• Start with your boat size and trailer comfort level: If you have a larger boat, a wide marina-style ramp or a more structured state-park setup usually makes more sense than trying to keep it cheap at all costs.
• Decide whether free matters more than convenience: Site Six is the main free municipal ramp in town. That matters to a lot of people, but it is not automatically the easiest or best fit for every rig or every driver.
• Think about whether you need fuel nearby: Some ramps are just ramps. Others are tied to marinas where fuel, store access, slips, or restrooms are easier to deal with.
• Think about how familiar you are with the area: If you have never visited Lake Havasu before, a more organized setup like Windsor or a full-service marina can be less stressful than trying to figure out the fastest local move on the fly.
• Account for holiday and event traffic: On busy weekends, the easiest-looking ramp on paper can turn into the worst one for your day if staging, parking, or trailer traffic backs up fast.
• Do not assume every launch is for every boat: Some smaller or free sites matter more for paddlers, small vessels, or very specific local use cases, not the average trailered powerboat.

Site Six Launch Ramp

Site Six is the main free municipal launch ramp most people in town think of first. It sits on the Island side of town near the London Bridge, which means it gives you central access without a launch fee. If you are towing in from out of town, the main thing to know is that it is practical and central, but it is also one of the first places people look when they want to launch for free.

• Best for boaters who want a free public launch in town.
• Good if you want to keep it simple and do not need marina services.
• Close to the Island, bridge area, and central boating core.
• Not automatically the easiest choice on a packed weekend.

Windsor Launch Ramps / Lake Havasu State Park

Windsor is one of the best broad recommendations for people who have never launched here before. Arizona State Parks says Lake Havasu State Park has two boat ramps in Lot 2 and a separate PWC ramp in Lot 1. That matters because it gives first-time visitors a more structured setup to work with instead of trying to guess how everything flows once they arrive.

• Best all-around recommendation for first-time or out-of-area visitors.
• Good if you want a more organized state-park setup.
• Helpful if you are launching a PWC and want to know there is a separate PWC ramp.
• Paid park entry applies.

Lake Havasu Marina

Lake Havasu Marina is one of the better-known full-service options in town. The marina publishes ramp hours as 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and says the ramp is wide and gently sloped for vessels up to 32 feet depending on water level. If you want a ramp tied to a fuel dock, store, slips, and a more traditional marina setup, this one stays high on the list.

• Good if you want fuel and marina services in the same stop.
• Published ramp hours are 24/7.
• Fuel dock hours are daily to dusk.
• Strong fit for larger boats and boaters who prefer a marina-style setup over a basic municipal launch.

Crazy Horse Campgrounds

Crazy Horse is another Island-side launch option that stays popular because of convenience. If you are brand new to town, the Island is the part of Lake Havasu City just across the London Bridge, where several of the most recognizable boating access points sit close together. Crazy Horse is paid, but it keeps you close to the same general boating core as Site Six and Lake Havasu Marina.

• Good if you want another central Island-side option.
• Paid launch tied to a campground / resort setup.
• Better if convenience matters more than getting the cheapest launch possible.
• Not the right answer if your only goal is free public access.

Havasu Riviera Marina

Havasu Riviera Marina is the main modern south-side ramp option inside Lake Havasu City. If you have never been here, the simple way to think of it is this: it sits farther south of the London Bridge / Island core, so it makes more sense for people who want to skip launching in the middle of town and start from the south side instead. The marina publishes seasonal rates and seasonal hours, and after-hours access is tied to the Riviera Pass.

• Main south-side launch option in Lake Havasu City.
• Better if you want to avoid the Island-side launch cluster.
• Published seasonal rates and hours vary by time of year and day of week.
• After-hours access is connected to the Riviera Pass, not a standard state park pass.

Cattail Cove State Park

Cattail Cove sits about 15 miles south of town on Highway 95, so it is not the first place every visitor thinks of. That is exactly why it deserves mention. If you do not need to launch near the bridge area and would rather start farther south, Cattail Cove can make the day simpler. Go Lake Havasu lists it as a four-lane motorized ramp, and Arizona State Parks treats it as one of the main south-lake access points.

• Good if you want to launch south of the city core.
• Useful if your day does not need to begin near the Island.
• More relevant than most people realize for visiting boaters staying south of town.
• State park fees and hours apply.

Havasu Springs Resort

Havasu Springs is farther south and outside Lake Havasu City, near Parker, but it is still on Lake Havasu and still matters if your boating plans start down that way. For someone who has never been here before, the main thing to understand is that not every useful launch on Lake Havasu is inside city limits. Havasu Springs is one of the better-known south-lake options if you are already staying lower on the lake or want fuel and resort access in the same general stop.

• South-lake / Parker-side option on Lake Havasu.
• Useful if you are staying or launching farther south instead of in town.
• Good one to verify directly because resort day-use details can matter.
• Not the right choice if you want the closest ramp to the London Bridge area.