St. Joseph River Boat Launch near Saint Joseph
This is a public boat ramp on the St. Joseph River near Saint Joseph, Michigan, run by Warren Dunes SP.
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Car parking
- 150 spaces
- Managed by
- Warren Dunes SP
- Coordinates
- 42.11461, -86.48371
Directions (Google) Apple Maps
This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Detroit District; the one nearest this launch is of May 5, 2026). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
Marine advisories
Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.
National Weather Service marine zone LMZ844, St Joseph to South Haven MI. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- St Joseph Harbor · 0.1 mi from this launch
Hydrographic survey of May 5, 2026 by the Detroit District. Least depth in the channel (St Joseph Channel): 4.8 ft below Low Water Datum; project depth 21 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)
US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.
On St. Joseph River
The St. Joseph River, known locally as the Saint Joe, is a 210-mile river. It flows generally west through southern Michigan and northern Indiana and empties into Lake Michigan at St. Joseph. It rises at Baw Beese Lake in Hillsdale County and passes Mendon. At Three Rivers it is joined by the Rocky, Portage and Prairie rivers. The river then dips into Indiana through Elkhart, Mishawaka and South Bend before turning north back into Michigan past Niles and Berrien Springs. Near its mouth it divides St. Joseph from Benton Harbor and receives the Paw Paw River. Its 4,685-square-mile basin is the third-largest watershed draining to Lake Michigan, and the main stem has 17 dams. More about St. Joseph River.
Boating rules on St. Joseph River
- Slow-no wake speed from the river mouth (including Morrison Channel) upstream to the southernmost point of Radio Island, St. Joseph/Benton Harbor source
- Slow-no wake speed from the I&M dam downstream around Bachelor Island, Buchanan Township source
- Boating prohibited in a described area just downstream of the Indiana Michigan Power Company dam in Buchanan source
- Michigan Recreation Passport required at the Jasper Dairy DNR access source
Community
Where people who use St. Joseph River talk about it.
- Friends of the St. Joe River Association, Inc. Association
- Friends of the St. Joe River Association, Inc (Facebook page) Facebook
- Fishing the St. Joseph River Facebook
- St. Joseph River at Niles, MI - USGS Water Data Link
- Search Reddit: r/Michigan Reddit
- Search all of Reddit for St. Joseph River, Michigan Reddit
Nearby launches
- Riverview Drive · 1.1 mi · Saint Joseph River
- Marina Island · 1.2 mi · St. Joseph River
- Benton Harbor · 1.2 mi · Saint Joseph River
- Carronde Park · 3.2 mi · St. Joseph River
- Riverview Park Boat Launch · 3.4 mi · St. Joseph River
- Benton Township River Park Boat Launch · 4.0 mi · St. Joseph River
Sources
- Great Lakes Commission Boat Access Sites (compilation, public and private) record -86.48371,42.11461 · CC BY 4.0 (Great Lakes Commission compilation); coverage and attribute completeness vary by jurisdiction
Why it is listed as public: listed by Great Lakes Commission Boat Access Sites (compilation, public and private). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.