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Blackburn's Guide to Norfork Lake Area Activities
Norfork Lake Watersports - Blackburn's Specialty!

Whether on top of, or under the water, we know how to most enjoy the lake. Any time of year, almost any weather condition, ask us how to enjoy it and we can tell you.

a
underwater
Largemouth bass meets human

Scuba Diving
Steve Street, owner of Blackburn's Resort, is an avid scuba diver who is under the water almost every day of the season exploring the underwater world of Norfork lake. Steve also spearfishes. He is an active member of the Norfork diving club which hosts several events a year. Not far by boat or land from Blackburn's is an excellent full service P.A.D.A. scuba shop. There you'll find experienced divers with W.A.S.I. and N.A.S.E. certifications. The owner is a Master Dive Instructor.

If you want you can get your scuba certification while staying at Blackburn's. It takes about one week. You'll be taught by instructors who have several years of scuba diving experience, and who have gone scuba diving all over the world. There is no need to purchase equipment as you can rent everything you need. You'll receive both in-water and classroom instruction.

b
skiing
Norfork surface water is almost always smooth enough to ski

Water Skiing & Wake Boarding
Because it twists down through the valleys, wind rarely whips Norfork into rough surface conditions. Only a few days a year is the water is too rough to boat, swim, and tube. Waves may reach 3 feet high during a strong thunderstorm, but such conditions don't last more than an hour. Many coves remain nearly glass smooth all day. These ideallic surface conditions attract water skiers and wake boarders from all over the Mid-West. Yet with 500 miles of shoreline, Norfork never gets too crowded.

 

c
tubing
Kids have so much fun they don't stop until they drop!

Swimming & Tubing
Once they try it children don't want to stop tubing. They also enjoy swimming so it can be a real toss-up for them when choosing. What many guests do is rent a boat so they can do both. They'll pull the kids around behind the boat on the tube until the adults get tired, then go park the boat in a cove where they swim for awhile. Not far from Blackburn's is a public swimming area. Blackburn's also has a well maintained swimming pool on the grounds.

 

d
boating
Picnic, swim, explore, fish, and relax with a pontoon boat

Boating
This is how you "get away from it all": Rent a pontoon, load it up with fishing tackle, a picnic, swimming towels, then add family. Head out on lake, look for private quiet cove in the morning. Fish a little until it gets hot. Swim to cool off. Cruise around some, then go ashore and explore the bluffs and shoreline. Picnic on a good spot on shore, or eat on the boat. This formula works well in the evening too!

 

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