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Mississippi River Boat Launch near Keithsburg
This is a public boat ramp on the Mississippi River near Keithsburg, Illinois, run by Riverview Access Area.
- No horsepower limit
- Paved ramp
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 horsepower limit
- Ramp surface
- Paved
- Managed by
- Riverview Access Area
- Coordinates
- 41.05284, -90.93956
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 (Rock Island District; the one nearest this launch is of October 7, 2026). Not for navigation.
Boating rules
- Horsepower limit: none · all of Mississippi River rule
From the boating rules map of Illinois 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
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
On the river
River mile 424.1 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.
- Upper Mississippi River Pool 18 · 0.1 mi from this launch
Condition survey of October 7, 2026 by the Rock Island District. Soundings on the sheet from 0.9 to 25.4 ft below the pool's low control level; 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 Illinois. All launches on Mississippi River.
Community
Where people who use Mississippi River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Putney's Landing · 1.6 mi · Mississippi River
- 4th Pumping Plant Recreation Area · 1.6 mi · Mississippi River
- Wykert's Landing Boat Ramp · 2.6 mi
- Hawkeye Dolbee Access · 2.6 mi · Mississippi River
- Keithsburg Boat Ramp · 3.9 mi · Mississippi River
- Mississippi River Boat Launch near Oquawka · 6.6 mi · Mississippi River
Sources
- Great Lakes Commission Boat Access Sites (compilation, public and private) record -90.93956,41.05284 · CC BY 4.0 (Great Lakes Commission compilation); coverage and attribute completeness vary by jurisdiction
Why it is listed as public: listed by 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.