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Sixth Street Dam Boat Launch

Sixth Street Dam Boat Launch is a public kayak and canoe launch on the Grand River near Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The Grand River at Ada
Grand River, the water this launch is on. The Grand River at Ada Photo: Larry Pieniazek, Lar (commons) or Lar(en:wp) (primary) · CC BY 2.5 · via Wikimedia Commons

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
Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
Coordinates
42.97435, -85.67347

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Conditions

Water level

Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.

USGS gauge GRAND RIVER AT GRAND RAPIDS, MI, 0.8 mi from this launch on Grand River: water level, flow, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.

On the river

River hazards

Keep well clear of dams: strong currents and restricted zones above and below them.

  • Dam, 0.4 mi upstream: Grand Rapids West Side Dam, 15 ft. · Michigan EGLE dam inventory
  • Dam, 0.8 mi downstream: Grand River Beautification Dams, 6 ft. · Michigan EGLE dam inventory

Up to 10 river miles each way, from the agencies' inventories; not every hazard is listed and rivers change. Scout before you go.

Sources: Michigan EGLE dam inventory.

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.

Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: www.experiencegr.com: nine public access sites in Kent County – Ada, Grand River Riverfront, Grandville, Johnson Park, Knapp Street, Lowell, Riverside Park, Rogue River and Sixth Street Dam. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.