Boat ramps near Darwin
We list 20 boat ramps within 25 km of Darwin, NT. Recorded facilities: 4 with toilets, 8 with car or trailer parking.
Most of the ramps around Darwin lie close to the mapped city centre. Of the 20 listed, 14 are within 10 km and 9 within 5 km. The nearest are unnamed ramps at Stuart Park, Larrakeyah and Bayview, the closest only 1.4 km away.
Named ramps are the minority here. Doyles Ramp (Fannie Bay) and Vesteys Beach Boat Ramp (Fannie Bay) are the first named ones as you move outward, followed by Nightcliff Boat Ramp. Fannie Bay has the most listed ramps, ahead of Larrakeyah and Gunn. Across the council areas, Darwin holds the most, Palmerston follows, and Belyuen, Litchfield and Wagait have a single ramp each.
Every ramp comes from OpenStreetMap, and no state government list is involved. Facilities are recorded for 9 ramps and not recorded for 11, which leaves those unknown rather than absent. Car parking and toilets are among the recorded items.
Highlights
Most facilities recorded
- Buffalo Creek Boat Ramp 6 facilities
- Nightcliff Boat Ramp 5 facilities
- Boat ramp, Larrakeyah (1) 4 facilities
- Boat ramp, Fannie Bay (3) 3 facilities
Facilities recorded at the ramp or mapped within 150 m.
All listed ramps
| Boat ramp, Stuart Park | 1.4 km | Map | ||||
| Boat ramp, Larrakeyah (3) | 1.6 km | Map | ||||
| Boat ramp, Bayview | 1.9 km | Map | ||||
| Boat ramp, Larrakeyah (2) | 2.1 km | Yes | Map | |||
| Boat ramp, Larrakeyah (1) | 2.2 km | Yes | Yes | Map | ||
| Doyles Ramp | 2.9 km | Map | ||||
| Vesteys Beach Boat Ramp | 3.1 km | Map | ||||
| Boat ramp, Fannie Bay (3) | 3.5 km | Yes | Map | |||
| Boat ramp, Fannie Bay (2) | 3.6 km | Yes | Map | |||
| Boat ramp, East Point | 5.1 km | Map | ||||
| Boat ramp, Fannie Bay (1) | 5.3 km | Map | ||||
| Boat ramp, East Arm | 8.1 km | Map | ||||
| Boat ramp, Wagait Beach | 8.3 km | Yes | Map | |||
| Nightcliff Boat Ramp | 9.0 km | Yes | Yes | Map | ||
| Boat ramp, Belyuen | 15 km | Yes | Map | |||
| Buffalo Creek Boat Ramp | 15 km | Yes | Yes | Map | ||
| Boat ramp, Gunn (1) | 17 km | Free | Map | |||
| Elizabeth River Boat Ramp | 17 km | Map | ||||
| Boat ramp, Gunn (2) | 17 km | Free | Map | |||
| Middle Arm Boat Ramp | 25 km | Yes | Map |
Blank cells: not recorded in the source data. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Darwin, up to 25 km. Map links open OpenStreetMap at the ramp. Click a column heading to sort.
Ramps near Darwin by local government area
| Darwin | 13 | 4 | 5 |
| Palmerston | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Belyuen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Litchfield | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wagait | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Click a column heading to sort. Counts are ramps with the item recorded in the source data: a 0 means nothing is recorded for that row, not that the item is missing on the ground.
Questions and answers
How many boat ramps are there near Darwin?
Boat Ramp Spots lists 20 boat ramps within 25 km of Darwin: 4 with toilets recorded and 8 with parking recorded.
What is the nearest boat ramp to Darwin?
Boat ramp, Stuart Park, about 1.4 km in a straight line from the centre of Darwin.
Do I have to pay to launch a boat near Darwin?
No launch fee is recorded at any listed ramp within 25 km of Darwin. Free launching is recorded at 2 ramps: Boat ramp, Gunn (1); Boat ramp, Gunn (2). For the other 18 ramps no fee information is recorded. Fee information comes from the fee tag on OpenStreetMap; check with the ramp manager.
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