The Lake of the Ozarks, which covers 54,000 acres with 64 billion gallons of water and features over 1,150 miles of meandering shoreline (more than the entire Pacific Coast of California!), beat out Lake Havasu in Arizona; Lake Superior in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada; Big Bear Lake in California, and Lake Cumberland in Kentucky, among many others for the coveted top spot.
"This just means so much to us," says Lagina Fitzpatrick, executive director for the Lake of the Ozarks Tri-County Lodging Association. "While the Lake of the Ozarks was selected by travel industry experts for this contest, ultimately we won by a vote of the people, which makes this recognition so special," Fitzpatrick continues. "There truly are so many ways to enjoy the water at the Lake of the Ozarks. Whether it’s wakeboarding, paddleboarding, skiing, tubing, kayaking, parasailing, fishing or just simply swimming, you can do it all at the Lake of the Ozarks. Add to that all of our on-the-water events like AquaPalooza, Lake of the Ozarks Powerfest and the Shootout powerboat races, or annual Harbor Hops, and you can tell we know how to have fun on the water!”
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