Brown Lake

Brown 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 Brown 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 Brown Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.60619, -91.47124. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Brown Lake

• Jacksonport State Park · park · Jackson · ~18 km · Must-see
• Saint Pauls Episcopal Church · church · Independence · ~31 km · Must-see
• 155 mm gun M1 · attraction · White · ~54 km · Must-see
• Cumberland Presbyterian Church · fort · White · ~58 km · Must-see
• First Methodist Church · church · White · ~58 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Church · fort · White · ~58 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Dam · lake · Cleburne · ~60 km · Must-see
• Sugar Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Cleburne · ~60 km · Must-see
• Smyrna Methodist Church · church · White · ~66 km · Must-see
• Crow Lake · lake · Tunica · ~71 km · Must-see
• Blackland Chapel · church · Independence · ~2 km
• Goodie Creek Road · fort · Independence · ~9 km
• Bald Knob · viewpoint · Independence · ~11 km
• Neal Mountain · viewpoint · Independence · ~13 km
• Cornerstone United Methodist Church · church · Independence · ~13 km
• Surrounded Hill · viewpoint · Jackson · ~14 km
• Paroquet Bluff · viewpoint · Independence · ~16 km
• Lofton Lake · lake · Jackson · ~17 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Brown Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Brown Lake

• Greers Ferry Dam · lake · Cleburne · ~60 km · Must-see
• Crow Lake · lake · Tunica · ~71 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Lake · lake · Cleburne · ~83 km · Must-see
• Lake Frierson State Park · lake · Greene · ~99 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · St. Francis · ~114 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~114 km · Must-see
• Mammoth Spring · lake · Fulton · ~124 km · Must-see
• Norfork Dam · lake · Baxter · ~124 km · Must-see
• McNulty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~138 km · Must-see
• Lake Conway Dam · lake · Faulkner · ~139 km · Must-see

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