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Riverfront Park South Boating Access Site

Riverfront Park South Boating Access Site is a public boat ramp on the St. Joseph River near Niles, Michigan.

Aerial view of the gravel landing and parking clearing at the river edge, September 2022
Aerial view of the gravel landing and parking clearing at the river edge, September 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
Coordinates
41.81583, -86.26019

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Conditions

Water level

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USGS gauge ST. JOSEPH RIVER AT NILES, MI, 0.9 mi from this launch on St. Joseph River: water level, flow, water temperature, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.

On St. Joseph River

The St. Joseph River, known locally as the Saint Joe, is a 210-mile river. It flows generally west through southern Michigan and northern Indiana and empties into Lake Michigan at St. Joseph. It rises at Baw Beese Lake in Hillsdale County and passes Mendon. At Three Rivers it is joined by the Rocky, Portage and Prairie rivers. The river then dips into Indiana through Elkhart, Mishawaka and South Bend before turning north back into Michigan past Niles and Berrien Springs. Near its mouth it divides St. Joseph from Benton Harbor and receives the Paw Paw River. Its 4,685-square-mile basin is the third-largest watershed draining to Lake Michigan, and the main stem has 17 dams. More about St. Joseph River.

Boating rules on St. Joseph River

  • Slow-no wake speed from the river mouth (including Morrison Channel) upstream to the southernmost point of Radio Island, St. Joseph/Benton Harbor source
  • Slow-no wake speed from the I&M dam downstream around Bachelor Island, Buchanan Township source
  • Boating prohibited in a described area just downstream of the Indiana Michigan Power Company dam in Buchanan source
  • Michigan Recreation Passport required at the Jasper Dairy DNR access source

Community

Where people who use St. Joseph River talk about it.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: www.nilesmi.org: qualified boating facilities (3 public, 1 private) within parks and recreation system. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.