallatin River (2)
- Holter Lake (2)
- Lake Bowdoin (2)
- Lake Elmo (2)
- Lake Elwell (2)
- Lake Mary Ronan (2)
- Loon Lake (2)
- Marias River (2)
- Middle Thompson Lake (2)
- Painted Rocks Lake (2)
- Salmon Lake (2)
- Stillwater River (2)
Cities in Montana
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge County (6)
- Happys Inn (5)
- Helena Valley Northeast (5)
- Bigfork (3)
- Billings (3)
- Pray (3)
- Missoula (2)