North Dakota / Lake Sakakawea /
Red Butte Bay
Boat ramp · on Lake Sakakawea · near Twin Buttes / cuuk gaamaaʔuush / Tííru’pa Pshíí Wóónis · North Dakota
North Dakota Game and Fish has found curly-leaf pondweed (found 2021) in Lake Sakakawea 830 m 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.
North Dakota Game and Fish · checked October 18, 2026
Listed as closed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department Boating Access Sites: Not Usable
source · checked October 18, 2026
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Ramp surface
- Concrete and plank
- Managed by
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Coordinates
- 47.54255, -102.10060
Depth contours in feet from North Dakota Game and Fish (fieldwork 2020). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level at Garrison Dam & Reservoir · USACE
Lake level: Lake Sakakawea
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Full pool is 1,837.5 ft (USACE, Top of Conservation).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Garrison Dam & Reservoir), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
On Lake Sakakawea
Reservoir in North Dakota. All launches on Lake Sakakawea.
Community
Where people who use Lake Sakakawea talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Indian Hills Resort 2nd Low-water Ramp · 4.0 mi · Lake Sakakawea
- Indian Hills Resort · 4.4 mi · Lake Sakakawea
- Beaver Creek Bay COE Low-water Ramp · 9.8 mi · Lake Sakakawea
- Beaver Creek Bay NDGF Low-water Ramp · 10.3 mi · Lake Sakakawea
- Beaver Creek Bay · 10.3 mi · Lake Sakakawea
- Deep Water Creek Bay East Corps Ramp · 13.2 mi · Lake Sakakawea
Sources
- North Dakota Game and Fish Department Boating Access Sites record 11881 · NDGF web service terms; credit the North Dakota Game and Fish Department and the ND GIS Hub (ArcGIS item 3f4a301f341a4045bba991a0441ca8cd)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory) record 753-0-7-016 · US federal government data, public domain (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers submittal)
- OpenStreetMap n7468665571 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by North Dakota Game and Fish Department Boating Access Sites and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.