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Boat ramps near Traverse City
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Boat ramps near Traverse City

12 stops5 watersUpdated Nov 6

71 public boat ramps on published waters near Traverse City.

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

Lake Michigan

Recorded in Lake Michigan: Alewife, Common Carp, Rainbow Trout, and Brown Trout.

Surveyed depths in Lake Michigan reach 902 ft.

Lake Michigan2 min · 0.6 mi
Lake

Lake Michigan

Mason

62

max 902 ft · surveyed

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  1. 1Boardman River: boat ramp on Lake Michigan, ≈ 0.3 mi from downtown.
  2. 2Clinch Memorial: boat ramp on Lake Michigan, ≈ 0.4 mi from downtown.
  3. 3Elmwood Township Marina: boat ramp on Lake Michigan, ≈ 2.2 mi from downtown.
  4. 4East Arm: boat ramp on Lake Michigan, ≈ 4.3 mi from downtown.
  5. 7Sayler Park: boat ramp on Lake Michigan, ≈ 8.8 mi from downtown.
  6. 9West Arm: boat ramp on Lake Michigan, ≈ 10.1 mi from downtown.
  7. 10Bowers Harbor: boat ramp on Lake Michigan, ≈ 10.3 mi from downtown.

Silver Lake

Recorded in Silver Lake: Walleye, Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, and Rock Bass.

Surveyed depths in Silver Lake reach 96 ft.

Silver Lake9 min · 6.5 mi
Lake

Silver Lake

Grand Traverse

5

max 96 ft · surveyed

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  1. 5Silver Lake: boat ramp on Silver Lake, ≈ 5.1 mi from downtown.

Long Lake

Recorded in Long Lake: Walleye, Largemouth Bass, White Sucker, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Long Lake reach 88 ft.

Long Lake13 min · 9.3 mi
Lake

Long Lake

Grand Traverse

7

max 88 ft · surveyed

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  1. 6Crescent Shores: boat ramp on Long Lake, ≈ 7.7 mi from downtown.

Lake Leelanau

Recorded in Lake Leelanau: Lake Trout, Cisco, and Lake Whitefish.

Surveyed depths in Lake Leelanau reach 62 ft.

Lake Leelanau15 min · 9.1 mi
Lake

Lake Leelanau

Leelanau

3

max 62 ft · surveyed

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  1. 8Lake Leelanau East: boat ramp on Lake Leelanau, ≈ 8.9 mi from downtown.

Duck Lake

Recorded in Duck Lake: Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Cisco, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Duck Lake reach 98 ft.

Duck Lake22 min · 15.1 mi
Lake

Duck Lake

Grand Traverse

11

max 98 ft · surveyed

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  1. 11Interlochen State Park - Duck Lake: boat ramp on Duck Lake, ≈ 11.5 mi from downtown.
  2. 12Interlochen State Park - South Campgound: boat ramp on Duck Lake, ≈ 11.6 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Goldfish and Rainbow Trout are at peak around Traverse City in November. Grass Carp bites well.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Traverse City 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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