Lou's Area Access Boat Ramp
Lou's Area Access Boat Ramp is a public access point in Linn County, Iowa, providing access to Cedar River. It sits within the Pleasant Run-Cedar River watershed.
Sourced from Iowa Department of Natural Resources . Last checked against the source on July 7, 2026.
Boat ramps on Cedar River
We track 9 public boat ramps on Cedar 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 Lou's Area Access Boat Ramp does — they're listed here in order of distance from this ramp.
- Otis Road Access 1.5 mi away
- River Road 1.5 mi away
- Upper Palisades Access 5.9 mi away
- Palisades-Kepler St. Park 7 mi away
- Sutliff Access 14 mi away
- Cedar Valley Park 25 mi away
- Rochester Park 31 mi away
- Jack Shugar Memorial Park 38 mi away
Other boat ramps in Linn County
Linn County tracks 15 public boat ramps in total, spread across several different rivers, creeks and lakes — not just Cedar 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 Lou's Area Access Boat Ramp or leads somewhere completely different.
- Lou's Area Access Cedar River less than 0.1 mi away
- Otis Road Access Cedar RIver 1.5 mi away
- River Road Cedar River 1.5 mi away
- Mohawk Park West Fork Cedar River 5.4 mi away
- Upper Palisades Access Cedar River 5.9 mi away
- Palisades-Kepler St. Park Cedar River 7 mi away