Dynamite Lake

Dynamite 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 Dynamite 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 Dynamite Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.22274, -77.26927. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dynamite Lake

• Turners Pond Dam · lake · Northampton · ~5 km · Must-see
• Whitaker Chapel · church · Halifax · ~38 km · Must-see
• Church of the Immaculate Conception · church · Halifax · ~39 km · Must-see
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church · church · Halifax · ~39 km · Must-see
• Fort Branch · fort · Martin · ~42 km · Must-see
• Merchants Millpond State Park · sanctuary · Gates · ~72 km · Must-see
• Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Bertie · ~73 km · Must-see
• Edenton National Fish Hatchery · park · Chowan · ~74 km · Must-see
• Roxobel-Kelford School · fort · Bertie · ~6 km
• Rich Square-W S Creecy Elementary School · fort · Northampton · ~6 km
• Quinine Swamp · sanctuary · Bertie · ~7 km
• Connaritsa Pocosin · sanctuary · Bertie · ~17 km
• Whites Millpond · lake · Halifax · ~18 km
• Beaverdam Pocosin · sanctuary · Bertie · ~22 km
• Hearts Delight Pocosin · sanctuary · Bertie · ~22 km
• Turkey Pond · sanctuary · Bertie · ~22 km
• Big Swash · sanctuary · Bertie · ~22 km
• Blue Hole Swamp · sanctuary · Bertie · ~23 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Dynamite Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dynamite Lake

• Turners Pond Dam · lake · Northampton · ~5 km · Must-see
• Lake Gaston · lake · Mecklenburg · ~99 km · Must-see
• Lake Drummond · lake · Chesapeake · ~104 km · Must-see
• Pungo Lake · lake · Washington · ~107 km · Must-see
• Lake Phelps · lake · Washington · ~110 km · Must-see
• Buckhorn Lake Dam · lake · Wilson · ~121 km · Must-see
• New Lake · lake · Hyde · ~132 km · Must-see
• The Mariners' Lake · lake · Newport News · ~145 km · Must-see
• Kerr Lake;Buggs Island Lake · lake · Mecklenburg · ~146 km · Must-see
• Lake Chesdin · lake · Dinwiddie · ~149 km · Must-see

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