Nish Road Boat Ramp
Nish Road Boat Ramp is a semi-private access point in McHenry County, Illinois, providing access to Fox River. It sits within the Cary Creek-Fox River watershed.
Sourced from U.S. Geological Survey . Last checked against the source on July 7, 2026.
Boat ramps on Fox River
We track 9 public boat ramps on Fox 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 Nish Road Boat Ramp does — they're listed here in order of distance from this ramp.
- Center Street 2.9 mi away
- Port Barrington Forest Preserve 3.5 mi away
- Fox River Forest Preserve 3.7 mi away
- Welch Circle 5.2 mi away
- Fox 14 Marina 8 mi away
- Voyageur Landing Forest Preserve 15 mi away
- Jon. J. Duerr Forest Preserve 22 mi away
- Geneva Boat Launch 27 mi away
Other boat ramps in McHenry County
McHenry County tracks 13 public boat ramps in total, spread across several different rivers, creeks and lakes — not just Fox 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 Nish Road Boat Ramp or leads somewhere completely different.
- Nish Road Fox River less than 0.1 mi away
- Center Street Fox River 2.9 mi away
- Defiance Lake Defiance Lake 3 mi away
- Lake Atwood Boat Launch 4 mi away
- Fox 14 Marina Fox River 5.4 mi away
- McCullom Lake McCullom Lake 6.3 mi away