Buzzard Lake

Buzzard 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 Buzzard 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 Buzzard Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.56681, -90.44815. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Buzzard Lake

• Pocahontas Mound · fort · Hinds · ~23 km · Must-see
• Kickapoo Lake Dam · lake · Hinds · ~26 km · Must-see
• Chapel of the Cross · church · Madison · ~31 km · Must-see
• Mississippi River Basin Model · attraction · Hinds · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lake Hico · lake · Hinds · ~40 km · Must-see
• Fort St. Pierre Site · fort · Warren · ~42 km · Must-see
• Jackson Zoological Park · sanctuary · Hinds · ~44 km · Must-see
• Vicksburg National Military Park · park · Warren · ~44 km · Must-see
• Holly Bluff Site · fort · Sharkey · ~44 km · Must-see
• Beth Israel · church · Hinds · ~46 km · Must-see
• Boyd Mound · fort · Madison · ~47 km · Must-see
• Eudora Welty House · museum · Hinds · ~48 km · Must-see
• Mississippi Museum of Natural Science · museum · Hinds · ~48 km · Must-see
• The Oaks House Museum · museum · Hinds · ~48 km · Must-see
• Mississippi Museum of Art · museum · Hinds · ~49 km · Must-see
• Jackson Volcano · viewpoint · Hinds · ~49 km · Must-see
• Delta National Forest · sanctuary · Sharkey · ~50 km · Must-see
• Michigan Memorial · fort · Warren · ~55 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Buzzard Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Buzzard Lake

• Kickapoo Lake Dam · lake · Hinds · ~26 km · Must-see
• Lake Hico · lake · Hinds · ~40 km · Must-see
• Ross R Barnett Reservoir · lake · Rankin · ~56 km · Must-see
• Chautauqua Lake · lake · Copiah · ~80 km · Must-see
• Lake Washington · lake · Washington · ~100 km · Must-see
• Big Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Claiborne · ~124 km · Must-see
• Lake Monocnoc · lake · Washington · ~126 km · Must-see
• Shongelo Lake · lake · Smith · ~128 km · Must-see
• Lake Chicot · lake · Chicot · ~140 km · Must-see
• Lake Chicot State Park · lake · Chicot · ~142 km · Must-see

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