How To Find a Campsite at Lake Powell - Shade, Beach and Privacy!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- Google Earth is an amazing tool that all Lake Powell veterans wish they could have used years ago. Well, it's 2020 so now we can! Learn about the basics of hunting for and finding the BEST campsite at Lake Powell (from Wahweap Marina)
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I enjoyed every minute of this informative video! Such great information! Really appreciate it and the spread sheet is so great. I feel so fortunate to have stumbled upon it and glad you made it easy to copy and use. Thanks so much! This will be our 4th trip to Powell and the way you pull all of the useful info together is a game changer!
Our family has camped in the same canyon fo almost 50 years ‼️
Awesome!
Great video!!! Good info, I'm planning on going to Lake Power this year. This will be helpful. Thank you so much. God Bless.
Awesome!
What he says is true. There is no point in asking for specific recommendations for campsites for the exact reasons he has explained. But you do need to have a good idea of what you are looking for in general. Do you want a big wide open sandy beach for kids and dogs to run wild? Those are VERY rare at Powell and someone else will usually have it staked out already. Honestly, you'd probably be happier at Lake Mead if that's what you really want.
Do you just want a safe shady spot to park the houseboat so you can take off in the speed boats and go exploring? Hey! That's what Lake Powell is really all about. Motor that houseboat as fast and far away from the marinas as you can get. Then park it and go see the incredible wonders of this incredible place. When you get back, the houseboat should be relatively cool and you won't have to run the A/C to enjoy dinner. To find a shady spot in the height of summer, try using the speed boats to search canyons on the north side of the lake. Look for shadows cast by high cliffs that face north.
If this is your first time on Lake Powell, there's a lot to learn, even if you're an experienced boater. One of the most important is to make absolute sure you've got your houseboat tied down solid. Terrific storms occasionally blow through and they can turn a peaceful sunset into a screaming nightmare in the dark in as little as two hours. Don't take a chance.
Fact is, you'll get a lot more out of your expensive houseboat rental if you have a level-headed individual with you who already has solid experience houseboating on Powell.
Here's a few DON'Ts that first timers often violate...
Please do not anchor your houseboat less than 100 feet from another houseboat unless it's a genuine (short term) emergency.
Don't even THINK about crossing your anchor lines with another boat or you will get an ear full.
Don't pull up on someone else's nice quiet beach and let all 4 of your big wet noisy dogs loose to take a dump anywhere they please. Always pick up after your animals.
Don't pull up on someone else's nice quiet beach and start blasting your multiple stereos.
Do not water ski or operate PWC's in such a way as to repeatedly rock other boats that are anchored or beached.
DO NOT EVER break any glass bottles anywhere, not even in a fire pit!
Don't trash your campsite! No one gets paid to clean up after you. You brought it -- please take it back out with you.
Be EXTREMELY careful when cliff diving or even diving off the houseboat. Cliff diving is highly illegal but of course everyone does it, sometimes with tragic results. (Note that alcohol often turns normal human beings into mindless beasts.)
The captain of the houseboat (or the person who signed the rental agreement) is responsible for everything his passengers do.
So far I've had 18 glorious summer vacations on Lake Powell at various water levels and all kinds of weather. If you're reasonably cautious, you should have a great time too.
Couldn't have said it better myself!
San Juan has by far the best glass and very few people, their is camping, by anchor
Thank you!
Great video. As someone who is coming to the lake for the first time a few questions:
1. How I find my way along the way and back
2. Are there gas stations along the route?
3. Is there a way to get to the Antelope Canyon by boat?
Thanks in advance, Eran
1. Download the Navionics App, or get a handheld GPS.
2. No. There are only gas stations at the marinas. The route I am outlining did not have gas stations along the route.
3. No. Antelope Canyon is easily accessible from land though.
Recommended beaches from Bullfrog?
What Marina do you prefer? We will be departing from Bullfrog next September. Any recommendations from there?
I've always done Wahweap. Never done Bullfrog but would like to. What I do know: There's no services near the marina like there are in Page (i.e. walmart). So you better be sure you brought everything!
Antelope is cheaper, better provided, if you can afford to they will stock your boat, giving you a full extra day, also you are supporting the Navajo people
How much pollution is associated with the lake?
What website was that???
Google Earth
sorry dude but, you're not cut out to be a narrator
um, um, um...wtf stop already