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Updated August 2026

Cable Wake Parks in the US

Every cable wake park we can document — 45 parks across 24 states, mapped. A cable park pulls you from an overhead cable instead of a boat, so there is no wake, no fuel, and no driver. It is the cheapest way to learn to wakeboard.
  • 45 parks
  • 24 states
  • 35 near a graded lake
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Click a marker to jump to that park below. 1 of the 45 parks has no published coordinates and is listed below but not mapped. Coordinates are approximate to the listed town for parks whose operator does not publish an exact location.

Why cable parks are not graded

LakeQuality rates boat-wake water on measured depth and surface area, following the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory wake research and WSIA setback guidance. A cable park has neither a boat nor a wake, so scoring it on those factors would be meaningless — every park here is rated Not applicable rather than being given a number it did not earn. Our A–F water quality grade is also withheld: most cable parks are private ponds, quarries, or built lagoons that no public monitoring program samples. Where a graded lake sits within 25 miles, we link it.

Alabama

  • Flip Side Watersports

    Birmingham, AL

    An Alabama cable park and aqua park operating at Oak Mountain State Park near Birmingham.

    Typical season: May–October · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Purs Lake · about 3.1 miGrade D

    Source: Flip Side Watersports

Arizona

  • Wakeboard Island at Bluewater Resort

    Parker, AZ

    A cable wakeboard feature at the BlueWater Resort & Casino on the Colorado River in Parker, Arizona.

    Nearest graded lake: Lake Havasu · about 19.7 mi

    Source: Visit Parker AZ - Wakeboard Island

California

  • Redding Wakeboard and Ski Park

    Anderson, CA

    A cable wakeboard park in Anderson, California, in the Redding area of Northern California.

    Source: Yelp listing — Redding Wakeboard and Ski Park

  • Velocity Island Park

    Woodland, CA

    A lakefront cable park 20 minutes from Sacramento with a 5-tower Sesitec full-size cable and UNIT features.

    Source: Velocity Island Park

  • Wake Island Waterpark

    Pleasant Grove, CA

    An 80-acre water park near Sacramento with a cable wakeboarding system and a large floating aqua park.

    Source: WakeScout - Wake Island

Colorado

  • Imondi Wake Zone

    Fruita, CO

    It is described as the largest cable park for wakeboarding and water skiing in Colorado.

    Typical season: May–September · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Highline Lake · about 9.9 miGrade A

    Source: Imondi Wake Zone (official site)

  • Mile High Cable Park

    Milliken, CO

    It is a wakeboard cable park operated by Mile High Wakeboarding near Denver.

    Typical season: June–September · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Windsor Lake · about 11.8 miGrade D

    Source: Mile High Wakeboarding (official site)

Connecticut

  • Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park

    Portland, CT

    An adventure park in a former Connecticut brownstone quarry in Portland, listed among US cable/wake parks.

    Typical season: June–September · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Source: Wakeboarding Mag Wake Park Guide

Florida

  • Keys Cable Park (The Lagoon on Grassy Key)

    Marathon, FL

    A cable wakeboard park on Grassy Key in Marathon, Florida, now part of The Lagoon on Grassy Key resort.

    Typical season: January–December · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Source: The Lagoon on Grassy Key (Keys Cable)

  • Miami Watersports Complex

    Hialeah, FL

    Cable wakeboard park in Hialeah, Florida that bills itself as one of the largest cable wakeboard parks in the U.S.

    Typical season: January–December · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Amelia Earnhart Park Lake · about 2.5 mi

    Source: Miami Watersports Complex (official site)

  • Orlando Watersports Complex

    Orlando, FL

    An Aktion Parks cable wake park in Orlando, Florida, operating since 1999.

    Nearest graded lake: Christie Lake · about 2.5 miGrade B

    Source: Orlando Watersports Complex

  • Revolution Cable Park

    North Fort Myers, FL

    Southwest Florida's premier full-size cable park, a 5-tower Ski Rixen system on a ~20-acre lake.

    Nearest graded lake: Lake Manitoba · about 9 miGrade D

    Source: Revolution Cable Park

  • Ski Rixen USA

    Deerfield Beach, FL

    The first cable wake/ski park built in the USA (since 1983), running a full-size continuous cable inside Quiet Waters Park.

    Nearest graded lake: Sabal Palm Lake · about 4.6 mi

    Source: Ski Rixen USA

  • The Cove Tampa

    Seffner, FL

    Cable wakeboard park near Tampa on a man-made lake purpose-built for cable wakeboarding, formerly McCormick's Cable Park.

    Typical season: February–December · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Lakeweeks · about 0.8 mi

    Source: The Cove Tampa (official site)

  • The Lift Adventure Park

    Hudson, FL

    Cable wake park in Hudson, Florida with a full-size cable and a beginner System 2.0 cable.

    Nearest graded lake: Hernando-Hunter Lake · about 5.4 miGrade B

    Source: The Lift Adventure Park (official site)

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

  • The Liquid Edge

    Farmer City, IL

    The Liquid Edge began in 2005 as a private waterski training lake and later added a wake cable park.

    Source: City of Farmer City

  • The Quarry Cable Park

    Crystal Lake, IL

    A 32-acre cable park in the Three Oaks Recreation Area billed as having the longest ride of its shape in North America.

    Nearest graded lake: Woods Creek Lake · about 3.8 miGrade C

    Source: The Quarry Cable Park

  • West Rock Wake Park

    Rockford, IL

    West Rock is a cable wakeboard and waterski park located on Rockford's historic Levings Lake.

    Typical season: June–September · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Baumann Park Lake · about 8.1 miGrade A

    Source: West Rock Wake Park

Kansas

  • KC Watersports

    Paola, KS

    A cable wake park about 30 minutes south of downtown Kansas City billed as the area's premier watersports destination.

    Typical season: May–September · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Miola Lake · about 2.1 mi

    Source: KC Watersports official site

Louisiana

Michigan

  • Action Wake Park

    Hudsonville, MI

    Michigan's first and only full-size cable park, letting riders learn wakeboard, ski or kneeboard without a boat.

    Typical season: June–September · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Green Lake Southwest Basin; Leighton Township · about 15.9 mi

    Source: Action Wake Park

Missouri

  • The Ski Shack Cable Park

    Springfield, MO

    A cable wakeboard park in the Springfield, Missouri area listed in the Wakeboarding Mag wake park guide.

    Typical season: May–September · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Lake Springfield · about 1.7 miGrade D

    Source: Wakeboarding Mag Wake Park Guide

New York

  • Roseland Wake Park

    Canandaigua, NY

    The first and only cable wake park in the northeastern US, on Muar Lake in the Finger Lakes region.

    Nearest graded lake: Canandaigua Lake · about 7.5 mi

    Source: Roseland Wake Park

North Carolina

  • Elevated Wake Park

    Lexington, NC

    Elevated Wake Park is described as the first full-size cable park in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina.

    Typical season: May–October · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Lake Thom-A-Lex · about 5.6 miGrade F

    Source: Elevated Wake Park (official site)

  • Jibtopia Wake Park

    Semora, NC

    Rider-built cable park in Caswell County with three System 2.0 pools loaded with rails and kickers.

    Typical season: May–October · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Hyco Lake · about 1.8 miGrade C

    Source: Jibtopia Wake Park

Ohio

  • Wake Nation Cincinnati

    Fairfield (cincinnati), OH

    Ohio's leading boat-free cable wakeboarding park, with full-size and two-tower cable systems and over two dozen features.

    Nearest graded lake: Doe Run Lake (KY) · about 23.6 miGrade C

    Source: Wake Nation - Cable Park

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

  • Camp Woodward 2.0 Cable Park

    Woodward, PA

    A System 2.0 cable wake feature at Camp Woodward action-sports camp in Woodward, Pennsylvania.

    Typical season: June–September · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Source: Camp Woodward (official site)

South Carolina

  • Charleston Aqua Park (Trophy Lakes)

    Charleston, SC

    A cable-pulled wakeboarding/boogie-boarding park near Charleston, no boat required.

    Typical season: April–October · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Source: Charleston Aqua Park - Cable Wakeboarding at Trophy Lakes

  • Shark Wake Park 843

    Little River, SC

    Cable wake park in the North Myrtle Beach Sports Complex with a full cable and a floating obstacle island.

    Nearest graded lake: Lake Tabor (NC) · about 23.9 miGrade F

    Source: Shark Wake Park 843

  • Southtown Wake Park

    Rock Hill, SC

    A full-size cable wakeboard and aqua park complex in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

    Nearest graded lake: Catawba Creek Lake (NC) · about 17.1 miGrade D

    Source: SouthTown Wake Park (official site)

Tennessee

  • Whet Water Park

    Jackson, TN

    A cable park in West Tennessee described as the only one of its kind in the region.

    Typical season: May–October · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Beech River Lake · about 22.4 mi

    Source: Whet Water Park (official site)

Texas

  • Hydrous Wake Park

    Little Elm, TX

    An overhead cable-and-pulley wakeboard park on a man-made lake in the Dallas-Fort Worth area north of Frisco.

    Typical season: April–October · Open-Meteo 2019–2023 daily-high climatology

    Nearest graded lake: Lewisville Lake Elm Fork · about 4.5 miGrade F

    Source: Hydrous Wake Parks official site

  • Quest ATX

    Austin, TX

    Austin's first and only cable wake park, a 6-tower Sesitec system on a cool clay-bottom lake.

    Nearest graded lake: Walter E Long Lake Mid Lake · about 10.3 miGrade D

    Source: Quest ATX

  • Texas Ski Ranch

    New Braunfels, TX

    A 70-acre action-sports complex with three cable systems and a boat lake, consistently ranked among the top wake facilities in the world.

    Nearest graded lake: Canyon Lake · about 12 mi

    Source: Texas Ski Ranch

  • Waco Surf (BSR Cable Park)

    Waco, TX

    A wakeboarding cable park and surf resort in Waco, Texas, opened in 2002 as BSR Cable Park.

    Nearest graded lake: Lake Waco N Bosque Arm · about 6.2 miGrade F

    Source: Waco Surf - The Cable Park

  • Wake Nation Houston

    Houston, TX

    Houston's first full-size cable park, with an overhead cable circling a 12-acre lake at 18-20 mph.

    Source: YouCanWake - Wake Nation Houston

Utah

Virginia

Wisconsin

Frequently Asked Questions

A cable wake park pulls the rider across the water with an overhead cable system instead of a boat. Because there is no boat, there is no wake, no fuel cost, and no driver — which is why cable parks are usually the cheapest and easiest way to learn to wakeboard.

We list 45 cable wake parks across 24 states. Texas and Florida have the most. Note that operators open and close between seasons, so confirm hours with the park before you drive.

No. Our A–F grade measures water quality on lakes with published monitoring data, and most cable parks are private ponds, quarries, or purpose-built lagoons that are not in the public monitoring record. Where a graded lake sits nearby, we link it so you can see what the water in that area looks like.

Most run seasonally. We show a documented riding-season window for 20 of the 45 parks, derived from Open-Meteo daily-high climatology for that location. Southern parks in Florida and Texas run far longer than northern ones.

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