u/OzarksBoating

Some of you have seen the mile marker map posted here before (marinas, rentals, charters, sorted by MM). I went through and added 39 fuel docks to it today — not just the well-known names.

The point of it: if your tank is getting low mid-lake, you can filter to just fuel and see what's actually near you instead of trying to remember which marina happens to sell gas.

Let me know if there's a dock I'm still missing — there are always a few stragglers.

Check the map → ozarksboating.com/map

Mile markers are how everyone navigates the lake, but if you're not familiar with it, figuring out where you actually are is weirdly hard. So I built a map around them.

Two ways to use it:

Planning from home: drop in your rental address — Airbnb, condo, hotel, whatever — and it snaps to your mile marker, shows which arm you're on, and shows what's nearby (boat rentals, marinas, fuel docks, water taxis).

Already on the water: tap the GPS button and it finds your real-time location and tells you your mile marker right from the boat.

Covers the full lake — MM 0 to 93, all five arms. Filter by category so you're not wading through stuff you don't need.

https://www.ozarksboating.com/map

Happy 4th of July weekend to everyone heading out there.

I did this because I'm building a tool for the lake and needed real data. I pulled base rates, maintenance fees, and fuel deposit policies from 15+ marinas for peak season, same party size, same day.

The widest range I found was $430 — same group size, same number of hours, same peak weekend. Some marinas charge a per-hour maintenance fee on top of the base rate, and some stack on fuel deposits and tight cancellation windows. The sticker price you see on a marina's website might not tell the whole story.

I built a comparison tool that shows all of it in one place. You put in your group size, how many hours you need, and whether you're going peak or off-season. It spits out base rate, maintenance fee, and a gas cost estimate for each marina so you can see the real number before you call.

4th of July weekend boats are booking fast. Worth running the numbers before you call.