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Waterways With the Most Boat Launches in California

California's waterways ranked by mapped public boat launches in the Boating Hubs network. 60 named waterways carry launch data here; the top of this list is where access is easiest.

In this scope: 60 waterways · 148 launches

  1. Oakland Harbor21 launches
  2. San Francisco Bay-East Bay20 launches
  3. Mission Bay8 launches
  4. Lake Tahoe8 launches
  5. San Francisco Bay-South Bay6 launches
  6. San Diego Bay6 launches
  7. Napa River5 launches
  8. San Francisco Bay-North Bay4 launches
  9. San Pablo Bay3 launches
  10. Petaluma River3 launches
  11. Marina Del Rey3 launches
  12. Silver Lake2 launches
  13. Union Valley Reservoir2 launches
  14. Huntington Harbor2 launches
  15. San Leandro Bay2 launches
  16. Carquinez Strait2 launches
  17. San Francisco Bay-West Bay2 launches
  18. San Francisco Bay2 launches
  19. Pacific Ocean2 launches
  20. Richardson Bay2 launches
  21. Donner Lake2 launches
  22. Lower Otay Lake2 launches
  23. Alamitos Bay2 launches
  24. Hodges Reservoir1 launche
  25. Dana Harbor1 launche

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