Big Lake

Big 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 Big 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 Big Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.62984, -93.27393. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Big Lake

• Pershing State Park · sanctuary · Linn · ~21 km · Must-see
• Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site · sanctuary · Linn · ~25 km · Must-see
• Brookfield City Dam · lake · Linn · ~35 km · Must-see
• Walt Disney Hometown Museum · museum · Linn · ~37 km · Must-see
• Fort Orleans · fort · Saline · ~49 km · Must-see
• Utz Site · fort · Saline · ~49 km · Must-see
• Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park · sanctuary · Saline · ~50 km · Must-see
• Lyons Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~8 km
• Silver Lake · lake · Chariton · ~10 km
• Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Chariton · ~11 km
• Locust Creek Covered Bridge · fort · Linn · ~23 km
• Pershing Home · fort · Linn · ~25 km
• Wall of Honor · fort · Linn · ~25 km
• Prairie Mound School · museum · Linn · ~25 km
• Grace Lake · lake · Carroll · ~28 km
• East Lake · lake · Carroll · ~28 km
• Horseshoe Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~29 km
• Old Roundhouse · fort · Linn · ~30 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Big Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Big Lake

• Brookfield City Dam · lake · Linn · ~35 km · Must-see
• Lake Maurer · lake · Clay · ~111 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Clinton · ~134 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Wyandotte · ~139 km · Must-see
• Blue Springs Lake · lake · Jackson · ~143 km · Must-see
• Lake Lotawana · lake · Jackson · ~144 km · Must-see
• Jacomo Marina · lake · Jackson · ~144 km · Must-see
• Prairie Lee Lake · lake · Jackson · ~149 km · Must-see
• Lyons Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~8 km
• Silver Lake · lake · Chariton · ~10 km

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