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Camps and Parks Floating Docks Safety

5 Best Dock Lighting Ideas

Everybody should look at several considerations regarding dock lighting ideas before making a final decision.  Low voltage (12V) boat dock lights are usually the preferred choice for smaller camping spaces or smaller park areas.  Depending on other nearby sources of lighting already in place, you may need to buy a transformer and locate it within
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Floating Fishing Pier with a gazebo that is over a lake
Camps and Parks

How to Choose a Floating Swim Platform

For campers or for those just wanting to enjoy a park’s recreational amenities for a day, floating swim platforms for lakes make the water more easily accessible. Lake swim platforms provide versatility for more fun! You can jump in the water to swim or play, or you can fish from floating swim platforms for lakes,
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Camps and Parks Kayak Paddle Sports

How to Launch a Kayak from a Ramp?

Your campers are all ready to go; they are all set for their kayak adventure.  Launching a kayak from a ramp is different than launching from a dock.  What do you need to know about how to launch from a kayak dock ramp to keep everyone safe and get the fun started as soon as
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aluminum dock ramps in lake
Camps and Parks

What is the Ramp to a Dock Called?

A very marine term, the ramp between a dock and a boat, or a dock and land, is often referred to as a “gangway.”  The name implies “fun,” don’t you think?  Taking a gangway to arrive at your destination between two points sounds much more nautical than a ramp. More fun than just referring to
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Floating Walkways Systems float walkways docks concept image
Camps and Parks

The Insider’s Guide to Floating Walkways Systems

Do you know everything you need to know before deciding what type of walkway you want to have between land and the lake?  Your boat?  This guide will help spell out some of the differences you will want to consider first with float walkways docks. Floating Walkways vs. Traditional Walkways  For park uses, as well
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ADA Kayak Launch
Camps and Parks

The Best Ways to Utilize ADA Kayak Launches

As a Camp Director, you want all your campers to have a safe and fun experience while camping in your care.  You’ve thought long and hard about all the possible choices you could give campers to complete their summer outdoor experience.  You certainly want every camper to have the same opportunities available to them.   For
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Aluminum Boat Dock Waterways
Camps and Parks

Evolution of Aluminum Boat Dock Walkways

A walkway or gangway aids in getting on or off a boat with ease.  Using a walkway or gangway is a lot better and safer than trying to jump over the gap between boat and land when loading or unloading.  Whether young or older, this could be quite a challenge and not the safest avenue
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Dock Patio
Camps and Parks

Dock Patio Ideas for a Camp Director

Summer camps can be great educational resources, offering a wealth of knowledge from experienced camp directors and camp counselors to a host of children and adults of all ages and skill levels.  Never let it be said that you are too inexperienced to go camping.  Camps are one of the best places for kids to
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Summer Camp Dock Accessories
Camps and Parks

What Accessories Do You Need For Your Summer Camp Dock?

With summer in full swing and campers ready and eager as never before to enjoy summer activities on the lakes, what summer camp accessories do you need to remember to take to the camp dock?  Multiple customizable camp dock configurations can be thoughtfully considered and rendered for use by summertime campers.  So many dock configurations,
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pier designs for lakes on a cloudy day
Camps and Parks

Things to Consider When Designing a Pier for a Lake

Piers help water enthusiasts enjoy the lake much more by extending useful space out over the water.  Put a couple of benches at the end of the pier or along the sides, and you have made the pier a prime fishing spot.  As those put in charge of making sure guests can enjoy as much
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Floating Fishing Pier
Camps and Parks

How Do You Support a Floating Fishing Pier?

To support a floating fishing pier, you need a strong anchor system and buoyant yet strong float devices securely fastened underneath.  These tough, sealed float devices need to be able to rise and fall safely and securely with the ebb and flow of the surrounding water.  There will always be movement on a lake or
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Camps and Parks

What is a Floating Swimming Platform?

Floating swimming platforms offer the ability to ideally position a safe structure for kids and adults to swim to or fish from and/or to sunbathe on.  Swim platforms can be positioned in the water, near a land dock, if desired, or positioned farther out to be a waystation, that campers can swim to and climb
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