Luxury Parker riverfront home lists for $3.6 million on Colorado River

A Parker riverfront estate with 89 feet of Colorado River frontage is asking $3.6 million, a price that puts 6674 S. Riverside Dr. among the highest-end homes now being marketed in La Paz County’s best-known waterfront corridor. The five-bedroom, five-bath house spans 4,696 square feet and includes a private launch, a dock, covered and riverfront patios, a patio over the launch and a grass area facing the water.

The listing underscores how scarce true riverfront property has become on the Parker Strip, the 16.5-mile stretch of the Colorado River in La Paz County that county officials say has long been a summer draw, especially for visitors from Southern California. Along with the Parker home at $3.6 million, other current high-end river listings include a $4 million home at 7870 Riverside Dr. and a $3.295 million property at 6190 Rio Lindo Shores Dr., showing a luxury tier that now sits far above the broader local housing market.

That gap matters in Parker, a town of 3,417 people in the 2020 census and the county seat in a county of 16,557 residents that is projected to reach 16,711 by 2025. A sale at this level would carry property-tax costs far beyond what most local households face, and riverfront ownership also brings the added expense of insurance, maintenance and the constant upkeep that comes with docks, launches and outdoor living spaces exposed to water and desert weather.

The market also highlights how waterfront homes are tied to a very specific slice of La Paz County’s economy. County officials say tourism and agriculture are the county’s economic leaders, and Parker’s river frontage remains one of the area’s most visible attractions. Nearby Parker Dam, River Island State Park, Buckskin Mountain State Park and off-road events such as the Parker 425 and Parker 250 all feed the same recreation economy that keeps river property in demand.

The home at 6674 S. Riverside Dr. shows what still commands top dollar along the Colorado River: direct water access, room for boats and guests, and a setting that is limited by geography, not just by price. In Parker, where the river is both a playground and a scarce asset, the top of the market keeps rising even as the rest of the county lives with a much lower-cost housing reality.