Docs Lake

Docs 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 Docs 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 Docs Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.02048, -86.04875. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Docs Lake

• Story Monument · attraction · Brown · ~21 km · Must-see
• Jackson-Washington State Forest · sanctuary · Jackson · ~26 km · Must-see
• Brown County State Park · sanctuary · Brown · ~27 km · Must-see
• Weed Patch Hill · viewpoint · Brown · ~27 km · Must-see
• Starve Hollow State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Jackson · ~29 km · Must-see
• Chaos I · attraction · Bartholomew · ~29 km · Must-see
• Friendship Way · attraction · Bartholomew · ~29 km · Must-see
• Large Arch · attraction · Bartholomew · ~29 km · Must-see
• Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower · viewpoint · Monroe · ~29 km · Must-see
• Charles C. Deam Wilderness · sanctuary · Monroe · ~32 km · Must-see
• Selma N. Steele State Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Brown · ~36 km · Must-see
• Yellowwood State Forest · sanctuary · Brown · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lake Monroe · lake · Monroe · ~40 km · Must-see
• Browning Hill · viewpoint · Monroe · ~43 km · Must-see
• Tecumseh Trail · trek · Brown · ~43 km · Must-see
• Selmier State Forest · sanctuary · Jennings · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lamb Lake · lake · Johnson · ~49 km · Must-see
• Otis Park · park · Lawrence · ~49 km · Must-see

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Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Docs Lake

• Lake Monroe · lake · Monroe · ~40 km · Must-see
• Lamb Lake · lake · Johnson · ~49 km · Must-see
• Lake Lemon · lake · Monroe · ~50 km · Must-see
• Hardy Lake · lake · Scott · ~51 km · Must-see
• Griffy Reservoir · lake · Monroe · ~57 km · Must-see
• Deam Lake State Recreation Area · lake · Clark · ~80 km · Must-see
• Central Indiana Canal · lake · Marion · ~106 km · Must-see
• Patoka Lake · lake · Orange · ~106 km · Must-see
• Cagles Mill Lake · lake · Owen · ~108 km · Must-see
• Beargrass Creek · lake · Jefferson · ~112 km · Must-see

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