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
Water DepthShallow, sandy, dune-lake water — 4 to 5 feet at the lake's deepest, less at the ramp in dry spells. Small hulls only, and trim up early.
DockNo dock
Trailer Parking12 spots · paved
Vehicle-Only20 spots
Crowding The modern reality: this park is loved to capacity, and in high season the entrance gates close intermittently when it fills — sometimes for hours. Early arrival isn't a tip here, it's the plan.
Plan B — if this lot is full Grayton Boat Ramp (town side, ~1 mi, 24 hrs — launch and retrieve only, no trailer parking)
Fee$5 per vehicle (park entry)
Hours8 AM until sunset, 365 days a year
SeasonOpen year-round
RestroomsModern restroom (1)
StaffedYes — ranger station at the park entrance
Not Available Fish cleaning · Fishing pier · Pier
Scout's Notes
Ramp Quirks & Etiquette
Dune Lake Front Door
One concrete lane inside Grayton Beach State Park — twelve trailer spots, flush restrooms, two picnic pavilions, and kayak and NuCanoe rentals at the ranger station. The $5 per-vehicle entry covers the launch and, not incidentally, one of America's best beaches over the dune.
Paddle Rules, Literally
Park rules keep this launch to paddlecraft and small-engine or trolling-motor boats, and jet-propelled watercraft are prohibited outright. On four to five feet of tea-dark water over sand, the rules and the physics agree.
Beat the Gate
Since 2024 the park closes its gates intermittently at capacity during high visitation — closures can last hours, and day visitors wait. Summer and spring-break mornings, be there near the 8 AM opening; campers with reservations get in regardless, which is its own argument for the campground.
The Outfall Run
The signature paddle heads from this ramp toward the outfall channel — about a mile under the tall white dunes — with sheltered coves under the 30A bridges when the sea breeze builds. If the lake happens to be flowing into the Gulf when you visit, the beach walkover view of it is worth the walk alone.
Stay Where You Launch
Fifty-nine full-hookup campsites sit on the lake's shore and thirty duplex cabins hide in the pines — both book out close to a year ahead, and both put dawn-glass water a stroll from your coffee. The 4.5-mile trail around the lake's backwaters and the Timpoochee Trail along 30A round out a car-optional weekend.
Sources: Florida State Parks (Grayton Beach), FWC boat-ramp inventory (WL00187TT), Friends of Grayton Beach, Google Reviews (2016–2026)
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