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Boat ramps near Grand Rapids
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Boat ramps near Grand Rapids

12 stops7 watersUpdated Nov 6

26 public boat ramps on published waters near Grand Rapids.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Grand Rapids; below are the 12 closest, grouped by water.

Green Lake

Recorded in Green Lake: Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Cisco, and Black Crappie.

Surveyed depths in Green Lake reach 60 ft.

  1. 1Green Lake: boat ramp on Green Lake, ≈ 15 mi from downtown.

Murray Lake

Recorded in Murray Lake: Muskellunge, Cisco, Black Crappie, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Murray Lake reach 60 ft.

  1. 2Murray Lake West: boat ramp on Murray Lake, ≈ 15.1 mi from downtown.
  2. 3Murray Lake East: boat ramp on Murray Lake, ≈ 15.2 mi from downtown.

Wabasis Lake

Recorded in Wabasis Lake: Walleye, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Wabasis Lake reach 50 ft.

  1. 4Wabasis Lake Park: boat ramp on Wabasis Lake, ≈ 18.3 mi from downtown.

Gun Lake

Recorded in Gun Lake: Walleye, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, and Flathead Catfish.

Surveyed depths in Gun Lake reach 68 ft.

  1. 5Yankee Springs Recreation Area Campground: boat ramp on Gun Lake, ≈ 25.1 mi from downtown.
  2. 6Yankee Springs Recreation Area Day Use: boat ramp on Gun Lake, ≈ 25.8 mi from downtown.
  3. 7Gun Lake County Park: boat ramp on Gun Lake, ≈ 26.2 mi from downtown.

Lake Macatawa

Recorded in Lake Macatawa: Walleye, Muskellunge, Largemouth Bass, and Lake Trout.

Surveyed depths in Lake Macatawa reach 40 ft.

  1. 8Kollen Park: boat ramp on Lake Macatawa, ≈ 26.2 mi from downtown.
  2. 10Canoe & kayak launch — Lake Macatawa: boat ramp on Lake Macatawa, ≈ 28.5 mi from downtown.
  3. 11Lake Macatawa: boat ramp on Lake Macatawa, ≈ 28.8 mi from downtown.

Spring Lake

Recorded in Spring Lake: White Perch, Common Carp, Gizzard Shad, and Shortnose Gar.

Surveyed depths in Spring Lake reach 42 ft.

  1. 9Petty's Bayou: boat ramp on Spring Lake, ≈ 27 mi from downtown.

Long Lake

Recorded in Long Lake: Channel Catfish, Rock Bass, Tadpole Madtom, and Banded Killifish.

Surveyed depths in Long Lake reach 57 ft.

  1. 12Long Lake: boat ramp on Long Lake, ≈ 29.1 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

Yellow Perch bites well.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Grand Rapids fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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