Hop onboard and set your navigation, these are the 10 best party coves in America listed alphabetically by state. Photo Courtesy: River Scene Magazine. Crystal clear waters are just one of the many things to enjoy about this party cove at the sandbar in Islamorada, FL. Photo Courtesy: Key Largo Adventures. Not much. Pizza Boat.
Party Cove. Here we try to debunk the somewhat mystery. The Popularity of Swim-up Bars Party Cove has been around for over 50 years and much has changed throughout the years. One could say the new popularity of the pool bars at Lake of the Ozarks had a role in the decline of Party Cove.
Osage Beach, Mo. At about noon on any summer Saturday or Sunday, just nose your boat out onto the Lake of the Ozarks near the Grand Glaize Bridge -- that's where Route 54 passes over the water -- and follow the flotilla. This time of the week, everyone's headed, to paraphrase the colleagues of Nathan Detroit, for the oldest established permanent floating bacchanal in the country.
Party Cove is the popular name given for Anderson Hollow Cove, a cove in Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri that according to The New York Times is the "oldest established permanent floating bacchanal in the country. Various places in the lake have received the name since the s but the informal event was pushed out by private owners until when it moved to Anderson Hollow Cove within the confines of Lake of the Ozarks State Park at the 4 mile marker of the Grand Glaize Arm of the lake a mile south of the Grand Glaize Bridge. The cove itself is about a mile long and yards wide. On summer weekends as many 3, pleasure boats with around 8, aboard gather in the cove lining up in two rows with newcomers running a gauntlet of water cannon and taunts to take their clothes off although the Kansas City Star reports that the overwhelming number of visitors in the fraternity house environment are male.