My family (including two boys ages 8 and 14)is staying for two nights at the Wahweap Lodge in July. Does anyone have recommendations for a particular boat trip on Lake Powell? I greatly appreciate your input!

Take the trip to Rainbow Bridge, by all means. It's a wonderful way to see a lot of the lake plus one of nature's most amazing sights--the bridge itself. The boat leaves from Wahweap, takes about four hours, I would estimate. The Lodge desk can give you details. At this time, incidentally, the lake is 54 ft. below being full due to lack of snowmelt and runoff. Nevertheless, it is about 600 ft. deep in many places.

Al,
54 feet below average??
This is quite significant!
What kind of effect will this have on docks, beach areas, shoreline?
We're renting a boat this July, and I'm just curious is all.
Thanks!

No, not AVERAGE...54 ft. below full. Some rocks that were safely submerged are either exposed or just below the surface, so caution is advised. There will be more beach exposed, but some canyons will be tighter squeezes. The lake has been below full for several years. Check with AZ Dept. of Tourism for more info.

Thanks for the clarification Al.
My husband will be our navigator and "captain" our boat. We've both lived on Lake Ontario our entire lives. Lake Ontario may be "low or high" for the season, but anywhere over 10 feet is a huge difference in depth & shoreline for us. People's camps, etc. would be washed away!
Anyway, I've ordered my husband the Stan Jones' boating map for our adventure. Thank you for your reply.

The Stan Jones map is the one most boaters rely on. Very detailed. Make sure that the "beach" you head for is a beach and not an exposed mud flat. You can get hung up quite easily on those. Better a steeper and sandier shore than a gooey (and smelly) mud flat. Also, boating after dark is only for the foolish. Rocks just below the surface can be a real hazard. Once, a member of our group broke a leg ashore, and we had to go after dark downlake to a marina and a waiting ambulance boat. Very hairy.