RV + Water
Lake & reservoir RV trips
A great lake trip is three rentals in one — a rig to sleep in, a boat to get on the water, and a campsite at the shore. Here are the lakes and reservoirs worth basing from, with who manages each water, the RV-accessible campgrounds and marinas nearby, and a link straight to the managing agency for current conditions.
Feel the water
Mirror-calm alpine water at dawn — a rig, a boat, and a shoreline campsite in one trip.
Pacific
5 lakesLake Berryessa
California
boatinghouseboatingfishinghikingLake Chelan
Washington
boatingwater skiingfishingwine tastingLake Mead
Nevada & Arizona
PowerboatingHouseboatingKayakingFishingLake Tahoe
California & Nevada
PowerboatingKayakingPaddleboardingFishingShasta Lake
California
HouseboatingPowerboatingFishingWaterskiing
Rockies
2 lakesSouthwest
3 lakesPlains
2 lakesSouth
9 lakesBeaver Lake
Arkansas
boatingfishingswimminghikingBull Shoals Lake
Arkansas & Missouri
boatingfishingscuba divinghikingKentucky Lake
Kentucky & Tennessee
boatingfishingsailinghikingLake Cumberland
Kentucky
HouseboatingPowerboatingFishingKayakingLake Lanier
Georgia
PowerboatingWakeboardingFishingPaddleboardingLake Norman
North Carolina
PowerboatingSailingFishingPaddleboardingLake Texoma
Texas & Oklahoma
boatingfishingcampinghikingNorris Lake
Tennessee
HouseboatingPowerboatingFishingScuba divingSam Rayburn Reservoir
Texas
Bass fishingPowerboatingKayakingBirdwatching