Spring Lake

Spring 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 Spring 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 Spring Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.99637, -91.40394. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Spring Lake

• Riverview Park · park · Marion · ~38 km · Must-see
• Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum · museum · Marion · ~40 km · Must-see
• Rickey Hollow · viewpoint · Marion · ~43 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery · church · Adams · ~44 km · Must-see
• Church of All Saints · church · Lee · ~56 km · Must-see
• Saint Peters Brush Creek Catholic Church · church · Ralls · ~57 km · Must-see
• Free Frank McWorter Grave Site · sanctuary · Pike · ~57 km · Must-see
• Iliniwek Village State Historic Site · sanctuary · Clark · ~62 km · Must-see
• Weinberg-King State Park · sanctuary · Schuyler · ~63 km · Must-see
• New Philadelphia National Historic Site · fort · Pike · ~63 km · Must-see
• Historic Carthage Jail · museum · Hancock · ~65 km · Must-see
• Griffin Hollow · viewpoint · Ralls · ~65 km · Must-see
• Clarence Cannon Dam · lake · Ralls · ~70 km · Must-see
• Ag Museum · museum · Adams · ~2 km
• Canton Chute Public Use Area · waterfall · Adams · ~5 km
• Downtown Quincy Historic District · fort · Adams · ~9 km
• Quincy Museum · museum · Adams · ~9 km
• Governor John Wood Mansion · fort · Adams · ~10 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Spring Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Spring Lake

• Clarence Cannon Dam · lake · Ralls · ~70 km · Must-see
• Meredosia Island · lake · Cass · ~91 km · Must-see
• Lake Sugema Wildlife Management Area · lake · Van Buren · ~118 km · Must-see
• Little Swan Lake · lake · Des Moines · ~131 km · Must-see
• Anderson Lake State Conservation Area · lake · Fulton · ~132 km · Must-see
• Lake Jacksonville Dam · lake · Morgan · ~135 km · Must-see
• Submersible Earth Dike · lake · Marion · ~13 km
• Dam No. 21 · lake · Marion · ~13 km
• Lock No. 21 · lake · Adams · ~13 km
• Durgens Creek Watershed Dam Number 4 · lake · Lewis · ~22 km

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