Sugarloaf Public Boat Ramp
- Type
- Low-water boat ramp (Forest Service)
- Lanes
- 2
- Usable
- From about 75 to 160 ft drawdown
- Fee
- $17 daily use fee
- Boat launch
- Restrooms
About this boat ramp
Sugarloaf Public Boat Ramp is a Forest Service launch on the upper Sacramento River Arm of [Shasta Lake](/lakes/shasta-lake), in the Sugarloaf area of Lakehead about a mile west of Interstate 5.
A low-water ramp
Sugarloaf is the backup for the [Antlers ramp](/ramps/antlers-boat-ramp-shasta-lake). Its two lanes come into use once the lake drops past about 75 feet of drawdown, when Antlers is out of the water, and stay usable to about 160 feet.
Good to know
It's day use only, with vault toilets and no drinking water, and unlike the other Forest Service ramps it has no lighted parking. The ramp may close when the lot fills or when spring debris makes launching hazardous.
Getting there & access
By road
From I-5 take exit 702 (Antlers Road/Lakeshore Drive), turn left, then left at the stop sign, and follow Lakeshore Drive about 3 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.
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.
- Use
- Day use only
- Ranger station
- (530) 275-1587
What's here
Launch
Two-lane low-water ramp
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 ↗
- A $17 daily use fee is required at all public ramps; season passes are sold by Shasta Recreation Company, (530) 275-8113fs.usda.gov ↗
- The ramp may close when the parking lot is full or when debris makes launching hazardous, especially in springfs.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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