Baker Pond

Baker Pond: 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 Baker Pond

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 Baker Pond — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.37116, -90.86512. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Baker Pond

• Robinson Hollow · viewpoint · Randolph · ~5 km · Must-see
• Pogue Hollow · viewpoint · Randolph · ~10 km · Must-see
• Brooks Hollow · viewpoint · Monroe · ~13 km · Must-see
• Bay Hollow · viewpoint · Reynolds · ~20 km · Must-see
• Dry Valley · viewpoint · Randolph · ~21 km · Must-see
• Taum Sauk Upper Dam · lake · Reynolds · ~23 km · Must-see
• Goggins Mountain · viewpoint · Monroe · ~24 km · Must-see
• Coleman Hollow · viewpoint · Reynolds · ~25 km · Must-see
• Taum Sauk Mountain State Park · sanctuary · Reynolds · ~25 km · Must-see
• Stony Mountain · viewpoint · Iron · ~26 km · Must-see
• Stony Mountain · viewpoint · Randolph · ~26 km · Must-see
• Hogan Mountain · viewpoint · Iron · ~26 km · Must-see
• Hogan Mountain · viewpoint · Randolph · ~26 km · Must-see
• Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park · sanctuary · Reynolds · ~27 km · Must-see
• Christian Hollow · viewpoint · Reynolds · ~27 km · Must-see
• Wildcat Mountain · viewpoint · Randolph · ~30 km · Must-see
• Wildcat Mountain · viewpoint · Iron · ~30 km · Must-see
• Ketcherside Mountain · viewpoint · Iron · ~30 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Baker Pond

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Baker Pond

• Taum Sauk Upper Dam · lake · Reynolds · ~23 km · Must-see
• Clearwater Lake · lake · Reynolds · ~31 km · Must-see
• Lake Killarney · lake · Randolph · ~45 km · Must-see
• Council Bluff Lake · lake · Monroe · ~49 km · Must-see
• Wing Lake · lake · Monroe · ~55 km · Must-see
• Lake Wappapello · lake · Wayne · ~76 km · Must-see
• Butterfly Lake · lake · Randolph · ~90 km · Must-see
• Wildwood Lake · lake · Monroe · ~114 km · Must-see
• Frisco Lake · lake · Phelps · ~128 km · Must-see
• Kidd Lake State Natural Area · lake · Monroe · ~132 km · Must-see

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