Michigan / Grand River /
McArthur River Park
Boat ramp · on Grand River · near Eaton Rapids · Michigan
Open per Michigan DNR Boating Access Sites's data, updated weekly. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Free
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Ramp surface
- concrete
- Trailer parking
- 3 spaces
- Restrooms
- No
- Managed by
- Municipal
- Coordinates
- 42.50483, -84.64867
On Grand River
The Grand River is a river in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, 252 miles long and the longest river in the state. It rises from springs in Somerset Township, Hillsdale County, and flows generally northwest through Jackson, Eaton Rapids, Dimondale, Lansing, Grand Ledge, Portland, Ionia, Lowell and Grand Rapids. It enters Lake Michigan at Grand Haven. Over its course it drops from 1,260 feet to 577 feet, and its basin drains 5,572 square miles. Its tributaries include the Red Cedar, Looking Glass, Maple, Flat, Thornapple and Rogue rivers. Grand Rapids was named for a mile-long stretch of rapids that was submerged by dams built starting in 1835. More about Grand River.
Boating rules on Grand River
- Slow-no-wake from the Grand Haven entrance channel pierhead upstream to the South Channel confluence source
- Slow-no-wake throughout South Channel, Grand Haven source
- Slow-no-wake from 3,200 feet below to 1,000 feet above the Grand Trunk Railway bridge, Grand Haven, plus a zone on the Ferrysburg side source
- Slow-no-wake from the US 31 bridge upstream to Beechtree Street, Grand Haven source
- Slow-no-wake for 3,500 feet upstream of the Indian Channel confluence (Crockery and Robinson townships) source
- Slow-no-wake from 2,500 feet downstream to 1,500 feet upstream of 120th Avenue source
- Slow-no-wake in section 1 of Grand Haven Township, and around Dick's Landing marina source
- Slow-no-wake within 200 feet of the north shore for 4,000 feet east of the Spring Lake entrance source
Community
Where people who use Grand River talk about it.
- Lower Grand River Organization of Watersheds (LGROW) - Grand River Water Trail Association
- Middle Grand River Organization of Watersheds (MGROW) Association
- Upper Grand River Watershed Alliance - Water Trails Association
- Lower Grand River Organization of Watersheds - Grand Valley Metro Council (Facebook) Facebook
- MGROW (Facebook) Facebook
- Grand River Fishing Report - Werkman Outfitters Forum
- Grand boat access - Michigan Sportsman forum Forum
- Search Reddit: r/Michigan Reddit
- Search all of Reddit for Grand River, Michigan Reddit
Nearby launches
- Bunker Road · 3.5 mi · Grand River
- Gale Road · 3.7 mi · Grand River
- McNamara Landing · 5.9 mi · Grand River
- Burchard Park · 7.9 mi · Grand River
- Narrow Lake Boat Launch · 8.2 mi · Narrow Lake
- Tompkins Bridge · 9.6 mi · Grand River
Sources
- Michigan DNR Boating Access Sites record 12114ad8-4eec-4941-a059-54fb66b8d85f · Public record; "no restrictions on use, reproduction, or distribution"
- OpenStreetMap n3465951447 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Michigan DNR Boating Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.