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Lowell Recreation Park Boat Launch

Lowell Recreation Park Boat Launch is a free public boat ramp on the Grand River near Lowell, Michigan.

Aerial view of the concrete ramp into the Grand River and the gravel turnaround, August 2022
Aerial view of the concrete ramp into the Grand River and the gravel turnaround, August 2022 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map

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
Fee
Free
Ramp surface
concrete
Website
lowellmi.gov
Coordinates
42.92589, -85.34163

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Conditions

Water level

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USGS gauge GRAND RIVER AT ADA, MI, 7.2 mi from this launch on Grand River: water level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.

On Grand River

The Grand River is a river in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, 252 miles long and the longest river in the state. It rises from springs in Somerset Township, Hillsdale County, and flows generally northwest through Jackson, Eaton Rapids, Dimondale, Lansing, Grand Ledge, Portland, Ionia, Lowell and Grand Rapids. It enters Lake Michigan at Grand Haven. Over its course it drops from 1,260 feet to 577 feet, and its basin drains 5,572 square miles. Its tributaries include the Red Cedar, Looking Glass, Maple, Flat, Thornapple and Rogue rivers. Grand Rapids was named for a mile-long stretch of rapids that was submerged by dams built starting in 1835. More about Grand River.

Boating rules on Grand River

  • Slow-no-wake from the Grand Haven entrance channel pierhead upstream to the South Channel confluence source
  • Slow-no-wake throughout South Channel, Grand Haven source
  • Slow-no-wake from 3,200 feet below to 1,000 feet above the Grand Trunk Railway bridge, Grand Haven, plus a zone on the Ferrysburg side source
  • Slow-no-wake from the US 31 bridge upstream to Beechtree Street, Grand Haven source
  • Slow-no-wake for 3,500 feet upstream of the Indian Channel confluence (Crockery and Robinson townships) source
  • Slow-no-wake from 2,500 feet downstream to 1,500 feet upstream of 120th Avenue source
  • Slow-no-wake in section 1 of Grand Haven Township, and around Dick's Landing marina source
  • Slow-no-wake within 200 feet of the north shore for 4,000 feet east of the Spring Lake entrance source

Community

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Sources

Why it is listed as public: www.lowellmi.gov: rustic camping facilities, and a boat launch on the Grand River. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.