Best experience we've had in many years of floating on the James River. Very friendly and…read moreprofessional, so glad they were recommended to us! We will definitely be using the James River Canoe Rental for our future trips. Thank you Dana!!!

This is a family owned small business and they go above and beyond to make sure you are taking care…read moreof! We traveled with them for our first float trip. They made everything very apparent, and we even got to sign the interior of the bus. The next time I came, my daughter had taken out a piece to inflate my paddleboard, I called James River Canoe Rental, and they remembered me from my previous float trip. They were able to send a friend that has a paddleboard company out to me to give me a hand blowing up my board! No one ever goes out of their way like that!! These are real People dedicated to help you get on the water! Mad respect!!

Great service! Great staff, (other than they keep having nice boats in the showroonm trying to…read moretempt me.) :D They always get my boat in for the annual service and always get it done by the next if I drop it in the morning. For that I dont mind driving an hour each way to drop and pickup my boat.

Thank you so much to the Ski Shack and the crew!! We can't thank you guys enough…read more Chris was very accommodating when we needed a quick repair done to our 2005 Malibu, while on vacation. Huge parking in back to accommodate our trailer and boat. We had a new cover and they offered to put it on for us. Staff is very respectful and personable. P. S. The Malibu's for sale on the lot are gorgeous! And we WILL come back to trade in our boat for a new one when we are ready. Thanks Ski Shack!

Huge fan of this marina/Lake. Very easy boat launching, which was something I'm always a little…read moreworried about with my vehicle (2WD/FWD Mazda CX-5), but here I have no issues putting the boat in or pulling it right on out. The place is clean. There's a ton of parking and room for turning around / backing up. I've caught crappie and a very nice sized pike in my couple of times going, so far. Will be going a lot more since I just got the boat and paid the $50 for the "year" (season). It's right outside Springfield and is very easy to get to. Staff at the store are friendly and very easy to work with. I have no experience renting a boat or using their slip service so I can not speak to that, but if you have your own watercraft then I highly recommend you go out and see it for yourself.

Great for fishing on a bank or boat. One of my favorites lakes to go to especially for crappie…read morefishing. There marina has great bait to!

I really loved the amenities such as pizza and firewood delivery. The pizza tastes like buffet…read morepizza. Sweet crust and greasy, everything you need after a long float trip. The water shoes in the shop were a fair price. The large cabin was perfect, being close to the main cabin. I would've preferred having outlets where we slept, which was the pullout couch under the stairs.

Overall, I recommend this campsite. I booked this last minute, so one of the few spots that were…read moreopen was at the late night loop. The noise ordinance is midnight for the rest of the campsite other than the late night loop which is 2 AM (or at least that's when things got quiet). Our campsite had great shade but wasn't on the water (late night loop 104) but was near the bathroom which I appreciated. The showers and toilets could be cleaner but I feel like there is only so much they can do with the amount of lake swimming and sheer amount of folks using the restrooms. I definitely recommend water shoes not only for the lake but also the showers. Although I brought supplies for making French press coffee, I ended up getting an iced late at the coffee shop in the main office. We had some of the breakfast buffet (carton eggs, sausage, hashbrowns) and it was all pretty good. We signed up for a glow tube night trip on Friday and a float trip on Saturday. Both were fun but I don't think I'd need to do 2 float trips in a weekend in the future. The resort drops you off at the tubing drop site up the river and you end either at the resort or a mile up the river where they'll bus you back. It's pricey but it does include a lot of amenities and is definitely a one stop shop for tubing. I think next year we'll look into the cabins or pods. ;tldr it's pricey but you get hot showers, toilets, coffee, and busing for the float trips built in. Late night loop is rowdy so if you want something more quiet, consider avoiding this area.

I would rate State Park Marina a 10 out of 5!…read more We rented a pontoon boat for 6 hours during our family vacation, and it was absolutely fantastic. The staff was VERY friendly, helpful, and informative from start to finish. The check-in process was so easy, and they did a great job making sure we didn't spend our vacation waiting around. The pontoon boat was clean, comfortable, and the tube worked perfectly for the kids. Everyone had such a great time on the water! This was our second time renting a boat from State Park Marina, and both experiences have been amazing. We truly have no complaints. The staff is awesome and goes above and beyond to make sure families have a great experience. Highly recommend State Park Marina if you're looking for a fun day on the lake!

#creatorsearchinsights #familyfriendlydestinations The State Park Marina at Table Rock lake was so…read moreadorable. Reminded me of my first job growing up in a tourist town. Be kind to those young adults! Its hot, they're making sure all is checked off before they let you leave with a boat. BE PATIENT and the outing will be worth it. Lots of fun plant identification a swimming took place. #thingstodo #branson

My girlfriend and I stayed four days. My daughter joined us after 2 days. The hosts were…read morewonderful and friendly and communicated. They were very eager to accommodate us in any way possible. The fishing advice that I was given was spot on an exact . Within 15 minutes of fishing off the Rockaway Beach public Island that was in front of those resort, I caught my first rainbow a nice 15 incher. My daughter spent about a half an hour and caught a nice rainbow and a itty bitty bash. We rented a pontoon boat that ran perfectly and was in great shape. Following the instructions he gave us we slowed trolled and caught two trout right away. After my girlfriend caught her first fish I really was more concentrated on sightseeing than I was fishing. After about an hour of good luck the fishing tailored off and we cruised up from one end of the lake to the other just to see what was going on. The room was big, well-equipped with full sized stove and refrigerator a couch in the living room and in one of the bedrooms, nice TV basic cable. Our experience was wonderful in every single way you can measure it. If you're looking for a place to stay on taneycomo, please consider this place. It's not the Ramada, but if you're coming to taneycomo to fish you won't find a better place to stay all.

My family and I, along with families from Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Springfield, MO have been booking…read moreat least a weeks stay at Rainbow Haven Resort and Marina in Rockaway Beach, MO for over 20 years. We call each other our "vacation family" and our kids, and now my grandkids, have grown up together, learned to swim and made so many memories at this resort, that it is almost painful to create this post. We have outlasted 3 previous owners whom we also considered part of that "vacation family". They were welcoming people who did everything in their power to make a stay at Rainbow Haven Resort and Marina as memorable as it could possibly be. However, that all came to an abrupt end yesterday. Sometime in the early afternoon, we were told that they closed the books out every Saturday and we needed to pay our bill before the end of the day, just one of a string of BS lines that I completely don't believe, a day before we were to leave. So before I went to the office to pay I checked the website to verify the price of the room so that I knew approximately what I was going to be charged. BUT when I got in there I was charged around $50 more than I expected. Mind you we had already been told that the reason there were no BBQ grills on the decks any longer is because the insurance wouldn't pay if the place burned down and they had provided the grills, but if the guests brought their own it was ok. WHAT?!?!?!?! The next one was that we should have seen the pool 2 hours before we got there because "it was pea green". Speaking of the pool, you can see in the pictures below, what we had to deal with all week. It was not cleaned 1 single time after we got there on July 1 and still hadn't been cleaned when we left on July 9th. So an argument began regarding payment and I refused to pay anymore than what was stated on the website for the room. She continually told me that the website had been updated to which I replied, "I will bring it up and show you right now on my phone". Her reply about the dirty pool was, "You were in the pool everyday. Why didn't you tell us". "BECAUSE IT IS NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL YOU TO CLEAN YOUR OWN POOL!!!!! I DON'T OWN THIS RESORT YOU DO!!" The argument with her ended with her stomping off into her house and telling me we were no longer welcome at Rainbow Haven Resort and Marina. I CANNOT abide liars and underhandedness and those 2 people are the epitomy of both words. The pictures below show just how bad the pool area was and the boat dock was such a joke that it took 2 people to get our boat out because you had to be a gymnast to maneuver around the kayak that was laying on the walkway obstructing it. The last straw was that they sat on their deck the entire time watching us AND called in some kind of "security wanna be's" to hang out while we were leaving. I really take offense to someone with guns on their belt hanging around while we had our grandsons with us and were only packing our stuff and leaving. I would caution EVERYONE to stay as far away from this place as possible and if you have made a deposit for a stay in the future, be prepared to not have it returned because the place is going on the market in October and at the price they are going to ask will not likely ever sell and they will wind up giving it back to the bank. They may be able to convince others that their lies are true, but I have learned quite a few things in my 50+ years and dealt with better liars and cheats than they have ever thought about being. PLUS, I have ran that resort for a couple of weeks at a time for more times that I can count and know how much work it takes to run it. But I did fine and did my full time job to boot!! It was the people that you came into contact everyday that made me go back again and again, whenever asked. I totally enjoyed it. So our Rainbow Haven days have come to an end but next year will bring a grand adventure that will create new memories!!!!

Very helpful and friendly staff. Had a great day out on lake, rented nice boat. Will rent again…read morewhen I visit.

We rented a ski boat with a tube and it was a great day on the water. The staff was really friendly…read moreand the boat was really clean. Even tho it rained really hard, they paid off our gas. The workers go above and beyond for this place and would come back in the future.

PERFECT place for an afternoon with my nine-year-old grandson. Did catch-and-release to teach him…read morefly-fishing. Even with high sun on a 100-degree day, he hooked 12 and landed 8 on his fly rod and they averaged 3 pounds! We kept the first for a celebratory dinner and it was fantastic! (Have your fish filleted, if you go.) Their feeding program has their trout sooooo much more flavorful and powerful than what you'll get at a Missouri trout park! Staff was so friendly and helpful. The pond was clean and easily accessible. Only regret is that we didn't go a few years earlier. (The only reason I rated it five stars, is because there aren't ten stars.)

April seems to be a special month! 18.4 #s in 15 minutes! The biggest one was 5.5 pounds!read more

Great experience, Staff was very nice and informative, kayaks were nice and in decent shape. River…read morewas cold, lots of fish and wildlife along the way. Thought it was a good value in a tourist spot. Recommend 100% if you're in the Branson area.

Issac and Hannah were so awesome and helpful during our visit. They checked us in and got us in our…read morekayak quickly. The launch is super easy and the instructions on where to go were clear. This is a great choice when you are thinking about a kayak outing self-guided. It is a great value and we would recommend these folks if you are looking for some time on the water.