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Bartlett Lake boat and jet ski rentals has a boatable surface area of 2,815 acres - more than Canyon Lake and Saguaro Lake, combined; which allows you to have more room while throwing down your favorite trick.  Bartlett Lake gets it's water from the Verde River.  Outdoor enthusiasts and boaters are frequent going to Bartlett Lake for a variety of recreational opportunities, including shoreline camping, wakeboarding, water skiing, wakesurfing, and watercraft rentals in Arizona's natural desert terrain.  Bartlett State Park is part of the Tonto National Forest, visitors may see mule deer, bald eagles, javelina, coyotes, and many indigenous desert plants, including the majestic saguaro, mesquite trees and blooming ocotillo.

Bartlett Lake Resort and Marina is located 48 miles from Phoenix and 20 miles east of Carefree.  The newly engineered, fully paved, scenic Bartlett Lake Road combined with the expanding Phoenix freeway system offers easy access from the entire Valley of the Sun.  Tonto National Forest campground improvements, handicap accessibility, and safety features provide for safe, enjoyable recreation including hiking, boating, water skiing, waverunners, kneeboarding, air chair lessons, and fishing.  Come to Bartlett Lake for a great water sport vacation or weekend full of fun and relaxation!  Bartlett Lake offers the best of everything: gently sloping beaches on the west side and mountains that break the wind on the east side.

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Lake Pleasant rentals offering ski boat rentals and watercraft rental is a great vacation for any family or group.  The cornerstone of State Park is the 10,000 acre, Lake Pleasant, one of the important artificial reservoirs surrounding the Phoenix metropolitan area.  Lake Pleasant is created by the Waddell Dam, which was finished in 1928, the lake originally had a surface area of 3,700 acres, and served as a private irrigation project.  The primary recreational activities offered on this lake is wakeboarding, water skiing lessons, wakesurfing, and guided boat tours and charter.  At 76 feet high and 2,160 feet long, the original Waddell Dam was, at its completion, the largest agricultural dam project in the world.  The lake was filled by the Agua Fria River, capturing a large watershed throughout Yavapai County.

Construction of the dam which began in 1973, soon diverted water from the Colorado River to the lake, converting the lake from an agricultural project into a storage reservoir for the project.  Lake Pleasant did not have enough capacity to fill this role, and construction of a new dam was authorized.  Completed in 1993, the New Waddell Dam tripled the surface area of the lake, submerging the old dam beneath its waters.  Shortly after the completion of the dam, the area experienced a prolonged drought, and while the lake grew considerably it would never reach full capacity until early 2005.   Enjoy marinas, resorts, launch ramps and nearby accommodations where we offer our watercraft service at this lake which include; Pleasant Harbor and Scorpion Bay Marina.