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Lily Pond Ramp

Lily Pond Ramp is a public boat ramp on the Keweenaw Waterway River near Hancock, Michigan, run by the Michigan DNR Parks and Recreation.

Aerial view of the ramp, a small dock and the gravel parking lot, August 2022
Aerial view of the ramp, a small dock and the gravel parking lot, 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
Ramp lanes
2
Docks
1
Trailer parking
10 spaces
Car parking
5 spaces
Restrooms
No
Managed by
Michigan DNR Parks and Recreation
Coordinates
47.20833, -88.61804

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Detroit District; the one nearest this launch is of July 8, 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 8, 2025 by the Detroit District. Soundings on the sheet from 5.7 to 28.7 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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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.