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City of Belle Glade - Torry Island Public Boat Ramp - Slim's Fish Camp

Boat ramp · on Lake Okeechobee · near Belle Glade · Florida

Open per Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC)'s data, updated weekly. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Boat ramp
Fee
Free
Ramp lanes
2
Ramp surface
Concrete
Trailer parking
17 spaces
Car parking
13 spaces
Restrooms
Portable toilet
Hours
24 Hours
Managed by
City of Belle Glade
Website
bellegladegov.com
Coordinates
26.70457, -80.71614

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On Lake Okeechobee

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida. It covers about 730 square miles of south-central Florida and is bordered by Palm Beach, Martin, Glades, Okeechobee and Hendry counties. The lake is shallow, averaging about 9 feet deep, with a maximum depth of about 12 feet. Its main tributaries are the Kissimmee River, Fisheating Creek and Taylor Creek. Water leaves the lake toward the Everglades, the Caloosahatchee River and the St. Lucie River. After the 1928 hurricane broke through an older dike, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a larger levee system around the lake in the 1930s. It was expanded in the 1960s into the Herbert Hoover Dike, which has about 143 miles of levee, along with culverts, hurricane gates and other water control structures. The lake is managed for flood control and water supply as well as fisheries. Water levels are kept higher from October through March and lower from June through August. More about Lake Okeechobee.

Boating rules on Lake Okeechobee

  • Slow speed, minimum wake zones in Taylor Creek and the Lake Okeechobee Rim Canal (Okeechobee County Ordinance 2023-0004, approved by FWC 2024) source

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Why it is listed as public: listed by Florida Boat Ramp Inventory (FWC). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.