Looking for online maps of Colorado River & Lakes

[MagicMtnDan]

I want to learn more about the boating opportunities along the Colorado River and ultimately figure out where to buy a house that is centrally located to a number of the lakes.
I'm learning more about Lakes Powell, Mead, Mohave and Havasu (what about Martinez Lake, is it open to powerboating?). What are other options for places to live besides Lake Havasu City (LHC)? How about Bullhead City (heard it's been booming for years). Are there other cities/towns from which to choose that will put us close to these lakes and the river? (Seems like the focus on this board is Lake Havasu which is nice but I've also enjoyed Lake Mohave a lot - haven't been to Powell or Mead yet).
Can anyone provide a link to maps? Thanks for any help you can provide.

[FMluvswater]

got 4 pages of search results in Google images (20 thumbnail images per page)
http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en...ogle.ca/images ?hl=e n&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=maps&as_q=%22Colorado+River%22&btnG=S earch%C2%A0within%C2%A0results
Perhaps one of those has the kind of map you were wanting to take a look at. Good luck.
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Edit: link won't work so you'll have to highlight copy and paste in a new browser window ... that does work just tried it myself. Sorry for the messy URL.
[ June 29, 2003, 05:52 PM: Message edited by: FMluvswaterbabe ]

[sandblasted]

There is more to life, I mean the river than Havasu...check out this link for real estate and other info...
http://www.aroundtheriver.com/

[Mandelon]

I've been looking for a while myself.
Lake Havasu City is more expensive than the alternatives north or south. But it is of course located next to the biggest party spot around. Therefore it is more popular.
Bullhead city is relatively close to both, Havasu and Mohave, is still fairly cheap and has plenty of big city type amenities. The water is colder the further north you go. North of Topoc the river can get shallow. Better if you have a Jet. We go to Avi a few times a year and often used to bust a prop blade or two.
From Bullhead City, you can drive to Topoc and put in there at the little Marina. The sandbar is 20 minutes down river. You can get to Laughlin quickly too. There's not much along the river there though, and I've found after a while it gets boring......
Parker is small, but has lots of character and places to stop for food or drinks. The water is warm and not too fast.
Further south, I am no expert, but I don't think there is much to own. Martinez and surrounding area etc is pretty much undeveloped. There are a few places for mobiles but not a lot more.

[Kwicherbichen]

Dan,
Try Riverlakes.com . They have some really good maps of the upper river & lakes

[RiverForUs]

MagicMtnDan:
...figure out where to buy a house that is centrally located to a number of the lakes.
How about Bullhead City (heard it's been booming for years..You can build a brand new 3bd 2ba house in the best part of Bullhead (just across from the casinos up the street from the entrance to Davis Camp) for as little as 100k.
That's where we'll be. 5 minutes to launch on Mohave, 3 minutes and you're on the river at Laughlin, or a 30 minute drive to Needles Marina Park and you've got Needles and a quick ride down to the Sandbar (or a little further to the channel)
Not sure how long it would take to trailer up to Mead. Never been there!