Boat Ramps in North Dakota
We list 310 public boat ramps and launches in North Dakota, spread across 51 counties. The waterbodies with the most listed launches are Lake Sakakawea (48), Lake Oahe (11), Missouri River (10), Red River of the North (8), Sheyenne River (7).
Listings come from OpenStreetMap; no statewide agency boat-access dataset has been merged for this state yet.
Before you launch: boat registration in North Dakota is handled by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, and fishing licenses are sold by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.
Counties in North Dakota
- Adams County (1)
- Barnes County (6)
- Benson County (7)
- Bottineau County (8)
- Bowman County (3)
- Burke County (4)
- Burleigh County (12)
- Cass County (7)
- Cavalier County (2)
- Dickey County (3)
- Divide County (1)
- Dunn County (6)
- Eddy County (4)
- Emmons County (10)
- Foster County (1)
- Golden Valley County (2)
- Grand Forks County (4)
- Grant County (4)
- Griggs County (1)
- Hettinger County (3)
- Kidder County (6)
- LaMoure County (7)
- Logan County (3)
- McHenry County (6)
- McIntosh County (3)
- McKenzie County (4)
- McLean County (37)
- Mercer County (14)
- Morton County (11)
- Mountrail County (9)
- Nelson County (9)
- Oliver County (6)
- Pembina County (3)
- Pierce County (3)
- Ramsey County (7)
- Ransom County (4)
- Renville County (5)
- Richland County (3)
- Rolette County (18)
- Sargent County (7)
- Sheridan County (3)
- Sioux County (3)
- Slope County (1)
- Stark County (3)
- Steele County (4)
- Stutsman County (11)
- Towner County (1)
- Walsh County (4)
- Ward County (7)
- Wells County (4)
- Williams County (15)
Popular lakes & rivers in North Dakota
- Lake Sakakawea (48)
- Lake Oahe (11)
- Missouri River (10)
- Red River of the North (8)
- Sheyenne River (7)
- Audubon Lake (6)
- Lake Darling (5)
- Souris River (5)
- East Devils Lake (4)
- Lake Ashtabula (4)
- Stump Lake (4)
- Jamestown Reservoir (3)
- Middle Branch Forest River (3)
- Nelson Lake (3)
- Walker Lake (3)
- Alkaline Lake (2)
- Belcourt Lake (2)
- Black Tiger Bay (2)
- Bowman-Haley Reservoir (2)
- Buffalo Lake (2)
- Carbury Lake (2)
- Crooked Lake (2)
- Dead Colt Creek (2)
- Devils Lake (2)
- Edward Arthur Patterson Lake (2)
- Fish Creek Lake (2)
- Golden Lake (2)
- Gordon Lake (2)
- Harmon Lake (2)
- Lake Coe (2)
- Lake Holmes (2)
- Lake Metigoshe (2)
- Lake Tschida (2)
- Little South Pembina River (2)
- McClusky Canal (2)
- McVille Coulee (2)
- Odland Dam (2)
- Rice Lake (2)
- Sprague Lake (2)
- Sweet Briar Lake (2)
- Wheaton Lake (2)
Cities in North Dakota
- Fargo (3)
- Spiritwood Lake (3)
- Bismarck (2)
- Grand Forks (2)
- McVille (2)