Lake Pleasant, Arizona

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Lake Pleasant Regional Park offers 23,662 acres of ideal boating and camping opportunities. With 10,000 acres of crystal clear-water visitors can enjoy water skiing, jet skiing, sailing, or fishing. Lake Pleasant offers over 140 developed sites for RV and tent camping.

Lake Pleasant offers a visitors center where park visitors can learn about the Central Arizona Project, Waddell Dam, and Lake Pleasant. Books, pamphlets, and a variety of gifts are available for purchase inside the visitor's center. Step out onto the balcony surrounding the visitors center and you get a beautiful view of Lake Pleasant and an up close view of the Waddell Dam. Entrance to the Visitor Center is included in your park entrance fee.

The "Carl" Pleasant Dam, later renamed Waddell Dam, was constructed between 1926 and 1928, creating the upper portion of the Lake. At this time it was the largest agricultural Dam in the world. The objective was to impound runoff waters, from the Agua Fria River and the Bradshaw Mountains, for irrigation purposes.

In 1968, Congress authorized the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to construct the Central Arizona Project with the goal of transporting Colorado River water to central and southern Arizona for municipal, industrial, and agricultural use. In 1968, Congress authorized the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to construct the Central Arizona Project with the goal of transporting Colorado River water to central and southern Arizona for municipal, industrial, and agricultural use. Since the existing lake was not large enough for this purpose, the Federal government proposed construction of a New Waddell Dam. The new dam was completed in March 1993.

Fees: Entrance Fees

Location: 19 miles NW of Peoria on State Rt 74 off Castle Hot Springs Road

Contact: 602-372-7460

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