Sandhill access

[Philly48]

Its been over 15 years since I have been to the sandhill located on the Arizona side between the sandbar and the mouth of the river leading in to Havasu. We used to call it the jungle cruise as it was a narrow path back through the reeds to this spot. My son now has his own jet boat and he wants to check it out. Not sure if it is still passable or not and just seeing if anyone out there has been lately.

 

[sintax]

havent been back up there in a long while, prob about that amount of time. I used to love to jetski up in that area, but its been a years.

 

[Meaney77]

So funny- literally just telling my buddy about this a minute ago. I thought I was the last one to know of the new place to hang out....

We were at the river last weekend and as soon as you get passed the mouth of the river heading up its about a 1/4 on the right side- you will see a bouy.

Perfect place to hang out, there were several boats there Saturday. There was a few really nice CP's making passes throught the area. There was also a few that shouldnt have been makiing any passes!

Hard to tell in the video but you can see a few roof tops- not sure if its houses or golf course/club house roof tops. Hopefully the spot doesnt get ruined- I am sure all of the loud music and boats travels and I could see complaints coming from above.

 

[Philly48]

Thanks for that Meaney77 !

 

[Jay Dub]

Its been over 15 years since I have been to the sandhill located on the Arizona side between the sandbar and the mouth of the river leading in to Havasu. We used to call it the jungle cruise as it was a narrow path back through the reeds to this spot. My son now has his own jet boat and he wants to check it out. Not sure if it is still passable or not and just seeing if anyone out there has been lately.

We took our 210 back there a few times last summer. its shallow but you can see the line to follow. bouy at entrance says no PWC's

 

[Philly48]

Thanks Jay Dub, yes I remember that buoy now.

 

[Philly48]

I just got back on to this site after quite a while and had to start a new profile because I have a different e mail these days. Anyways always great info on here and I told my 22 year old son that he needs to get on River Daves because us old guys know whats up! Thanks again.

 

[RVRKID]

 

[Mini Kat]

I run my 13 foot Sprint boat back in there Disneyland lots of fun very shallow.
I run through the stuff that is like 6 inches
Stay on the gas Don't let off.

 

[Philly48]

Thanks RVRKID, those pictures bring back some great memories. I am 51 now (what happened ?) and I was my sons age when we used to take our eliminator bubble deck back in there. Very cool and thanks! I should have taken more pictures back then!

 

[sintax]

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now thats how I remember it!

 

[SHOCKtheMONKEY]

Disneyland is what we always called it. Glad to hear it's still accessible. We check out the entrance every few years and it always looks to overgrown to try to attempt...

 

[Mini Kat]

Disneyland is what we always called it. Glad to hear it's still accessible. We check out the entrance every few years and it always looks to overgrown to try to attempt...

Just remember that it does get very very shallow.
You can enter by the mouth of the river heading up and then there are 2 legs that split off to the main river going up to the sandbar. Other than that that's your only options..

 

[Ziggy]

DizkneeLand

 

[SHOCKtheMONKEY]

Just remember that it does get very very shallow.
You can enter by the mouth of the river heading up and then there are 2 legs that split off to the main river going up to the sandbar. Other than that that's your only options..

Thank you
I'll wait till we can go in my buddy's boat. Lol

 

[RVRKID]

So funny- literally just telling my buddy about this a minute ago. I thought I was the last one to know of the new place to hang out....

We were at the river last weekend and as soon as you get passed the mouth of the river heading up its about a 1/4 on the right side- you will see a bouy.

Perfect place to hang out, there were several boats there Saturday. There was a few really nice CP's making passes throught the area. There was also a few that shouldnt have been makiing any passes!

Hard to tell in the video but you can see a few roof tops- not sure if its houses or golf course/club house roof tops. Hopefully the spot doesnt get ruined- I am sure all of the loud music and boats travels and I could see complaints coming from above.

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Shhhh

 

[Melloyellovector]

So funny- literally just telling my buddy about this a minute ago. I thought I was the last one to know of the new place to hang out....

We were at the river last weekend and as soon as you get passed the mouth of the river heading up its about a 1/4 on the right side- you will see a bouy.

Perfect place to hang out, there were several boats there Saturday. There was a few really nice CP's making passes throught the area. There was also a few that shouldnt have been makiing any passes!

Hard to tell in the video but you can see a few roof tops- not sure if its houses or golf course/club house roof tops. Hopefully the spot doesnt get ruined- I am sure all of the loud music and boats travels and I could see complaints coming from above.

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That’s speed alley you posted, the ”new” sandbar not so new not so hidden anymore. Lol
‘Disneyland is further up and not so easy to access
reeds have overgrown path so and depth like minikat said is shallow. Was not do able last year in the toon

 

[checkrdpast]

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I remember that place as Disneyland or White sands.. First time some guys were taking us back there we thought they were goin to kill us

 

[angiebaby]

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This is the area I remember. Some other images folks posted seem way too wide to be the spot. We called it Disneyland and have tried to find it a few times, but it looks like it is all overgrown. It was a piece of cake in the jetboat, probably around the time you took this pic, late 90s-very early 2000s? We built a water slide up there one time with a huge roll of Visqueen (sp). We had a gas-powered pump at the bottom attached to a firehose to take the water up the hill, and a generator and big speakers at the top that belonged to our friend who was in a heavy-metal rock band at the time. Man that was a great day. I've tried to find some pictures, but can't seem to locate them.

 

[RVRKID]

This is the area I remember. Some other images folks posted seem way too wide to be the spot. We called it Disneyland and have tried to find it a few times, but it looks like it is all overgrown. It was a piece of cake in the jetboat, probably around the time you took this pic, late 90s-very early 2000s? We built a water slide up there one time with a huge roll of Visqueen (sp). We had a gas-powered pump at the bottom attached to a firehose to take the water up the hill, and a generator and big speakers at the top that belonged to our friend who was in a heavy-metal rock band at the time. Man that was a great day. I've tried to find some pictures, but can't seem to locate them.

The slide was awesome I remember seeing that a couple times, we would take my buddies 21 Ultra Jet back and a couple of us would ride on the swim step and if it got to shallow he would just shut it off and we would push for a little bit. Great times back then.

 

[spark2678]

I think the video that Meaney posted is a little south compared to Disneyland. Especially if you can access a couple ways from the mouth of the river.

Might have to try the area out on video, looks nice!

 

[Ziggy]

This is the area I remember. Some other images folks posted seem way too wide to be the spot. We called it Disneyland and have tried to find it a few times, but it looks like it is all overgrown. It was a piece of cake in the jetboat, probably around the time you took this pic, late 90s-very early 2000s? We built a water slide up there one time with a huge roll of Visqueen (sp). We had a gas-powered pump at the bottom attached to a firehose to take the water up the hill, and a generator and big speakers at the top that belonged to our friend who was in a heavy-metal rock band at the time. Man that was a great day. I've tried to find some pictures, but can't seem to locate them.

Lol, time to pull out the old school "photo albums"

 

[angiebaby]

Lol, time to pull out the old school "photo albums"

Good idea. Unfortunately, they are packed away for another week and a half. . . but soon!

 

[76sanger]

Cracks me up when someone goes and says "I hope it doesn't get messed up" or "to busy" but they or whoever cant shut their mouth or quit typing and saying exactly where it is. Then there the first ones to complain and bitch about it "always" being to busy.

 

[gqchris]

OK how the heck do I get to Speed Alley? I cant believe I have never been all these years. Someone Google Map pin me!

 

[Ziggy]

OK how the heck do I get to Speed Alley? I cant believe I have never been all these years. Someone Google Map pin me!

Speed Alley is a slow alley nowadays they shut that down a decade or more ago.

 

[SoCalDave]

Here's a thread from 10 years ago that has some use full info.
Video as well from an inmate.

Disneyland Sand Dunes (Up River from Havasu)

I haven't been to the Disneyland Sand Dunes since the early 90's so I thought I would see if I could find it on Google Earth. For those in the know is this the entrance? Also, for those that have been out there in the last ten years does it look the same as it did in the 90's? If you have some...

www.riverdavesplace.com

 

[Jay Dub]

Speed Alley is a slow alley nowadays they shut that down a decade or more ago.

It is no longer a no-wake zone. We wakeboard in there frequently. It can get shallow,

 

[Todd Mohr]

I was at the sandbar at speed alley last Sunday, there were a couple of outboards making some passes.

 

[sintax]

OK how the heck do I get to Speed Alley? I cant believe I have never been all these years. Someone Google Map pin me!

Buys HTM, starts looking for Speed Alley….

Haha watch out, I heard people are known to spin out into the reeds there!

 

[gqchris]

Buys HTM, starts looking for Speed Alley….

Haha watch out, I heard people are known to spin out into the reeds there!

I wanna take my Deckboat there and watch the fun. LOL..so where is this mystical location?

 

[sintax]

I wanna take my Deckboat there and watch the fun. LOL..so where is this mystical location?

its in the No-Wake now.

Unless you have a time machine, set it for 2004, then i'll drop you some coords

 

[gqchris]

its in the No-Wake now.

Unless you have a time machine, set it for 2004, then i'll drop you some coords

Yes please, the video up top says as from last weekend that @Meaney77 posted. Looks like a cool place to hang out.

 

[Bobby V]

its in the No-Wake now.

Unless you have a time machine, set it for 2004, then i'll drop you some coords

Post #28 says it’s no longer a no wake. I remember going there in the 90’s. I think they had a sticker for the boat if you ran over 100 mph. The “100 MPH Club”.

 

[Bobby V]

I wanna take my Deckboat there and watch the fun. LOL..so where is this mystical location?

Once you go past the entrance to the river from the lake going north it’s on the right hand side. You used to be able to enter on the south end and exit back to the river on the north end.