Couldn't snag the commemorative State Forty Eight T-shirt at Tempe Town Lake's 25th Anniversary? No worries! 

You can purchase the shirt with the link below!

https://statefortyeight.com/products/unisex-crew-tempe-town-lake-25-anniversary-midnight-navy?variant=51674893910382

Make new memories at Tempe Town Lake with these incredible FREE attractions:

• Rock Climbing Wall
• Trackless Train
• BubbleManiacs 
• Boating Opportunities - free 30 minute kayak and pedal boat rides
• Mini Golf On The Go
• Inflatable Games

Have fun at a variety of fun-filled activity booths including: 

• Community Arts
  • Create Japanese fish prints inspired by Gyotaku  
• Kids Zone
  • Face painting 
• Play Mobile
  • Create your own boat and test it on the Play Mobile's mini Tempe Town Lake  
• Tempe Park Rangers
  • Enjoy a reptile show and tell from the Park Rangers 
• Tempe Town Lake Boating 
  • Explore the year-round boating opportunities available on Tempe Town Lake
• Tempe History Museum
  • Learn historical facts about Tempe Town Lake and the Salt River while playing Guess that Gadget
• Tempe PRE
  • Play all day with bubbles from BubbleManiacs
• Tempe Bicycle Action Group
  • Beat the traffic and ride your bike to Tempe Town Lake and get it valeted for FREE! 

Foods Trucks will be selling yummy concessions at the celebration, including: 

• All Cooped Up in AZ
• Kabobski
• Kona Ice 
• Pinwheel Rolls 
• Stadium On Wheels
• The Snowy Churro

Parking is available downtown Tempe. But why not Bus, Bike or even ride the Light Rail to Tempe Beach Park.

• Parking 
  • Tempe Beach Park surface parking - Handicap Parking Only 
  • 201 S. Ash Parking Garage 
  • Hayden Ferry Lakeside Parking Garage 
  • Mill Ave. street meter parking 

   

• Biking 
  • Tempe Bicycle Action Group is offering FREE valet service for your bike

• Bus
  • Orbit Earth - Mill Ave. and Rio Salado 

• Tempe Streetcar 
  • 3rd Street and Mill Ave. 
  • Tempe Beach Park and Rio Salado 

• Light Rail 
  • Mill Ave. and 3rd Street

Creation

• Concept for lake created in 1966 at Arizona State University
• Opened Nov. 7, 1999
• 220 surface acres – 2 miles long 
•  800-1,200 feet wide
• Average depth 12.5 feet, ranging from 7 to 19 feet
• Initial Construction costs: $45,532,196
• Private developers are absorbing $26.9 million of these costs

Water

• Capacity is about 3,000 acre-feet or 977 million gallons
• Water to keep the lake full comes from reclaimed water, recharge and recovery and water exchanges
• Water quality is maintained by keeping the water well mixed, proper aeration and chemical controls
  The lake does not lose water to seepage, thanks to a recovery system that pumps water back into the lake
• Evaporation costs Town Lake about the same amount of water used by two golf courses each year or consumed by an 1,000-acre alfalfa field

Flood Control

• Town Lake can sustain more than the impact of a 100-year flood event
• In the event of a 100-year flood, the steel gate dam that creates Town Lake would be lowered and water would remain within the river channel
• Once storm water passes through, the gates are raised and the river becomes a lake again.

Boating

• More than 2,000 rowers use Town Lake each year. Take a class and be one of them
• Sail, row a dragon boat or outrigger canoe with one of the many other boating clubs
• Visitors may bring their own boats to Town Lake after purchasing a permit

Fishing

• More than a dozen varieties of fish swim in Town Lake, including bass, sunfish and catfish -- and Town Lake has among the best catch rates in the state
• Thousands of rainbow trout are stocked in cooler months
• Fishing is permitted with a standard Arizona Fishing license available at sporting goods stores

Tempe Beach Park

• Tempe’s oldest park, built in 1931
• Completely renovated in 1999 in conjunction with Town Lake construction
• Offers 25 acres of recreation space for everyone
• Tempe's largest special event venue, Splash Playground, historic baseball field

Town Lake Marina

• Town Lake Marina includes five lanes of boat launches, boat storage, parking, a safe
  harbor and a park for concerts and events
• A Welcome Center and Boat House is planned adjacent to Town Lake Marina 
• Many of Tempe's boating programs operate from Town Lake Marina
• Boat storage is available at Town Lake Marina for a fee