Blue Hole

Blue Hole: 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 Blue Hole

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 Blue Hole — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.77422, -91.30208. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Blue Hole

• Mosby Hill · viewpoint · Oregon · ~2 km · Must-see
• Fox Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~4 km · Must-see
• Stinking Pond Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~5 km · Must-see
• Kelly Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~6 km · Must-see
• Duncan Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~6 km · Must-see
• Cook Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~9 km · Must-see
• Becky Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~11 km · Must-see
• Tram Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~11 km · Must-see
• Doniphan Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~13 km · Must-see
• Wild Cat Hill · viewpoint · Oregon · ~13 km · Must-see
• Eleven Point National Wild and Scenic River · sanctuary · Oregon · ~13 km · Must-see
• Sitton Valley · viewpoint · Oregon · ~14 km · Must-see
• Denny Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~15 km · Must-see
• Freeman Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~15 km · Must-see
• Irish Wilderness · sanctuary · Oregon · ~15 km · Must-see
• Wolfpen Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~15 km · Must-see
• Bat Cave Hollow · viewpoint · Oregon · ~17 km · Must-see
• Conner Hill · viewpoint · Oregon · ~18 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Blue Hole

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• Taum Sauk Upper Dam · lake · Reynolds · ~119 km · Must-see
• Norfork Dam · lake · Baxter · ~128 km · Must-see
• Lake Frierson State Park · lake · Greene · ~129 km · Must-see
• Council Bluff Lake · lake · Monroe · ~138 km · Must-see
• Lake Killarney · lake · Randolph · ~140 km · Must-see
• McCormack Lake Dam · lake · Oregon · ~8 km
• Taylor Lake Dam · lake · Oregon · ~15 km

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