Buzzard Lake

Buzzard 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 Buzzard 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 Buzzard Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.02054, -91.20450. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Buzzard Lake

• Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church · church · Monroe · ~19 km · Must-see
• Mount Zion Baptist Church · church · Monroe · ~19 km · Must-see
• Crow Lake · lake · Tunica · ~36 km · Must-see
• McNulty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~52 km · Must-see
• Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park · park · Monroe · ~55 km · Must-see
• Louisiana Purchase State Park · sanctuary · Tunica · ~55 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~57 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · St. Francis · ~57 km · Must-see
• 155 mm gun M1 · attraction · White · ~67 km · Must-see
• First Methodist Church · church · White · ~68 km · Must-see
• Cumberland Presbyterian Church · fort · White · ~69 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Church · fort · White · ~69 km · Must-see
• Cotton Plant water tower · fort · Woodruff · ~5 km
• Cotton Plant Museum · museum · Woodruff · ~6 km
• Henard Cemetary Road · fort · Monroe · ~7 km
• Trail of Tears National Historic Trail · fort · Monroe · ~12 km
• Central Delta Depot Museum · museum · Monroe · ~18 km
• American Legion Memorial · fort · Monroe · ~19 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Buzzard Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Buzzard Lake

• Crow Lake · lake · Tunica · ~36 km · Must-see
• McNulty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~52 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~57 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · St. Francis · ~57 km · Must-see
• Big Horseshoe Lake · lake · Coahoma · ~100 km · Must-see
• Moon Lake · lake · Coahoma · ~113 km · Must-see
• Mud Lake · lake · DeSoto · ~113 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Dam · lake · Cleburne · ~113 km · Must-see
• Mud Lake · lake · West Tennessee · ~114 km · Must-see
• Chief Chisca Lake · lake · DeSoto · ~118 km · Must-see

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