Willow Lake

Willow 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 Willow 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 Willow Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.59286, -84.19117. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Willow Lake

• Lake Chehaw · lake · Dougherty · ~7 km · Must-see
• Paul Eames Sports Complex · park · Dougherty · ~7 km · Must-see
• Chehaw State Park · sanctuary · Lee · ~8 km · Must-see
• Fort Early Monument · fort · Crisp · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lake Blackshear · lake · Sumter · ~57 km · Must-see
• Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park · sanctuary · Crisp · ~61 km · Must-see
• Jimmy Carter National Historical Park · park · Sumter · ~66 km · Must-see
• Loretta Lake Dam · lake · Dougherty · ~1 km
• Calvary Church · church · Dougherty · ~2 km
• Church of Christ · church · Dougherty · ~2 km
• Albany Museum of Art · museum · Dougherty · ~2 km
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Dougherty · ~5 km
• Georgia Museum of Surveying and Mapping · museum · Dougherty · ~5 km
• Albany Civil Rights Institute · church · Dougherty · ~5 km
• Palmyra · fort · Lee · ~6 km
• Albany Railroad Depot Historic District · fort · Dougherty · ~8 km
• Fossil Sand Dunes · viewpoint · Dougherty · ~8 km
• Evangel Temple · temple · Dougherty · ~13 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Willow Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Willow Lake

• Lake Chehaw · lake · Dougherty · ~7 km · Must-see
• Lake Blackshear · lake · Sumter · ~57 km · Must-see
• Lake Murphy · lake · Colquitt · ~83 km · Must-see
• Coleman Pond · lake · Irwin · ~90 km · Must-see
• Tired Creek Reservoir Dam · lake · Grady · ~94 km · Must-see
• Walter F George Reservoir · lake · Quitman · ~117 km · Must-see
• George W. Andrews Lake · lake · Houston · ~119 km · Must-see
• Walter F George Reservoir · lake · Barbour · ~120 km · Must-see
• Hall Island · lake · Leon · ~133 km · Must-see
• Lake Iamonia · lake · Grady · ~133 km · Must-see

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