4th Street Bridge Boat Ramp
4th Street Bridge Boat Ramp is a public access point in Emmet County, Iowa, providing access to Des Moines River. It sits within the School Creek-Des Moines River watershed.
Sourced from Iowa Department of Natural Resources . Last checked against the source on July 7, 2026.
Boat ramps on Des Moines River
We track 9 public boat ramps on Des Moines 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 4th Street Bridge Boat Ramp does — they're listed here in order of distance from this ramp.
- Peterson Access 7.2 mi away
- Graettinger Access 13 mi away
- Basswood Recreation Area 21 mi away
- Mulroney Recreation Area 30 mi away
- River Runner Access 37 mi away
- Willows Access 47 mi away
- Rutland Utility Dam 53 mi away
- Oxbow Access 55 mi away
Other boat ramps in Emmet County
Emmet County tracks 12 public boat ramps in total, spread across several different rivers, creeks and lakes — not just Des Moines 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 4th Street Bridge Boat Ramp or leads somewhere completely different.
- 4th Street Bridge Des Moines River less than 0.1 mi away
- Cheever Lake Cheever Lake 3.5 mi away
- Fourmile Lake Fourmile Lake 3.7 mi away
- Peterson Access Des Moines River 7.2 mi away
- West Swan Lake West Swan Lake 9.2 mi away
- Ingham-High Wetland Complex Ingham Lake 9.6 mi away