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Cheboygan City Boat Launch

Cheboygan City Boat Launch is a public boat ramp on the Cheboygan River near Cheboygan, Michigan.

Cheboygan River
Cheboygan River, the water this launch is on. Cheboygan River Photo: Neuhausa (talk) · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Invasive species

Quagga mussels (latest report 2011) and zebra mussels (latest report 2011) reported in Cheboygan River 1.2 km from this launch (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.

USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · checked October 20, 2026

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
Coordinates
45.64303, -84.47587

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Detroit District; the one nearest this launch is of August 31, 2026). Not for navigation.

Boating rules

  • Slow, no-wake speed · a zone at or next to this launch rule

From the boating rules map of Michigan Department of Natural Resources, read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

Marine advisories

Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.

National Weather Service marine zone LHZ347, 5NM East of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Light MI including Bois Blanc Island. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

  • Cheboygan Harbor
    Condition survey of August 31, 2026 by the Detroit District. Least depth in the channel (Cheboygan River): 2.6 ft below Low Water Datum; project depth 8 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 Cheboygan River

River in Michigan. All launches on Cheboygan River.

Community

Where people who use Cheboygan River talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: www.michiganwatertrails.org: City Boat Launch at the end of Elm Street in the community park.. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.