Takelma Low Water Boat Ramp
Boat ramp · on Lost Creek Lake · near McLeod · Oregon
Harmful algal blooms reported on this water (state reports compiled by U.S. EPA): 2015, 2025 and 2026.
state reports compiled by U.S. EPA · checked October 18, 2026
Open per U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation area status's data, checked November 21, 2025. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Ramp surface
- Concrete
- Managed by
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Coordinates
- 42.67870, -122.67180
Boating rules
- SNW within the cove area of the Takelma Park Boat Ramp from the intake tower to shore as marked · a zone at or next to this launch rule
From the boating rules map of Oregon State Marine Board (rules zones joined to our waters and launches; not endorsed by OSMB), 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
- Lake level at the LOST CREEK LAKE NEAR MCLEOD, OR gauge · USGS, 0.6 mi away on Lost Creek Lake
- Lake level at Lost Creek Dam · USACE
Lake level: Lost Creek Lake
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Full pool is 1,872.0 ft (USACE, Top of Conservation).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Lost Creek Dam), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
Lake level
Latest reading loads here; without it, see the USGS page below.
USGS gauge LOST CREEK LAKE NEAR MCLEOD, OR, 0.6 mi from this launch on Lost Creek Lake: lake level, a reading every 15 minutes. Readings and history at USGS.
On Lost Creek Lake
Reservoir in Oregon. All launches on Lost Creek Lake.
Community
Where people who use Lost Creek Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Takelma Park · 0.1 mi · Lost Creek Lake
- McGregor Boat Ramp · 1.2 mi · Rogue River
- Casey County Park · 1.9 mi · Rogue River
- Joseph Stewart Resort Ramp · 2.0 mi · Lost Creek Lake
- Catfish Cove · 3.0 mi · Lost Creek Lake
- Rogue Elk · 4.2 mi · Rogue River
Sources
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers boat ramps (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory) record 636-169072-7-002 · US federal government data, public domain (FHWA Federal Lands Transportation Facility Inventory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers submittal)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation area status open or closed status · US federal government data, public domain (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resource Management Program)
Why it is listed as public: listed by 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.