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Jordan River Boat Launch

Jordan River Boat Launch is a public boat ramp on the Jordan River near Chestonia, Michigan, run by the Michigan DNR Parks and Recreation.

Jordan River Webster Bridge
Jordan River, the water this launch is on. Jordan River Webster Bridge Photo: Tim Kiser · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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
Motors
No motors
Managed by
Michigan DNR Parks and Recreation
Coordinates
45.09347, -85.08630

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Boating rules

  • Motorboats prohibited · a zone at or next to this launch rule

From the boating rules map of Michigan Department of Natural Resources, read October 18, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

Water level

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

USGS gauge JORDAN RIVER NEAR EAST JORDAN, MI, 0.7 mi from this launch on Jordan River: water level, flow, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.

On Jordan River

The Jordan River is a 24.9-mile stream in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, flowing through Antrim and Charlevoix counties. It is the largest tributary of Lake Charlevoix. Its headwaters rise from springs in the upper Jordan River Valley northeast of Mancelona. From there the river winds southwest and west through Warner, Star and Chestonia townships, then turns north and empties into the South Arm of Lake Charlevoix at East Jordan. It drains a basin of about 100,000 acres. Near the mouth the river slows and spreads into hundreds of acres of marsh and wetland known as the Jordan River Spreads. In 1972 the Jordan became the first river designated under Michigan's Natural Rivers Program. More about Jordan River.

Boating rules on Jordan River

  • Motorized watercraft prohibited upstream of the M-32 bridge in East Jordan (Part 801, Marine Safety, 1994 PA 451) source
  • Public launching limited to designated boat launching sites (Natural River plan policy) source

Community

Where people who use Jordan River talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by Michigan DNR Boat Launches (DNR inventory layer). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.