Rock River access points and trip distances, Wisconsin

38 access points (38 public) along 139.0 river miles of the Rock River in Wisconsin. Distances are measured along the river on the NHDPlus V2 main-stem flowline, not straight-line. River mile 0 is the farthest-upstream access listed here.

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Dark dots are public access points; brown dots are private, members-only or agency-land access. Tap a dot for its river mile and coordinates.

Access points in river order

River mile	Access	Latitude, longitude	To next (river mi)
0.0	Nebraska Street Launch About 0.14 mi from the mapped river line. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.45475, -88.63896	0.1
0.1	Chestnut St. Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.45341, -88.63673	0.3
0.4	Clausen Bowling Green Park Canoe Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.44981, -88.63494	0.2
0.6	Legion Auxillary Park Boat Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.44920, -88.63109	0.6
1.2	Boat ramp (south ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.44120, -88.63027	0.6
1.8	River Bend Park Boat Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.43391, -88.63434	26.8
28.5	Harnischfeger Park Canoe Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.21022, -88.54269	4.7
33.2	Ixonia Kaul Park Boat Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.18148, -88.56167	5.4
38.6	Kanow County Park Canoe Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.14245, -88.56555	0.9
39.5	State Hwy 16 Wayside Park Canoe Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.13925, -88.57333	10.0
49.4	Pipersville Canoe Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.14383, -88.64886	5.0
54.5	Willow Drive Boat Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.18410, -88.70357	2.1
56.6	Fannie P. Lewis Park Boat Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.20026, -88.72570	4.0
60.6	Rock River Public Access-Cappie's Landing Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.15792, -88.75343	10.7
71.3	Rock River County Park Boat Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.07136, -88.79483	4.9
76.1	Kayak Launch Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.01153, -88.81144	0.3
76.4	Candise Street Boat Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.00743, -88.81132	0.5
77.0	Boat ramp near Crawfish River Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	43.00045, -88.81209	0.5
77.4	Riverview Drive Boat Landing Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.99533, -88.80498	4.1
81.6	Highway K Boat Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.94420, -88.82687	1.6
83.2	Rock River Road Canoe Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.92655, -88.81968	0.1
83.3	Boat ramp near Bark River Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.92497, -88.82234	0.9
84.2	Mechanic Street Boat Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.92890, -88.83870	1.7
85.9	Boat ramp (south ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.91967, -88.86796	1.8
87.7	Rock River Public Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.89921, -88.87709	9.6
97.3	Boat ramp (south ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.82922, -89.01817	0.3
97.6	Boat ramp (south ramp) Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.83046, -89.02346	1.8
99.4	Newville Public Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.81662, -89.04030	11.5
110.9	Rock River Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.73102, -89.05835	2.4
113.3	Riverside Park Boat Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.71104, -89.03932	1.3
114.6	Traxler Park Boat Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.69318, -89.03220	1.8
116.3	Rock River Access Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.67241, -89.01546	1.8
118.1	Afton Road Boat Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.66741, -89.04597	6.6
124.7	Happy Hollow County Park Boat Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.59648, -89.03939	3.2
127.9	Preservation Park Boat Launch Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.56601, -89.04199	2.9
130.8	Armstrong Eddy Park Boat Ramp About 0.10 mi from the mapped river line. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.52556, -89.03569	0.5
131.3	Wooton Park Boat Ramp Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.51885, -89.03704	7.7
139.0	Macktown Forest Preserve Boat Ramp Mapped in OpenStreetMap, check access locally. Launch page View in Google Earth (opens in a new tab) Directions (opens in a new tab)	42.45033, -89.08548	end

Data notes: 2 access points are more than 0.1 mi from the mapped line; its river mile is where it meets the line.

Sources: river line and lengths from NHDPlus V2 via EPA WATERS (lengths scaled to each reach's published length); access points from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wisconsin DNR Boat Access. Only access points in our launch data are shown, so there may be others. Check access, dams and conditions before you go.

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