Grimes Lake

Grimes 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 Grimes 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 Grimes Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.61858, -86.81900. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Grimes Lake

• Buck Pond · lake · Baldwin · ~14 km · Must-see
• Blackwater River State Park · park · Santa Rosa · ~15 km · Must-see
• Blackwater River State Forest · sanctuary · Escambia · ~17 km · Must-see
• Alabama Hollow · viewpoint · Baldwin · ~25 km · Must-see
• Blackwater Heritage Trail State Park · park · Baldwin · ~26 km · Must-see
• Blackwater River State Forest · sanctuary · Santa Rosa · ~26 km · Must-see
• Gable Lake · lake · Santa Rosa · ~28 km · Must-see
• Arcadia Sawmill and Arcadia Cotton Mill · fort · Baldwin · ~32 km · Must-see
• Navarre Beach Park · beach · Santa Rosa · ~33 km · Must-see
• Gulf Breeze Zoo · sanctuary · Santa Rosa · ~36 km · Must-see
• Fort Walton Mound · fort · Alabama · ~39 km · Must-see
• Naval Live Oaks Reservation · park · Alabama · ~51 km · Must-see
• Fort George · fort · Baldwin · ~55 km · Must-see
• Plaza Ferdinand VII · park · Escambia · ~56 km · Must-see
• Plaza Ferdinand VII · park · Baldwin · ~56 km · Must-see
• Crescent Lake · lake · Baldwin · ~58 km · Must-see
• Cantonment · church · Baldwin · ~62 km · Must-see
• Fort Barrancas · fort · Baldwin · ~69 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Grimes Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Grimes Lake

• Buck Pond · lake · Baldwin · ~14 km · Must-see
• Gable Lake · lake · Santa Rosa · ~28 km · Must-see
• Crescent Lake · lake · Baldwin · ~58 km · Must-see
• Juniper Lake · lake · Geneva · ~85 km · Must-see
• Deer Lake State Park · lake · Walton · ~100 km · Must-see
• Choctaw Point Light · lake · Baldwin · ~139 km · Must-see
• Martin Lakes · lake · Covington · ~34 km
• Bear Lake · lake · Escambia · ~34 km
• Lower Memorial Lake · lake · Okaloosa · ~41 km
• Lower Memorial Lake · lake · Covington · ~41 km

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