Dolly Lakes

Dolly Lakes: 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 Dolly Lakes

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 Dolly Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 28.75452, -82.14805. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dolly Lakes

• Flying Eagle Preserve · sanctuary · Citrus · ~11 km · Must-see
• Dade Battlefield Historic State Park · sanctuary · Sumter · ~14 km · Must-see
• Withlacoochee State Forest · sanctuary · Citrus · ~17 km · Must-see
• Fort Cooper State Park · fort · Citrus · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lake Okahumpka Park · lake · Sumter · ~21 km · Must-see
• Lake Deaton · lake · Sumter · ~23 km · Must-see
• Old Courthouse Heritage Museum · museum · Citrus · ~25 km · Must-see
• Tsala Apopka Lake · lake · Citrus · ~25 km · Must-see
• Holy Trinity Episcopal Church · church · Lake · ~33 km · Must-see
• Chinsegut Wildlife and Environmental Area · sanctuary · Hernando · ~33 km · Must-see
• Cypress Lake Preserve · lake · Hernando · ~34 km · Must-see
• Leesburg Heritage Society and Historical Museum · museum · Lake · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lake Griffin State Park · lake · Lake · ~34 km · Must-see
• Florida Carriage Museum · museum · Lake · ~40 km · Must-see
• Lake Harris · lake · Lake · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake Weir · lake · Marion · ~43 km · Must-see
• Fickett Hammock Preserve · sanctuary · Hernando · ~44 km · Must-see
• Hálpata Tastanaki Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Marion · ~45 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Dolly Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dolly Lakes

• Lake Okahumpka Park · lake · Sumter · ~21 km · Must-see
• Lake Deaton · lake · Sumter · ~23 km · Must-see
• Tsala Apopka Lake · lake · Citrus · ~25 km · Must-see
• Cypress Lake Preserve · lake · Hernando · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lake Griffin State Park · lake · Lake · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lake Harris · lake · Lake · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake Weir · lake · Marion · ~43 km · Must-see
• Moody Lake · lake · Pasco · ~52 km · Must-see
• Lake Eustis · lake · Lake · ~53 km · Must-see
• Apopka-Beauclair Lock and Dam · lake · Lake · ~57 km · Must-see

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