The Hook
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Lake Bonneville · near Hood River · Oregon
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)
- Fee
- Free
- Managed by
- Port of Hood River
- Website
- portofhoodriver.com
- Coordinates
- 45.71682, -121.52644
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Portland District; the one nearest this launch is of September 17, 2026). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Lake level at Bonneville Lock and Dam · USACE
Lake level: Lake Bonneville
Today's level loads here; without it, see the agency's page below.
Full pool is 77.0 ft (USACE, Top of Normal).
Level from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps Water Management System (Bonneville Lock and Dam), about hourly; the agency's page. Levels change; check conditions at the ramp before you launch.
On the river
River mile 168.0 on Columbia River · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation 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.
- Hood River · 0.4 mi from this launch
Condition survey of September 17, 2026 by the Portland District. Least depth in the channel: 33 ft below the pool's low control level; project depth 17 ft. 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 Lake Bonneville
Reservoir in Oregon. All launches on Lake Bonneville.
Community
Where people who use Lake Bonneville talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Waterfront Park · 0.4 mi · Lake Bonneville
- Jensen Beach · 0.5 mi · Lake Bonneville
- Event Site · 0.6 mi · Lake Bonneville
- Nichols Basin Blackwater Beach · 0.7 mi · Lake Bonneville
- The Spit · 0.9 mi · Hood River
- Port of Hood River Ramp · 1.2 mi · Lake Bonneville
Sources
- Oregon State Marine Board Boating Access Sites record 7fcbf9fb-2c46-419c-8ce9-d29e22178225 · OSMB terms: cite OSMB as the source, describe modifications, no implied endorsement (ArcGIS item 63176689a50541b8863b530b29f9ea36)
- OpenStreetMap n5257252795 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap n9812655823 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap n9812655827 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- OpenStreetMap n9812655831 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Oregon State Marine Board Boating Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.