Spile Lake

Spile 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 Spile 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 Spile Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.97803, -94.34089. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Spile Lake

• Blue Mound · viewpoint · Vernon · ~14 km · Must-see
• Osage Village State Historic Site · park · Vernon · ~15 km · Must-see
• Fort Scott National Historic Site · fort · Bourbon · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lunette Blair-Blockhouse · fort · Bourbon · ~44 km · Must-see
• Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Linn · ~48 km · Must-see
• Massacre Memorial State Park · park · Linn · ~52 km · Must-see
• Trading Post's fort · museum · Linn · ~53 km · Must-see
• Mound City's post · church · Linn · ~57 km · Must-see
• Prairie State Park · sanctuary · Barton · ~68 km · Must-see
• Four Rivers Conservation Area · sanctuary · Vernon · ~6 km
• Deer Mound · viewpoint · Vernon · ~7 km
• Long Lower Lake Dam · lake · Vernon · ~8 km
• Marmaton River Bottoms Natural Area · sanctuary · Vernon · ~13 km
• Church of God in Christ, Mennonite · church · Bates · ~14 km
• Eastland Lake Dam · lake · Bates · ~15 km
• Halley Bluffs · viewpoint · Vernon · ~16 km
• Fort Carondelet · fort · Vernon · ~16 km
• First Baptist Church · church · Vernon · ~17 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Spile Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Spile Lake

• Harry S. Truman Reservoir · lake · St. Clair · ~91 km · Must-see
• Stockton Lake · lake · Dade · ~92 km · Must-see
• Pomme De Terre State Park Marina · lake · Hickory · ~113 km · Must-see
• Hillsdale Lake · lake · Miami · ~117 km · Must-see
• Neosho State Fishing Lake · lake · Neosho · ~122 km · Must-see
• Lake Clare · lake · Johnson · ~129 km · Must-see
• Longview Lake Park · lake · Johnson · ~129 km · Must-see
• Longview Lake · lake · Jackson · ~130 km · Must-see
• Lake Lotawana · lake · Jackson · ~132 km · Must-see
• Prairie Lee Lake · lake · Jackson · ~134 km · Must-see

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