Bowdry Lake

Bowdry 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 Bowdry 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 Bowdry Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.29391, -93.51938. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bowdry Lake

• Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park · sanctuary · Saline · ~28 km · Must-see
• Fort Orleans · fort · Saline · ~28 km · Must-see
• Utz Site · fort · Saline · ~29 km · Must-see
• Battle of Lexington State Historic Site · fort · Lafayette · ~41 km · Must-see
• Wagon Knob · viewpoint · Lafayette · ~68 km · Must-see
• Arrow Rock Historic District · fort · Saline · ~69 km · Must-see
• Bone Hill · viewpoint · Jackson · ~72 km · Must-see
• Pershing State Park · sanctuary · Linn · ~74 km · Must-see
• Fort Osage National Historic Site · fort · Jackson · ~74 km · Must-see
• Carrollton Recreation Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~6 km
• Head Start · fort · Carroll · ~9 km
• Old Armoury · fort · Carroll · ~9 km
• Hilton Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~10 km
• Fish Lake · lake · Saline · ~10 km
• Carroll County Historical Museum · museum · Carroll · ~11 km
• Anderson Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~13 km
• Griffin Lake Dam · lake · Carroll · ~15 km
• Gumbo Point Archeological Site · fort · Saline · ~17 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Bowdry Lake

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• Blue Springs Lake · lake · Jackson · ~96 km · Must-see
• Jacomo Marina · lake · Jackson · ~97 km · Must-see
• Prairie Lee Lake · lake · Jackson · ~100 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Clinton · ~108 km · Must-see
• Wildwood Dam · lake · Jackson · ~109 km · Must-see
• Smithville Lake · lake · Wyandotte · ~110 km · Must-see
• Longview Lake · lake · Jackson · ~116 km · Must-see

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