Boat Ramps in Ohio

We list 1,464 public boat ramps and launches in Ohio, spread across 88 counties. The waterbodies with the most listed launches are Ohio River (103), Great Miami River (58), Maumee River (47), Muskingum River (41), Scioto River (37).

1,226 listings include official facility details (lanes, parking, fees, restrooms and more where reported) from Ohio Department of Natural Resources; the rest come from OpenStreetMap.

Before you launch: boat registration in Ohio is handled by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Watercraft, and fishing licenses are sold by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.

Map shows a sample of 488 launches; open a county for every ramp.

Counties in Ohio

• Adams County (25)
• Allen County (13)
• Ashland County (9)
• Ashtabula County (41)
• Athens County (31)
• Auglaize County (9)
• Belmont County (12)
• Brown County (23)
• Butler County (15)
• Carroll County (6)
• Champaign County (17)
• Clark County (16)
• Clermont County (32)
• Clinton County (5)
• Columbiana County (18)
• Coshocton County (13)
• Crawford County (7)
• Cuyahoga County (32)
• Darke County (5)
• Defiance County (13)
• Delaware County (36)
• Erie County (28)
• Fairfield County (11)
• Fayette County (8)
• Franklin County (57)
• Fulton County (7)
• Gallia County (18)
• Geauga County (12)
• Greene County (16)
• Guernsey County (19)
• Hamilton County (39)
• Hancock County (20)
• Hardin County (2)
• Harrison County (7)
• Henry County (16)
• Highland County (15)
• Hocking County (12)
• Holmes County (10)
• Huron County (9)
• Jackson County (3)
• Jefferson County (10)
• Knox County (22)
• Lake County (27)
• Lawrence County (11)
• Licking County (11)
• Logan County (13)
• Lorain County (22)
• Lucas County (26)
• Madison County (5)
• Mahoning County (18)
• Marion County (19)
• Medina County (6)
• Meigs County (13)
• Mercer County (11)
• Miami County (28)
• Monroe County (9)
• Montgomery County (37)
• Morgan County (19)
• Morrow County (4)
• Muskingum County (25)
• Noble County (3)
• Ottawa County (57)
• Paulding County (10)
• Perry County (2)
• Pickaway County (12)
• Pike County (8)
• Portage County (28)
• Preble County (4)
• Putnam County (7)
• Richland County (10)
• Ross County (22)
• Sandusky County (12)
• Scioto County (17)
• Seneca County (13)
• Shelby County (16)
• Stark County (13)
• Summit County (21)
• Trumbull County (34)
• Tuscarawas County (13)
• Union County (8)
• Van Wert County (5)
• Vinton County (16)
• Warren County (22)
• Washington County (46)
• Wayne County (5)
• Williams County (14)
• Wood County (17)
• Wyandot County (6)

Popular lakes & rivers in Ohio

• Ohio River (103)
• Great Miami River (58)
• Maumee River (47)
• Muskingum River (41)
• Scioto River (37)
• Mahoning River (28)
• Olentangy River (28)
• Hocking River (27)
• Mad River (26)
• Grand River (24)
• Sandusky River (22)
• Cuyahoga River (21)
• Little Miami River, Main Branch (21)
• Little Miami River (19)
• Raccoon Creek (19)
• Alum Creek (18)
• Chagrin River (18)
• Lake Erie (17)
• Blanchard River (16)
• Stillwater River (16)
• Big Darby Creek (14)
• Grand Lake–Saint Marys (14)
• Big Walnut Creek (13)
• Mosquito Creek Lake (13)
• Ohio Brush Creek (13)
• Tuscarawas River (13)
• Paint Creek, Main Branch (12)
• Portage River (12)
• Vermilion River (11)
• Auglaize River (10)
• Kokosing River (10)
• Killbuck Creek (9)
• Lake Loramie (9)
• Ottawa River (9)
• Rocky River, East Branch (9)
• Conneaut Creek (8)
• Little Muskingum River (8)
• Mohican River (8)
• Salt Creek (8)
• Ashtabula River (7)
• Deer Creek (7)
• Hoover Reservoir (7)
• Indian Lake (7)
• Lake Erie-Portage River (7)
• Lake Erie-Turtle Creek (7)
• Little Scioto River (Northern Section of Ohio) (7)
• Pymatuning Reservoir (7)
• Alum Creek Lake (6)
• Licking River, North Fork (6)
• Little Beaver Creek (6)
• Mohican River, Black Fork (6)
• Paint Creek, North Fork (6)
• Scioto Brush Creek, North & Main Branch (6)
• Walhonding River (6)
• Buckeye Lake (5)
• Greenville Creek (5)
• Kiser Lake (5)
• Lake Erie-Sandusky Bay (5)
• Lake Erie-West Harbor (5)
• Lake White (5)

Cities in Ohio

• Columbus (30)
• Cincinnati (20)
• Dayton (17)
• Conneaut (9)
• Vermilion (9)
• Piqua (8)
• Toledo (8)
• Belpre (7)
• Eastlake (7)
• Findlay (7)
• Cleveland (6)
• Kent (6)
• Youngstown (6)
• Gahanna (5)
• Huron (5)
• Lorain (5)
• Marietta (5)
• Napoleon (5)
• Newark (5)
• Ripley (5)
• Sandusky (5)
• Springfield (5)
• Strongsville (5)
• Zanesville (5)
• Apple Valley (4)
• Dublin (4)
• Green (4)
• Hamilton (4)
• Nelsonville (4)
• Painesville (4)
• Port Clinton (4)
• Sidney (4)
• Toronto (4)
• Upper Sandusky (4)
• Westerville (4)
• Willoughby (4)
• Ashtabula (3)
• Ballville (3)
• Clarington (3)
• Cuyahoga Falls (3)
• Defiance (3)
• Delaware (3)
• Deshler (3)
• Devola (3)
• Elyria (3)
• Fremont (3)
• Grand River (3)
• Guilford Lake (3)
• Hockingport (3)
• Lake Buckhorn (3)
• Lakewood (3)
• Logan (3)
• Loveland (3)
• Maumee (3)
• Middletown (3)
• New Richmond (3)
• Newton Falls (3)
• Norwalk (3)
• Portage Lakes (3)
• Reno (3)
• Tiffin (3)
• Troy (3)
• Vandalia (3)
• Warren (3)
• Waterville (3)
• Willoughby Hills (3)
• Aberdeen (2)
• Alliance (2)
• Archbold (2)
• Berea (2)
• Bluffton (2)
• Celina (2)
• Cheshire (2)
• Chillicothe (2)
• Cinnamon Lake (2)
• Elmore (2)
• Franklin (2)
• Gates Mills (2)
• Germantown (2)
• Grand Rapids (2)
• Green Camp (2)
• Greenville (2)
• Grove City (2)
• Kelleys Island (2)
• Kenton (2)
• Lancaster (2)
• Leavittsburg (2)
• Lowellville (2)
• McConnelsville (2)
• Miamisburg (2)
• Middleport (2)
• Milford (2)
• Monroeville (2)
• Moreland Hills (2)
• Morrow (2)
• Mount Vernon (2)
• Munroe Falls (2)
• Nettle Lake (2)
• New Franklin (2)
• New Philadelphia (2)
• North Olmsted (2)
• Orangeville (2)
• Ottawa (2)
• Pemberville (2)
• Portsmouth (2)
• Put-in-Bay (2)
• Roaming Shores (2)
• Union (2)
• Van Wert (2)
• Vinton (2)
• Walton Hills (2)
• Wapakoneta (2)
• Wellington (2)
• West Carrollton (2)
• West Liberty (2)
• Worthington (2)