Boat Ramps in Texas
We list 2,531 public boat ramps and launches in Texas, spread across 210 counties. The waterbodies with the most listed launches are Toledo Bend Reservoir (51), Brazos River (48), Pecos River (42), Lake O' The Pines (40), Colorado River (38).
2,184 listings include official facility details (lanes, parking, fees, restrooms and more where reported) from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD); the rest come from OpenStreetMap.
Before you launch: boat registration in Texas is handled by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and fishing licenses are sold by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Map shows a sample of 507 launches; open a county for every ramp.
Counties in Texas
- Anderson County (15)
- Angelina County (12)
- Aransas County (13)
- Archer County (6)
- Atascosa County (7)
- Austin County (5)
- Bandera County (5)
- Bastrop County (10)
- Baylor County (10)
- Bell County (27)
- Bexar County (68)
- Blanco County (5)
- Borden County (1)
- Bosque County (24)
- Bowie County (15)
- Brazoria County (28)
- Brazos County (4)
- Brewster County (5)
- Briscoe County (4)
- Brown County (11)
- Burleson County (8)
- Burnet County (18)
- Caldwell County (6)
- Calhoun County (8)
- Callahan County (3)
- Cameron County (59)
- Camp County (6)
- Cass County (13)
- Chambers County (19)
- Cherokee County (27)
- Childress County (4)
- Clay County (13)
- Coke County (14)
- Coleman County (14)
- Collin County (22)
- Collingsworth County (1)
- Colorado County (6)
- Comal County (35)
- Comanche County (14)
- Concho County (4)
- Cooke County (8)
- Coryell County (18)
- Crane County (2)
- Crockett County (7)
- Crosby County (5)
- Dallas County (21)
- DeWitt County (5)
- Deaf Smith County (1)
- Delta County (4)
- Denton County (46)
- Dimmit County (5)
- Donley County (5)
- Eastland County (7)
- Edwards County (5)
- El Paso County (2)
- Ellis County (13)
- Erath County (5)
- Falls County (5)
- Fannin County (15)
- Fayette County (4)
- Fisher County (7)
- Foard County (1)
- Fort Bend County (2)
- Franklin County (10)
- Freestone County (11)
- Frio County (2)
- Galveston County (35)
- Garza County (5)
- Gillespie County (16)
- Goliad County (6)
- Gonzales County (6)
- Gray County (3)
- Grayson County (48)
- Gregg County (4)
- Grimes County (2)
- Guadalupe County (7)
- Hall County (3)
- Hamilton County (17)
- Hansford County (4)
- Hardeman County (4)
- Hardin County (5)
- Harris County (60)
- Harrison County (19)
- Haskell County (7)
- Hays County (16)
- Hemphill County (1)
- Henderson County (20)
- Hidalgo County (2)
- Hill County (23)
- Hockley County (1)
- Hood County (7)
- Hopkins County (8)
- Houston County (4)
- Howard County (2)
- Hunt County (34)
- Hutchinson County (4)
- Irion County (6)
- Jack County (5)
- Jackson County (14)
- Jasper County (10)
- Jefferson County (19)
- Johnson County (9)
- Jones County (13)
- Karnes County (9)
- Kaufman County (8)
- Kendall County (15)
- Kenedy County (2)
- Kent County (1)
- Kerr County (33)
- Kimble County (6)
- Kleberg County (9)
- Knox County (6)
- La Salle County (4)
- Lamar County (17)
- Lampasas County (1)
- Lee County (1)
- Leon County (5)
- Liberty County (10)
- Limestone County (21)
- Lipscomb County (1)
- Live Oak County (7)
- Llano County (20)
- Loving County (3)
- Lubbock County (12)
- Madison County (6)
- Marion County (51)
- Mason County (6)
- Matagorda County (20)
- Maverick County (1)
- McCulloch County (10)
- McLennan County (52)
- McMullen County (6)
- Medina County (11)
- Menard County (11)
- Milam County (3)
- Mills County (5)
- Mitchell County (6)
- Montague County (6)
- Montgomery County (32)
- Moore County (4)
- Morris County (8)
- Nacogdoches County (14)
- Navarro County (20)
- Newton County (6)
- Nolan County (2)
- Nueces County (18)
- Ochiltree County (1)
- Oldham County (1)
- Orange County (9)
- Palo Pinto County (43)
- Panola County (30)
- Parker County (3)
- Pecos County (14)
- Polk County (12)
- Potter County (5)
- Presidio County (2)
- Rains County (14)
- Randall County (6)
- Real County (19)
- Red River County (1)
- Reeves County (9)
- Refugio County (1)
- Roberts County (1)
- Robertson County (3)
- Rockwall County (5)
- Runnels County (11)
- Rusk County (7)
- Sabine County (42)
- San Augustine County (14)
- San Jacinto County (8)
- San Patricio County (7)
- San Saba County (5)
- Scurry County (3)
- Shackelford County (2)
- Shelby County (18)
- Smith County (25)
- Somervell County (8)
- Starr County (4)
- Stephens County (9)
- Stonewall County (4)
- Sutton County (1)
- Tarrant County (57)
- Taylor County (6)
- Throckmorton County (4)
- Titus County (18)
- Tom Green County (80)
- Travis County (51)
- Trinity County (10)
- Tyler County (6)
- Upshur County (7)
- Uvalde County (13)
- Val Verde County (26)
- Van Zandt County (12)
- Victoria County (7)
- Walker County (12)
- Waller County (4)
- Ward County (9)
- Washington County (8)
- Webb County (3)
- Wharton County (1)
- Wichita County (9)
- Wilbarger County (2)
- Willacy County (5)
- Williamson County (9)
- Wilson County (15)
- Wise County (11)
- Wood County (53)
- Young County (8)
- Zapata County (10)
- Zavala County (5)
Popular lakes & rivers in Texas
- Toledo Bend Reservoir (51)
- Brazos River (48)
- Pecos River (42)
- Lake O' The Pines (40)
- Colorado River (38)
- Lake Texoma (38)
- Laguna Madre (37)
- Sabine River (37)
- Possum Kingdom Lake (32)
- Guadalupe River (29)
- Leon River (29)
- Neches River (27)
- Guadalupe (24)
- Lake Livingston (24)
- Lake Fork (23)
- Medina River (23)
- Canyon Lake (22)
- Lake Tawakoni (21)
- Lewisville Lake (21)
- Lake Conroe (20)
- Lake Travis (20)
- Lake Whitney (20)
- Nueces River (20)
- Richland Chambers Reservoir (20)
- Belton Lake (19)
- Lavon Lake (19)
- San Antonio River (19)
- Trinity River (19)
- Clear Fork of the Brazos River (18)
- Pedernales River (18)
- Colorado (16)
- Lake Palestine (16)
- Salado River (16)
- San Marcos (16)
- Lake Limestone (15)
- Lake Sam Rayburn (15)
- North Bosque River (15)
- Nueces (15)
- San Saba River (15)
- South Concho River (15)
- Amistad Reservoir (14)
- O. C. Fisher Reservoir (14)
- San Jacinto River (14)
- Wright Patman Lake (14)
- Cibelo Creek (13)
- Cibolo Creek (13)
- Llano River (13)
- North Concho River (13)
- Caddo Lake (12)
- Lake Fork Reservoir (12)
- Lake Nasworthy (12)
- Twin Buttes Reservoir (12)
- Benbrook Lake (11)
- Grapevine Lake (11)
- Lake Waco (11)
- Aransas Bay (10)
- Cowhouse Creek (10)
- Eagle Mountain Lake (10)
- Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River (10)
- Ray Roberts Lake (10)
Cities in Texas
- San Antonio (44)
- Austin (30)
- San Angelo (29)
- South Padre Island (29)
- Waco (27)
- Canyon Lake (26)
- Houston (18)
- Corpus Christi (14)
- Dallas (14)
- Grapevine (14)
- Wylie (14)
- Galveston (13)
- Abilene (10)
- Fort Worth (10)
- Preston (10)
- Kerrville (9)
- Lubbock (9)
- Milam (9)
- Hickory Creek (8)
- Port Arthur (8)
- San Marcos (8)
- Lewisville (7)
- Port Isabel (7)
- Baytown (6)
- Brady (6)
- Brownsville (6)
- Mount Pleasant (6)
- Conroe (5)
- Grand Prairie (5)
- League City (5)
- New Braunfels (5)
- Pine Harbor (5)
- Rockport (5)
- Aransas Pass (4)
- Arlington (4)
- Bolivar Peninsula (4)
- Buchanan Dam (4)
- Cleburne (4)
- Lake Colorado City (4)
- Lamar (4)
- Little Elm (4)
- Orange (4)
- Port Mansfield (4)
- Seabrook (4)
- Sherwood Shores (4)
- Stonewall (4)
- Sulphur Springs (4)
- Temple (4)
- Waxahachie (4)
- West Livingston (4)
- Bastrop (3)
- Beaumont (3)
- Buffalo Springs (3)
- Castroville (3)
- Denison (3)
- Denton (3)
- Gatesville (3)
- Georgetown (3)
- Gladewater (3)
- Granbury (3)
- Gun Barrel City (3)
- Highland Village (3)
- Irving (3)
- Jacksonville (3)
- Jonestown (3)
- Kingsland (3)
- Laguna Park (3)
- Laredo (3)
- Mabank (3)
- Marble Falls (3)
- Palacios (3)
- Palestine (3)
- Paris (3)
- Rockwall (3)
- Runaway Bay (3)
- Sargent (3)
- Stamford (3)
- Texas City (3)
- The Colony (3)
- Uncertain (3)
- Wichita Falls (3)
- Ballinger (2)
- Benbrook (2)
- Brownwood (2)
- Caddo Mills (2)
- Canton (2)
- Cedar Hill (2)
- Center Point (2)
- Channelview (2)
- Cleveland (2)
- El Lago (2)
- El Paso (2)
- Falcon Mesa (2)
- Flower Mound (2)
- Glen Rose (2)
- Greenville (2)
- Hallsburg (2)
- Hideaway (2)
- Hitchcock (2)
- Hudson Bend (2)
- Iowa Park (2)
- Jacksboro (2)
- Jefferson (2)
- Lake Bryan (2)
- Lake Jackson (2)
- Lakehills (2)
- Liberty (2)
- Llano (2)
- Menard (2)
- Pasadena (2)
- Pecan Acres (2)
- Port Aransas (2)
- Rio Hondo (2)
- Riverside (2)
- Rowlett (2)
- San Leon (2)
- Schertz (2)
- Selma (2)
- Smithville (2)
- South Toledo Bend (2)
- Spring (2)
- Taylor Lake Village (2)
- Texarkana (2)
- The Woodlands (2)
- Victoria (2)
- Zapata (2)