Oregon / Applegate Lake /
French Gulch
Boat ramp · on Applegate Lake · Oregon
Open per USDA Forest Service recreation sites (boating)'s data, checked October 16, 2026. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Free
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Restrooms
- No restroom available
- Hours
- Open 24 hours/day
- Managed by
- Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
- Website
- fs.usda.gov
- Coordinates
- 42.04805, -123.10640
Boating rules
- 10 mph limit (entire lake) · all of Applegate Lake 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 the APPLEGATE LAKE NEAR COPPER, OR. gauge · USGS, 0.6 mi away on Applegate Lake
- Lake level at Applegate Lake near Copper · USACE
Lake level: Applegate Lake
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Full pool is 1,987.0 ft (USACE, Top of Conservation).
- French Gulch: bottom of the ramp at 1,860.0 ft
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Applegate Lake near Copper), about hourly; the agency's page. Ramp elevations from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (source). Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
Lake level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge APPLEGATE LAKE NEAR COPPER, OR., 0.6 mi from this launch on Applegate Lake: lake level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On Applegate Lake
Reservoir in Oregon. All launches on Applegate Lake.
Community
Where people who use Applegate Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Hart-Tish Park Ramp · 1.0 mi · Applegate Lake
- Applegate River Access · 1.2 mi · Applegate River
- Copper Boat Launch · 2.5 mi · Applegate Lake
- Seattle Bar Day Use Area · 3.5 mi · Applegate Lake
- Acorn Woman Lakes Campground · 4.3 mi · Acorn Woman Lakes
- Seattle Creek · 17.3 mi · Klamath River
Sources
- Oregon State Marine Board Boating Access Sites record f71855f2-681b-403c-8ecd-5d2206ff11f4 · OSMB terms: cite OSMB as the source, describe modifications, no implied endorsement (ArcGIS item 63176689a50541b8863b530b29f9ea36)
- USDA Forest Service recreation sites (boating) record 5455.005121 · US federal government data, public domain
Why it is listed as public: listed by Oregon State Marine Board Boating Access Sites and USDA Forest Service recreation sites (boating). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.