Favorite places to boat, Google Earth Style

[LovinPowell]

I thought this might be interesting, post your favorite places to boat from Google Earth's aerial views.

This one is of Warm Creek, Lake Powell from 31 miles high.

[LovinPowell]

a second one, Quail Lake, from 15,000 feet

[chpthril]

Jocassee SC @ 12 miles

[spharis]

Here's the better 4.

[mtnsmith]

Shell Key, St Petersburg, FL

[mtnsmith]

Three Rooker Bar, Tarpon Springs, FL

[Gschmidt1]

Great thread! Now all of you can see the wonder that is...BLUE SPRINGS LAKE!

http://home.comcast.net/~dschmidt15523/Blue_Springs_Lake_copy.jpg

[dogbert]

Lake Buchanan:

[LovinPowell]

Warm Creek, up close (5,000 ft) This cove is where we call home with our houseboat each summer.

[talltigeguy]

LP,

Won't that cove be under water when the lake rises to meet with Wahweap marina next spring? (assuming we get a good snowpack).

I did not realize that Warm Creek extended that far...is it boatable all the way to the end? I usually turned around before the bay gets thinner because my depth finder seemed to be 20 feet or so at that point.

[akdoc]

Alcorn Hollow Cove, Lake of the Ozarks.

[Original Wing Nut]

Pineview Res.

[hoopykat]

One of our favorite places to boat is Bass Lake, just south of Oakhurst, California. Here's a picture of the lake:

[hoopykat]

And another is Lake Camanche, outside Ione, California.

[LovinPowell]

Originally posted by talltigeguy
LP,

Won't that cove be under water when the lake rises to meet with Wahweap marina next spring? (assuming we get a good snowpack).

I did not realize that Warm Creek extended that far...is it boatable all the way to the end? I usually turned around before the bay gets thinner because my depth finder seemed to be 20 feet or so at that point.

Yes, that actually becomes a nice bay with a rock island in the middle. But the water level as to be near the full mark for that to happen. We have always gone to the back of warm creek, especially with the water level down, because not many people bother to go there. We have never had a problem with shallow water, it is still plenty deep enough all the way back to the end. At the end there is a big hill which makes it deep enough pretty quickly.

[LovinPowell]

Another picture from farther out. The island when lake is near full is circled in red. The shoreline when at full pool is in blue (approximately) and the nice little canyon that forms with a little more water is in green. Sometime I'll have to take you there, it's really nice.

PS. I have a CT scan scheduled for Monday AM. I hope it's passed by then.

[G-MONEY]

San Antoino

[Coop]

Originally posted by hoopykat
One of our favorite places to boat is Bass Lake, just south of Oakhurst, California. Here's a picture of the lake:

Hoopykat -- I have heard Bass lake is beautiful, but gets choppy very quick. Hard to find good water. What's been your experience?

[G-MONEY]

Nacimiento

[G-MONEY]

Lake Mojave

[G-MONEY]

Lake Mead, Sandy Point

[LovinPowell]

Is that the area that is close to the Grand Canyon? I've heard that going up into the canyon from Mead is pretty cool. Have you ever done that?

[sparky216]

Detroit Lake, Oregon

[sparky216]

Lake Shasta, CA

[G-MONEY]

I have gone about 7-8 miles past Sandy Point at Mead. My favorite drive to Hover Dam from Lake Mojave.

[BobbyD]

Beaver Lake Northwest Arkansas View from 19 miles

[whitlock87]

We like Castaic Lake in CA.
The lake lice have to stay in a small part of the lake next to the dam.
The rest of the like belongs to the boats.
:D

[LovinPowell]

That's interesting, do they limit the number of boats on the water?

Do other So. Cal. lakes have the same boundaries?

[G-MONEY]

Canyon Lake

[xpjim1]

When Lake Mead was up I took the Seadoos to the sign that said Welcome to Grand Canyon National Park. Since I left from Echo Bay it was quite the long ride. Carried extra gas to ensure we had enough to get back to Temple bar. Back then there were quite a few shallow spots. Not sure if you could make it today

[G-MONEY]

Lake Elsinore...


and yes it's that green!!!!!!!!!

[LovinPowell]

Originally posted by xpjim1
When Lake Mead was up I took the Seadoos to the sign that said Welcome to Grand Canyon National Park. Since I left from Echo Bay it was quite the long ride. Carried extra gas to ensure we had enough to get back to Temple bar. Back then there were quite a few shallow spots. Not sure if you could make it today

That is something that I've wanted to do with my Sea Doo's ever since I saw an article about it in a magazine, years ago. But I've never done it. I hope to try it sometime when the water is up. My brother went up into the Canyon, but I think that it is illegal for PWC to go up there now, not sure though.

[LovinPowell]

Whitlock87's post of Lake Castaic reminded me of my roots in So. Cal. Here is a google earth view of my favorite place to boat (jet ski) when I was growing up.


L.A. Harbor, Pacific Ocean. (Hometown Rancho Palos Verdes on the left).

[LovinPowell]

That's a cool picture of Elsinore, it's been over 25 years since I've been there.

[whitlock87]

Originally posted by LovinPowell
That's interesting, do they limit the number of boats on the water?

Do other So. Cal. lakes have the same boundaries?

Yes they limit the number of boats, but I do not what that number is.
Only on holidays does it get that full.

And no most lakes do not have the restrictions on jet skis like Castaic does.
Castaic is run by LA County. They only have one other ski lake (Bonellie park) and on that lake they won’t let boats and jet skis on the lake at the same time.
So boats go on even days and jet skis on odd days.

[scottcarlye]

Our lake

[LovinPowell]

A house on the lake, always has been a dream of mine. Where is that?

[chpthril]

Anybody figured out how old these photos are? looking at some ares that i'm real familiar with, i'm thinking atleast 18 months!

[whitlock87]

I looked at my house, and it still had my old roof on it.
I changed the roof back in 2004.

[hoopykat]

Originally posted by smachfam
Hoopykat -- I have heard Bass lake is beautiful, but gets choppy very quick. Hard to find good water. What's been your experience?

smachfam:

Yes, it does get choppy, especially later in the afternoons, when the wind picks up. At about the halfway point of the lake, the mountains to the west form a valley, and the wind can really whip through there. Best chances for smooth water are right after the lake opens at 8am. The water tends to be on the warmer side though, so even with the wind, it's nice in the water.

Mike

[scottcarlye]

Originally posted by LovinPowell
A house on the lake, always has been a dream of mine. Where is that?

We are in North Carolina south of Raleigh.

[mtnsmith]

Being a geography major working with GIS in school right now, I'll atry to answer that. They are supposedly up to three years old, and some of them as old as five years. There are some areas that have brand new imagery though like the New Orleans area or the area of Pakistan that had that huge earthquake last year.

[mtnsmith]

Here is one of my favorite finds on Google Earth. What the heck is this Delta Jet doing sitting in the middle of the marsh, and why is it so big. Maybe cause it is flying at 35k feet or so???

[rushin]

That's awesome. I will bet that is a rare find.

[chpthril]

Originally posted by scottcarlye
We are in North Carolina south of Raleigh.

Did you get your bimini yet?

[jklaus]

This is a spot we go to in the evenings or weekends and dont want to drive too far.

30 min door to door. Relatively small lake, cold mountain runoff water, but it can be good.

Jeff

[NICKYPOO]

Originally posted by rushin
That's awesome. I will bet that is a rare find.
You'ld be surprised. I saw a while back, I think on AAFO.com , there was a whole thread on different ones. I was surprised as these guys were picking out warbirds off of google earth.

[NICKYPOO]

Check out this one: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=622491

Or this one: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/01/lancaster_bombe.html

[Tequilasun]

Those are really cool.

I copied that one on of the Sun for my desktop

[scottcarlye]

Originally posted by chpthril
Did you get your bimini yet?

Most of it.... Where-rena is no longer a Tige dealer so getting my stuff from them has been painful. I recieved a bimini for a different colored boat a few weeks back but no mounting hardware. Then got the mounting hardware but it was not complete....then a correct color bimini and am still waiting for enough parts to mount it. Doesnt really matter at this point with season winding down. Would have been nice having it from July through Sep. though. Still havent gotten all of the warranty parts either. Guess I'll start over with another dealer.

[zad0030]

Bull Shoals, AK

[Tequilasun]

Zad...Shhh about Bull Shoals!

We're trying to keep the White River lakes a secret. It's not working though! :D

[zad0030]

Zad...Shhh about Bull Shoals!

We're trying to keep the White River lakes a secret. It's not working though!



Obviously its not working, Sorry I didnt know.

[Moki]

Bear Lake, also known as the "Caribbean of the Rockies" because of it deep turquoise blue color. Limestone mixes in with the water to give it this unique color. Bear Lake is a finicky mistress, it can be choppy on minute and as smooth as glass the next. It is at about 6000 ft above sea level and the water is cold, so the best time to go is in August/September. It's deepest point is 208 feet. I certified in scuba diving at this lake and went down 140 feet. It was very cold!!! The lake is split between Utah and Idaho. The Idaho side is very shallow along the shore lines and makes a great place to teach kids how to ski and wakeboard.

[LovinPowell]

Now that is a cool picture.