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Houghton Downtown

Houghton Downtown is a public boat ramp on the Keweenaw Waterway River near Houghton, Michigan, run by the city.

Aerial view of the waterfront ramp, pier and parking, August 2022
Aerial view of the waterfront ramp, pier and parking, 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
Car parking
20 spaces
Restrooms
No
Managed by
City
Coordinates
47.12230, -88.57533

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Detroit District; the one nearest this launch is of July 16, 2025). Not for navigation.

Conditions

Marine advisories

Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.

National Weather Service marine zone LSZ242, Ontonagon to Upper Entrance of Portage Canal MI. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Channel survey

The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.

  • Keweenaw Waterway
    Condition survey of July 16, 2025 by the Detroit District. Soundings on the sheet from 11.1 to 46.8 ft below Low Water Datum (IGLD 1985); the Corps maintains a 25 ft channel here. Survey sheet (PDF)

US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.

On Keweenaw Waterway River

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Community

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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.