Craft Access
✓
Motorboat ✓
Kayak / Canoe ✓
Jet Ski / PWC ✓
Large 22ft+ Site Details
Conditions change rapidly due to water levels, prop wash, and weather. Always visually inspect before backing down.
RampConcrete, 2 lanes
DockLaunch and staging docks
Trailer Parking14 spots · paved
Vehicle-Only13 spots
Crowding The east forest's busiest launch on summer weekends — fourteen spots that still usually suffice; weekdays are empty-forest quiet.
Plan B — if this lot is full Lake Dorr Rec Area (~10 mi south)
Astor's St. Johns ramps (~8 mi east)
Astor's St. Johns ramps (~8 mi east)
FeeONF day-use fee
HoursRamp open 24 hours
SeasonOpen year-round
RestroomsVault toilet (1)
Not Available Fish cleaning · Fishing pier · Pier
Scout's Notes
Ramp Quirks & Etiquette
The Forest's Best Hardware
Two concrete lanes, launch and staging docks, fourteen trailer and thirteen vehicle spots, composting toilet, 24-hour access — jointly kept by the Forest Service and FWC. On a forest of sand tracks, this is the flagship.
Day-Use Fee Applies
The recreation area runs on the ONF day-use system — pay the fee or carry your federal pass; it maintains the docks and toilet you're using. The envelope station runs on trust at 5 AM, so bring cash.
Share the Shoreline
Summer Saturdays bring the swim-and-picnic crowd to the same shore — idle wide of the beach zone and launch early to beat the towels.
Sources: FWC boat-ramp inventory (LK00852EI), USFS/FWC joint facility record
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