Mile 102.8 - USACE Boat Ramp (Restricted)

John Ruskey

20 Apr 2026

102.8 USACE Boat Ramp (Restricted)

There is a wide boat ramp built and maintained by the USACE here, which is in much better shape than any other boat ramp below Baton Rouge. It is a revetment ramp, laid out over the rip rap on a perpendicular, dropping directly from the riverbank into the flow of the river. Unfortunately it is not available to public (or commercial) interests. To date there is no public boat ramp on the main channel Mississippi within 35 miles upstream and 20 miles downstream of downtown New Orleans.

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