NOTICE - Before setting out on any hovercraft cruise, we recommend you read through this hovercraft cruise safety document.

Nearly every weekend in the spring, summer, and fall months members get out their hovercraft and go enjoy what mother nature has to offer. For those who are die-hard cruisers, you may even find them bundled up and tackling the cold in the frigid winter months. Hovercrafting truely is a sport for all seasons. Popular cruising sites include:

The Wabash River to Sugar Creek Cruise
This cruise usually takes place in the spring and originates from Terre Haute, IN and heads north about 40 miles up the Wabash River to Sugar Creek. Sugar Creek flows through Turkey Run State Park, where beautiful rock formations can be viewed. Cruisers typically stop at the park and eat a fantastic buffet style lunch in the park's lodge.

Hovercrafters love the beautiful Wisconsin River around Muscoda, WI. Picture courtesy of Ken Roberts

Smokey Mountain Cruise
The Atlanta hovercraft chapter frequently holds many crusing opportunities all around Atlanta, GA. Fontana Dam impounds the Nantahala, Little Tennessee and Tuckaseegee Rivers. The resultant Fontana Lake extends about 25 miles in an east/west direction at an elevation of 1710'. Most of the north shore is within the bounds of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. All of the remaining lake area is within the Nantahala National Forrest.

The Scioto River cruise in Ohio is concurrent with Hoverally. Cruisers can travel both up and down river unimpeded for many miles.

Cruisers stop to skip some rocks at Turkey Run State Park. Picture courtesy of Dave Reyburn

The Smokey Mountain Cruise. Picture courtesy of Louis Bondurant

The Scioto River Cruise
Originating in Chillicothe, OH this cruise takes place along with Hoverally in June. A popular activity on this cruise is the Budweiser Challenge - a scavenger hunt where cruisers have to located special buoys for prizes.