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Boating facilities
Places and activities › Places to go › Boating facilities
Find the perfect place to launch your boat, whether you're looking for a place to enjoy the quiet of wetland habitats, easy access from downtown Portland or a place to enjoy a picnic before your excursion.
Chinook Landing Marine Park
Chinook Landing Marine Park, a 67-acre marine park with six launching lanes on the Columbia River, is the largest public boating facility in Oregon. The park offers picnic and viewing areas, wetland and wildlife habitat, disabled-accessible docks, restrooms and a seasonal river patrol station.
Location
Adjacent to Blue Lake Regional Park on Marine Drive.
Access
Bring your annual pass for admission to the marine park or pay $5 per vehicle. Ramp is open from legal sunrise to legal sunset.
M. James Gleason Memorial Boat Ramp
Ramp closed November 2009 - February 2010. Construction, which begins in November, is projected to continue through February 2010. The boat ramp will be closed throughout the construction project although the parking area will remain open. The project will include the demolition and removal of existing debris deflection system (trash rack and debris boom) boarding floats, gangway and corresponding pile system along with the removal of existing concrete and asphalt boat ramp to be replaced by a new ramp and boarding floats.
M. James Gleason Memorial Boat Ramp is a convenient public boat launch on the Columbia River, minutes from downtown Portland. Amenities include launch lanes, boarding docks, restrooms, river maps and a river patrol office.
Location
Located at Northeast 43rd Avenue and Marine Drive.
Access
Bring your annual pass for free admission to the boat ramp or pay $5 per car and $7 per bus. Ramp is open from legal sunrise to legal sunset.
Sauvie Island Boat Ramp
Sauvie Island Boat Ramp enables boaters to enjoy the quiet waters and wildlife of the Multnomah Channel. Recent improvements include a new launch ramp, new parking lot, new accessible restrooms, lighting and landscaping with native and salvaged vegetation.
Location
At the junction of Burlington Ferry and Sauvie Island roads. Take Highway 30 north approximately 9 miles past Linnton to the Sauvie Island Bridge. Cross the bridge, proceed north on Sauvie Island Road approximately 2.4 miles to Northwest Burlington Court (Burlington Ferry).
Access
Ramp is open from sunrise to sunset. There is no entrance fee.