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The local guide

Everything worth doing.Within 20 minutes.

Editors' picks across 8categories — the dock with the deepest channel, the winery with the view, the restaurant with the right wine list, the trail nobody's on at sunrise.

The table

Restaurants

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Shugrue's Restaurant & Bar

A refined lakeside dining room overlooking the Bridgewater Channel and London Bridge — hand-cut steaks, fresh seafood, and a wine list, with docking for boat-in diners.

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The Turtle Grille

The signature restaurant at the Nautical Beachfront Resort, open to resort guests and outside visitors alike for casual lakeside dining and drinks.

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The Chair

A family-owned restaurant in English Village, directly under London Bridge, serving breakfast through dinner to the district's steady foot traffic.

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Burgers By The Bridge

A casual burger counter in English Village, a short walk from London Bridge.

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The tap

Breweries

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Barley Brothers Brewery & Grill

A brewpub and grill sharing the Shugrue's complex on McCulloch Boulevard, with house-brewed beer and channel views on the patio.

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The water

Boat launches

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Lake Havasu Marina

A large marina near London Bridge with wet slips for up to 1,000 vessels, a 24-hour launch ramp, fuel dock, and ship's store.

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Nautical Watersports

Boat, pontoon, and jet ski rentals based at the Nautical Beachfront Resort, next to the Turtle Grille.

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Parker
Havasu Springs Resort Marina

A full-service marina and resort near the lake's south end, a quarter mile north of Parker Dam — the option for boaters based closer to Parker than Lake Havasu City.

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Iconic stops

Iconic stops

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London Bridge

The original 1830s London Bridge, sold by the City of London in 1968 after it began sinking into the Thames. Robert McCulloch bought its exterior granite for $2.46 million, shipped it to Arizona, and had it rebuilt over a newly dug channel that turned the shoreline into an island. It reopened in 1971 and is Arizona's second-most-visited attraction after the Grand Canyon.

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Parker
Parker Dam

The dam that formed Lake Havasu, built 1934–1938 and dedicated that November by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, with roughly two-thirds of its structural height sunk below the riverbed.

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London Bridge Beach

A free public park along the Bridgewater Channel with a buoyed swim area, two playgrounds, a fenced dog park, and a dozen BBQ ramadas — the city's main lakefront green space.

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