Packers Bay Public Boat Ramp
- Type
- Public boat ramp (Forest Service)
- Lanes
- 4 to 50 ft drawdown; 2 to 115 ft
- Parking
- 188 lighted spaces
- Fee
- $18 per vehicle per day
- Boat launch
- Accessible
- Restrooms
About this boat ramp
Packers Bay Public Boat Ramp is a Forest Service launch on the Sacramento Arm of [Shasta Lake](/lakes/shasta-lake), at the end of Packers Bay Road off Interstate 5. [Shasta Marina at Packers Bay](/marinas/shasta-marina-at-packers-bay) is just past the ramp.
The ramp
Four lanes work to about 50 feet of drawdown and two lanes to about 115 feet. There's an accessible loading platform, flush toilets and a lighted lot with 188 spaces. There's no drinking water.
Hours
The ramp is open 24 hours a day, all year. It gets very busy on holidays.
Getting there & access
By road
Packers Bay Road has a southbound I-5 exit only. Northbound, take exit 695 (O'Brien), turn left under the freeway onto southbound I-5, drive 1.5 miles to the Packers Bay Road exit, turn right and go 1.8 miles to the end.
Mussel rules
Arrive clean, drained and completely dry: at least 5 days dry if the boat was last used outside the area, or 30 days (or a professional decontamination) after waters with golden mussels. Show a signed Mussel-Free Self-Certification through the windshield.
Low water
Ramps work only to certain drawdowns. Check the lake level and call the Shasta Lake Ranger Station, (530) 275-1587, before you tow.
- Hours
- 24 hours, all year
- Ranger station
- (530) 275-1587
What's here
Launch
Four-lane paved ramp open 24 hours
Accessible
Accessible loading platform
Restrooms
Flush toilets; no drinking water
Rules & official resources
- California Boater Card required for all operators of motorized vessels, regardless of age, since January 1, 2025dbw.parks.ca.gov ↗
- Day use is listed at $18 per vehicle per day; Senior and Access pass holders get 50% off, and season passes are sold by Shasta Recreation Company, (530) 275-8113fs.usda.gov ↗
- The ramp is open 24 hours a day, all yearfs.usda.gov ↗
- Boats 26 feet and longer may not tie up to the summer courtesy docks; swimming, diving or sunbathing on a courtesy dock or within 200 feet of a launch ramp is prohibitedfs.usda.gov ↗
- Forest Order 14-25-29 (effective December 4, 2025 through December 4, 2027) prohibits possessing or transporting golden, zebra or quagga mussels below the high-water mark of Shasta, Trinity and Lewiston lakes or on any ramp that serves them; violations carry fines up to $5,000 for individualsfs.usda.gov ↗
- All watercraft must be cleaned, drained and completely dried before launching at Whiskeytown, Shasta, Trinity and Lewiston lakes: at least 5 days dry if last used outside the NRA, at least 30 days dry (or professional decontamination) if used in a county or waterbody with known golden musselshome.nps.gov ↗
- A signed Mussel-Free Self-Certification displayed through the windshield speeds up launching at Shasta, Trinity, Lewiston and Whiskeytown lakesnps.gov ↗
- A current California Mussel Fee sticker is required on motorized watercraft operated in fresh waterwildlife.ca.gov ↗
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