Event Site
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Lake Bonneville · near Hood River · Oregon
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
- Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
- Fee
- Fee charged
- Managed by
- Port of Hood River
- Website
- portofhoodriver.com
- Coordinates
- 45.71588, -121.51322
Boating rules
- SNW in the artificial lagoon, as marked by the Port of Hood River, immediately to the west of the mouth of the Hood River and Nichols Boat Basin · a zone at or next to this launch rule
From the boating rules map of Oregon State Marine Board (rules zones joined to our waters and launches; not endorsed by OSMB), read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level at Bonneville Lock and Dam · USACE
Lake level: Lake Bonneville
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Full pool is 77.0 ft (USACE, Top of Normal).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Bonneville Lock and Dam), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
On the river
River mile 168.7 on Columbia River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, placed between its mile markers
Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers.
On Lake Bonneville
Reservoir in Oregon. All launches on Lake Bonneville.
Community
Where people who use Lake Bonneville talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Jensen Beach · 0.1 mi · Lake Bonneville
- Nichols Basin Blackwater Beach · 0.1 mi · Lake Bonneville
- Waterfront Park · 0.2 mi · Lake Bonneville
- The Spit · 0.2 mi · Hood River
- Port of Hood River Ramp · 0.6 mi · Lake Bonneville
- The Hook · 0.6 mi · Lake Bonneville
Sources
- Oregon State Marine Board Boating Access Sites record 81ea0066-75a1-4875-8af5-ec9d4fe17901 · OSMB terms: cite OSMB as the source, describe modifications, no implied endorsement (ArcGIS item 63176689a50541b8863b530b29f9ea36)
- OpenStreetMap n9792902645 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Oregon State Marine Board Boating Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.