Backbone Lake

Backbone 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 Backbone 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 Backbone Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.88948, -94.39023. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Backbone Lake

• Osage Village State Historic Site · park · Vernon · ~24 km · Must-see
• Blue Mound · viewpoint · Vernon · ~25 km · Must-see
• Fort Scott National Historic Site · fort · Bourbon · ~35 km · Must-see
• Lunette Blair-Blockhouse · fort · Bourbon · ~35 km · Must-see
• Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Linn · ~54 km · Must-see
• Prairie State Park · sanctuary · Barton · ~55 km · Must-see
• Mound City's post · church · Linn · ~59 km · Must-see
• Trading Post's fort · museum · Linn · ~59 km · Must-see
• Massacre Memorial State Park · park · Linn · ~60 km · Must-see
• Marmaton River Bottoms Natural Area · sanctuary · Vernon · ~0 km
• Pentacostal Assembly of Nevada · church · Vernon · ~5 km
• Izaak Walton Lake Dam · lake · Vernon · ~6 km
• First Baptist Church · church · Vernon · ~6 km
• Long Lower Lake Dam · lake · Vernon · ~6 km
• Bushwhacker Museum · museum · Vernon · ~8 km
• First Christian Church · church · Vernon · ~8 km
• Katy Allen Lake · lake · Vernon · ~9 km
• Marquardt Dam · lake · Vernon · ~13 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Backbone Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Backbone Lake

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• Neosho State Fishing Lake · lake · Neosho · ~110 km · Must-see
• Pomme De Terre State Park Marina · lake · Hickory · ~118 km · Must-see
• Lake Parsons · lake · Neosho · ~124 km · Must-see
• Hillsdale Lake · lake · Miami · ~125 km · Must-see
• Lake Clare · lake · Johnson · ~140 km · Must-see
• Longview Lake Park · lake · Johnson · ~141 km · Must-see
• Longview Lake · lake · Jackson · ~142 km · Must-see
• McDaniel Lake Dam · lake · Greene · ~144 km · Must-see

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