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, 1 lane
DockLaunch dock
Trailer Parking12 spots · paved
Crowding The north's workhorse — steady locals, dawn regulars, twelve spots that handle it all but the odd tournament staging.
Plan B — if this lot is full Mackay Gardens canoe launch (paddlecraft, northeast shore)
Haines' LRLMD ramp (one canal north)
Haines' LRLMD ramp (one canal north)
FeeNo fee
HoursRamp open 24 hours
SeasonOpen year-round
Not Available Fish cleaning · Fishing pier · Restrooms · Pier
Scout's Notes
Ramp Quirks & Etiquette
The North's 24-Hour Door
Lake Alfred's ramp off US 17 — one concrete lane, launch dock, twelve trailer spots, free, open around the clock — is the North Chain's answer to the dawn-patrol problem. Every pre-sunrise north-side plan starts here.
Crossroads Position
Haines lies one canal north; Echo, Conine, Smart, and the lock to the South Chain wait south. Twelve spots at the middle of everything the north offers.
Highway-Side Practicalities
US 17 makes the tow trivial and the ramp findable at 4 AM. The trade is road noise at the lot — gone the moment you idle out.
Sources: FWC boat-ramp inventory (PO00022YG), City of Lake Alfred
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