Murphy Lake

Murphy 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 Murphy 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 Murphy Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.32396, -91.45018. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Murphy Lake

• 155 mm gun M1 · attraction · White · ~30 km · Must-see
• Crow Lake · lake · Tunica · ~32 km · Must-see
• First Methodist Church · church · White · ~34 km · Must-see
• Cumberland Presbyterian Church · fort · White · ~34 km · Must-see
• Trinity Episcopal Church · fort · White · ~35 km · Must-see
• Jacksonport State Park · park · Jackson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Smyrna Methodist Church · church · White · ~47 km · Must-see
• Sugar Loaf Mountain · viewpoint · Cleburne · ~65 km · Must-see
• Saint Pauls Episcopal Church · church · Independence · ~66 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Dam · lake · Cleburne · ~67 km · Must-see
• Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church · church · Monroe · ~68 km · Must-see
• Mount Zion Baptist Church · church · Monroe · ~68 km · Must-see
• Taylor Bay Beach · beach · Woodruff · ~8 km
• Augusta Presbyterian Church · church · Woodruff · ~11 km
• Buzzard Roost Mountain · viewpoint · White · ~13 km
• First United Methodist Church · church · White · ~13 km
• Central Baptist Church · church · White · ~14 km
• Missouri Pacific Railway Caboose Number 928 · fort · White · ~14 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Murphy Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Murphy Lake

• Crow Lake · lake · Tunica · ~32 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Dam · lake · Cleburne · ~67 km · Must-see
• Greers Ferry Lake · lake · Cleburne · ~91 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · St. Francis · ~91 km · Must-see
• Beaty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~91 km · Must-see
• McNulty Lake · lake · Tunica · ~102 km · Must-see
• Lake Conway Dam · lake · Faulkner · ~120 km · Must-see
• The Little Rock · lake · Pulaski · ~123 km · Must-see
• Lake Frierson State Park · lake · Greene · ~123 km · Must-see
• Lake Willastein Dam · lake · Pulaski · ~127 km · Must-see

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