Pine Cove Public Boat Ramp
- Type
- Public boat ramp (Forest Service)
- Lake
- Lewiston Lake
- Season
- Year-round
- Trailer parking
- About 36 spaces
- Boat launch
- Fishing
- Accessible
- Restrooms
About this boat ramp
Pine Cove Public Boat Ramp is a Forest Service launch on Lewiston Lake, below Trinity Dam, about 5 miles north of Lewiston on Trinity Dam Boulevard.
The ramp
Lewiston Lake holds a nearly constant level, so the ramp works all year. There's a boarding float, about 36 trailer spaces, two fishing docks (one wheelchair accessible), a fish-cleaning station, four picnic sites with grills and two vault toilets. There's no drinking water.
Fishing
The Forest Service calls Lewiston Lake one of the state's best sport-fishing lakes. The state directory lists boats up to 24 feet.
Getting there & access
By road
From Weaverville take Highway 3 north 7 miles, turn right on Rush Creek Road for 9 miles, then left on Trinity Dam Boulevard for 5 miles.
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.
- Fee
- $11 per day
- Ranger station
- (530) 623-2121
What's here
Launch
Paved ramp and boarding float
Fishing
Two fishing docks and a fish-cleaning station
Accessible
Wheelchair-accessible fishing dock
Restrooms
Vault 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 $11 per day; the ramp is open year-roundfs.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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