Cottonwood Recreation Site Boat Ramp
Cottonwood Recreation Site Boat Ramp is a public access point in Custer County, Idaho, providing access to Salmon River. It sits within the Spring Gulch-Salmon River watershed.
Sourced from Idaho Department of Fish and Game . Last checked against the source on July 7, 2026.
Boat ramps on Salmon River
We track 9 public boat ramps on Salmon River, including this one. If you're planning to spend your time on a different stretch of the water, one of the launch points below may put you closer to where you're actually headed than Cottonwood Recreation Site Boat Ramp does — they're listed here in order of distance from this ramp.
- Deer Gulch 3 mi away
- Watts Bridge 4.1 mi away
- Colston Creek 7.2 mi away
- Challis Bridge Recreation Site 15 mi away
- Waddington Creek 19 mi away
- Bayhorse Recreation Site 21 mi away
- South Butte 34 mi away
- Island Park 36 mi away
Other boat ramps in Custer County
Custer County tracks 12 public boat ramps in total, spread across several different rivers, creeks and lakes — not just Salmon River. Each one below shows which waterbody it's on, so you can tell at a glance whether it actually connects to the same water as Cottonwood Recreation Site Boat Ramp or leads somewhere completely different.
- Cottonwood Recreation Site Salmon River less than 0.1 mi away
- Watts Bridge Salmon River 4.1 mi away
- Challis Bridge Recreation Site Salmon River 15 mi away
- Mosquito Flat Reservoir Mosquito Flat Reservoir 20 mi away
- Bayhorse Recreation Site Salmon River 21 mi away
- South Butte Salmon River 34 mi away