Sailing at Howard Prairie Lake

​Howard Prairie Lake Resort is home to the Rogue Yacht Club.  The resort is located in Southern Oregon, just north of the California state line in Ashland, Oregon.  The resort is just 18 miles east of the Interstate-5 Ashland Exit 14 - a scenic 40-minute drive by car.

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The resort is situated in the beautiful Cascade Mountain Range at an elevation of 4,525 feet. Howard Prairie Lake is a reservoir formed by waters fed from mountain snow runoff and Little Butte Creek.  It has a surface area of nearly 2,000 acres for recreational and sport boating with dependable weather conditions ideal as a sailing venue.  For more information on the winds see our sailing conditions page.

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Jackson County Parks operates Howard Prairie Lake Resort and in 2024, construction was completed on one of the largest new inland marinas in the Pacific Northwest. You may read more about it here.   The marina is open from sunrise to sunset and offers daily rental for dock slips as well as seasonal moorage.  A day use dock, boat ramp and boat trailer storage area is offered for a nominal vehicle fee per day.

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Adjacent to the marina is the restaurant and general store.  The restaurant offers full-service dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The store stocks a variety of beverages, snacks, condiments, ice and other items for boaters and campers.

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In addition to sailing, boating and fishing, the resort offers a variety of other recreational activities like mountain biking, hiking, bird watching and stargazing.  Online reservations are available for campsites and moorage.  For more information visit Howard Prairie Lake Resort Website or call 541-774-8183.