Hovland Boat Ramp
Hovland Boat Ramp is a public access point in Cook County, Minnesota, providing access to Lake Superior. It sits within the Carlson Creek-Frontal Lake Superior watershed.
Sourced from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources . Last checked against the source on July 7, 2026.
Boat ramps on Lake Superior
We track 9 public boat ramps on Lake Superior, 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 Hovland Boat Ramp does — they're listed here in order of distance from this ramp.
- Horseshoe Bay 1.8 mi away
- Grand Portage Safe Harbor 15 mi away
- Grand Marais Safe Harbor 18 mi away
- Grand Marais West 18 mi away
- Tofte 44 mi away
- Taconite Safe Harbor 49 mi away
- Silver Bay Safe Harbor 72 mi away
- Twin Points 82 mi away
Other boat ramps in Cook County
Cook County tracks 46 public boat ramps in total, spread across several different rivers, creeks and lakes — not just Lake Superior. 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 Hovland Boat Ramp or leads somewhere completely different.
- Hovland Lake Superior less than 0.1 mi away
- Horseshoe Bay Lake Superior 1.8 mi away
- Tom Lake Tom Lake 8 mi away
- Swamp River Swamp River Reservoir Lake 10 mi away
- Esther Lake Esther Lake 12 mi away
- Devilfish Lake Devilfish Lake 12 mi away