Yankee Springs Recreation Area Campground
Boat ramp · on Gun Lake · near Orangeville · Michigan
Open per Michigan DNR Boating Access Sites's data, updated weekly. Seasonal gates, low water and storms are not always posted; check before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Recreation Passport required
- Ramp lanes
- 1
- Docks
- 1
- Restrooms
- No
- Managed by
- Michigan DNR Parks and Recreation
- Coordinates
- 42.61711, -85.51794
On Gun Lake
Gun Lake is a 2,680-acre lake in southwestern Michigan, about 2 miles north of Orangeville. It lies in Yankee Springs and Orangeville townships in Barry County and in Wayland and Martin townships in Allegan County. The lake has an east basin and a west basin, and they differ a great deal. The west basin is mostly less than 10 feet deep, while the east basin reaches a maximum depth of 68 feet. The shoreline runs 17.8 miles, plus 1.4 miles more on islands. The lake has eight inlets, including those from Payne, Long, Hall and Fawn lakes. Its outlet is the Gun River, which joins the Kalamazoo River and drains to Lake Michigan. The lake level has been controlled by dams since a stone dam was built in 1905. A 1921 circuit court order fixed the level at 744.32 feet above sea level, and a new concrete dam was built on the Gun River. That dam was widened to its present 72 feet in 1951. More about Gun Lake.
Boating rules on Gun Lake
- Slow-no wake speed in the area known as Gun Ho, from Blackbird Island to the south shoreline (Orangeville Township) source
- Slow-no wake speed on the canals and channels connected to Gun Lake (sections 19 and 30, Yankee Springs Township) source
- Slow-no wake speed on the canals on Englands Point source
- Slow-no wake speed on the Cuddy Drain to Gun Lake source
Community
Where people who use Gun Lake talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Long Lake Boat Launch · 0.6 mi · Long Lake
- Yankee Springs Recreation Area Day Use · 0.8 mi · Gun Lake
- Payne Lake Boat Launch · 1.3 mi · Payne Lake
- Williams Lake Boat Launch · 1.4 mi · Willams Lake
- Chief Noonday Lake Boat Launch · 1.7 mi · Chief Noonday Lake
- McDonald Lake Carry-in Access · 1.9 mi · McDonald Lake
Sources
- Michigan DNR Boating Access Sites record a7f99cc5-811e-42e0-b6f9-3e512c860ac8 · Public record; "no restrictions on use, reproduction, or distribution"
- OpenStreetMap n183687030 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Michigan DNR Boating Access Sites. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.