Missouri / Mississippi River /
Maple Island Access
Boat ramp · on Mississippi River · near West Alton · Missouri
Zebra mussels (latest report 2001) reported in Mississippi River 860 m from this launch (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database). Clean, drain and dry your boat, trailer and gear before you leave, and do not move water, plants or live bait to another water.
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database · 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
- Fee
- Free
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Coordinates
- 38.86522, -90.15256
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (St. Louis District; the one nearest this launch is of June 4, 2026). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
On the river
River mile 200.6 on Mississippi River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, placed between its mile markers
Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers.
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Mosenthein Reach Upper Mississippi · 0.2 mi from this launch
Before-dredging survey of June 4, 2026 by the St. Louis District. Soundings on the sheet from 7 to 53.9 ft; the Corps maintains a 9 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 Mississippi River
River in Missouri. All launches on Mississippi River.
Community
Where people who use Mississippi River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Alton Riverfront · 1.7 mi · Mississippi River
- Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary West Boat Ramp · 2.2 mi · Teal Pond
- Lincoln-Shields Recreation Area North Boat Ramp · 2.3 mi · Ellis Lake
- Lincoln-Shields Recreation Area South Boat Ramp · 2.3 mi · Ellis Lake
- Columbia Bottom Conservation Area · 2.9 mi · Missouri River
- Gordon More Lake · 3.4 mi · Gorden Moore Lake
Sources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District boat ramps record 201-2584851-179 · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District); no terms stated
- OpenStreetMap n3157335457 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District boat ramps. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.