Bend Lake

Bend Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Bend Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Bend Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.94291, -88.16642. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bend Lake

• Gainesville Park · park · Sumter · ~17 km · Must-see
• Gainesville Lake · lake · Noxubee · ~17 km · Must-see
• Aliceville Lake · lake · Noxubee · ~43 km · Must-see
• A.I. Selden Lock and Dam · lake · Greene · ~44 km · Must-see
• Aliceville Lake · lake · Pickens · ~44 km · Must-see
• Moundville Archaeological Park;Mound State Monument · museum · Tuscaloosa · ~63 km · Must-see
• Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Site · fort · Noxubee · ~69 km · Must-see
• Lake Lowndes State Park · lake · Lowndes · ~70 km · Must-see
• Glover Mausoleum · fort · Marengo · ~70 km · Must-see
• Demopolis Public Square · sanctuary · Marengo · ~70 km · Must-see
• Safe House Black History Museum · museum · Hale · ~73 km · Must-see
• Cooks Bend Cutoff · lake · Greene · ~1 km
• China Bluff · viewpoint · Sumter · ~6 km
• Jim Henderson Dam · lake · Sumter · ~9 km
• Robert Weir Dam · lake · Sumter · ~10 km
• Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church · church · Greene · ~13 km
• Whitsetts Bluff · viewpoint · Sumter · ~15 km
• Barns Lake · lake · Sumter · ~15 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bend Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bend Lake

• Gainesville Lake · lake · Noxubee · ~17 km · Must-see
• Aliceville Lake · lake · Noxubee · ~43 km · Must-see
• A.I. Selden Lock and Dam · lake · Greene · ~44 km · Must-see
• Aliceville Lake · lake · Pickens · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lake Lowndes State Park · lake · Lowndes · ~70 km · Must-see
• Lake Lurleen State Park · lake · Tuscaloosa · ~75 km · Must-see
• John C. Stennis Dam · lake · Lowndes · ~88 km · Must-see
• Lake Tuscaloosa · lake · Tuscaloosa · ~90 km · Must-see
• Columbus Lake · lake · Clay · ~91 km · Must-see
• Mud Lake Dam · lake · Tuscaloosa · ~121 km · Must-see

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