Blacksmith Bayou Boat Ramp
Blacksmith Bayou Boat Ramp is a public access point in Manistee County, Michigan, providing access to Manistee River. It sits within the Tippy Dam Pond-Manistee River watershed.
Sourced from Michigan Department of Natural Resources . Last checked against the source on July 7, 2026.
Boat ramps on Manistee River
We track 9 public boat ramps on Manistee 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 Blacksmith Bayou Boat Ramp does — they're listed here in order of distance from this ramp.
- High Bridge 1.2 mi away
- Bear Creek 4.4 mi away
- Tippy Dam Tailwaters 4.6 mi away
- Tippy Dam 4.8 mi away
- Manistee River 6 mi away
- Red Bridge 8.8 mi away
- Douglas Park 15 mi away
- Harvey Bridge 23 mi away
Other boat ramps in Manistee County
Manistee County tracks 22 public boat ramps in total, spread across several different rivers, creeks and lakes — not just Manistee 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 Blacksmith Bayou Boat Ramp or leads somewhere completely different.
- Blacksmith Bayou Manistee River less than 0.1 mi away
- High Bridge Manistee River 1.2 mi away
- Bear Creek Manistee River 4.4 mi away
- Tippy Dam Tailwaters Manistee River 4.6 mi away
- Tippy Dam Manistee River 4.8 mi away
- Manistee River Manistee River 6 mi away