Freshwater Dive Parks

[Guba]

And though this one isn't a traditional "scuba park", it is dived and is fairly unique. Vahalla Missle silo near Amarillo, Texas. That's just what it is, too...a retired nuclear missle silo left over from the cold war, about 120 feet deep and pretty much filled with COLD very clear water that naturally seeps inside. Not too much to see, but what an unusual logbook entry!

 

[aquanaut10]

The Finger Lakes in central NY have great diving. Canandagua Lake doesn't have a specified trail but it does have recognized dive sites. At 16 miles long and 1.5 miles wide this is one of the smaller lakes and they are deep. A few weeks ago we were 120 feet down and nowhere near the bottom. Pisces School of Dive operates a dive boat at the south end, you can get descriptions of the sites they visit at piscesdivers.com

 

[k ellis]

tenkiller lake has a dedicated scuba park just outside of Gore Oklahoma

 

[Scuba Ken]

Dutch Springs, PA

 

[Peter Buzzacott]

Hi again

Just tracking down all your suggestions and NCDiver suggested Roundtree in New Jersey but I can't seem to find any info on it. Does anyone know if it's a scuba park or if perhaps it's just a cool dive?

Peter

 

[Peter Buzzacott]

Happy New Year!!

A brief update: In the end I found over 200 scuba parks in a dozen countries, mostly either quarries or lakes. I've posted out around 100 survey questionnaires so far and have been receiving completed questionnaires daily. The project is over the half-way mark and I should be wrapping it up in the next month or so.

So far, of the more traditional parks, they range from the small privately owned quarry with two cars, one training platform and an honour-system where you leave a few bucks in a box at the entrance, right up to the full commercial enterprise with lifeguards, rescue boat, on-site hyperbaric chamber, banked mix-gas, and numerous exotic attractions.

The parks range in lattitude from the tropics to 54 degrees latitude, from extremely fresh to fully marine, from ice to 90-F, and from sea-level to over 6000ft altitude.

So, thanks again to everyone who chipped in suggestions. I'll post a link to the overall results once they've been published.

Peter Buzzacott
Western Australia

 

[tstormdiver]

In Kentucky we have Pennyroyal Blue Springs: Pennyroyal Scuba Blue Springs Resort in Hopkinsville, KY & Falling Rock Park In LaGrange, KY: Falling Rock Park . You can also find may others throughout the us by going to Dive Training Magazine: Diving USA .

 

[ohmdiver]

In the Finger Lakes region there is Finger lakes UNderWater Preserve Association check it out and see what this group has done..

 

[101recon]

Lots of dive sites listed here:
Lake Diver freshwater lakes, rivers, quarries, and springs scuba diving resources including maps, reviews, and comments. :: USA Map

 

[herbdb]

Will the compiled list be available on line?