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Flat River Boat Launch

Flat River Boat Launch is a public boat ramp on the Flat River near Greenville, Michigan, run by the Michigan DNR Wildlife.

Flat River
Flat River, the water this launch is on. Flat River Photo: User:Lar (w:en:user:Lar) · CC BY 2.5 · via Wikimedia Commons

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
5 spaces
Restrooms
No
Managed by
Michigan DNR Wildlife
Coordinates
43.14998, -85.25290

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Conditions

Water level

Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.

USGS gauge FLAT RIVER AT SMYRNA, MI, 6.7 mi from this launch on Flat River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.

On the river

River hazards

Keep well clear of dams: strong currents and restricted zones above and below them.

  • Dam, 3.7 mi upstream: Greenville Dam, 14.1 ft. · Michigan EGLE dam inventory

Up to 10 river miles each way, from the agencies' inventories; not every hazard is listed and rivers change. Scout before you go.

Sources: Michigan EGLE dam inventory.

On Flat River

The Flat River is a tributary of the Grand River in western Michigan. It runs about 70 miles and drains roughly 560 square miles of Montcalm, Ionia and Kent counties. It begins as the outflow of First Lake, the last lake in the Six Lakes chain in Belvidere Township, west of Edmore. From there it flows mostly south and slightly west past Greenville, Belding and Smyrna and joins the Grand River at Lowell. There are five dams on the river, at Greenville, Belding, Whites Bridge, Burroughs and Lowell. On November 9, 1979, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission designated it a country-scenic river under the state's Natural Rivers Act. More about Flat River.

Boating rules on Flat River

  • Non-motorized boating and canoeing allowed; motorboats allowed under local rules made under the Marine Safety Act (Natural River plan) source
  • Portage needed at the Greenville, Belding, Whites Bridge, Burroughs and Lowell dams (Belding Dam portage on the left) source

Community

Where people who use Flat River talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by Michigan DNR Boat Launches (DNR inventory layer) and 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.