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Lake Ontario Boat Launch near Sackets Harbor

Boat ramp · on Lake Ontario · near Sackets Harbor · New York

Invasive species

NYS DEC records quagga mussels (latest 1997), zebra mussels (latest 2012), Eurasian watermilfoil (latest 2014), European frog-bit (latest 2021), flowering rush (latest 2020) and round gobies (latest 2015) in Lake Ontario 2.1 km from this launch. Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.

NYS DEC · checked October 18, 2026

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
9
Managed by
Local government
Website
dec.ny.gov
Coordinates
43.94849, -76.12138

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

This launch has no official name in our sources; the name above describes where it is.

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Buffalo District; the one nearest this launch is of September 10, 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 LOZ045, Mexico Bay NY to the St. Lawrence River. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Channel survey

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

  • Sackets Harbor
    Condition survey of September 10, 2025 by the Buffalo District. Soundings on the sheet from 5.3 to 22 ft below Low Water Datum; the Corps maintains a 12 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 Lake Ontario

Lake in New York. All launches on Lake Ontario.

Community

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Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by New York State DEC Boat Launch Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.