Clear Lake

Clear 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 Clear 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 Clear Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 28.65731, -96.54449. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Clear Lake

• Lavaca Bay · beach · Calhoun · ~4 km · Must-see
• Halfmoon Reef Light · beach · Calhoun · ~9 km · Must-see
• Carancahua Bay · beach · Calhoun · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lake Texana · lake · Jackson · ~35 km · Must-see
• Tres Palacios Bay · beach · Matagorda · ~39 km · Must-see
• Green Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~40 km · Must-see
• Jackson County · fort · Jackson · ~46 km · Must-see
• Matagorda Island lighthouse · fort · Calhoun · ~47 km · Must-see
• Aransas National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Calhoun · ~52 km · Must-see
• Mud Lake Number 4 · lake · Calhoun · ~1 km
• Cox's Point · fort · Calhoun · ~4 km
• Lighthouse Beach · beach · Calhoun · ~9 km
• Calhoun County Bayfront Veterans Memorial · fort · Calhoun · ~11 km
• First Baptist Church of Port Lavaca · fort · Calhoun · ~11 km
• Keller Bay · beach · Calhoun · ~11 km
• Civil War Torpedo Works · fort · Calhoun · ~11 km
• Alsatian Immigration Through Lavaca Bay · fort · Calhoun · ~11 km
• Civil War Bombardment of Port Lavaca · fort · Calhoun · ~11 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Clear Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Clear Lake

• Lake Texana · lake · Jackson · ~35 km · Must-see
• Green Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~40 km · Must-see
• Coleto Creek Reservoir · lake · Goliad · ~81 km · Must-see
• Mustang Island · lake · Nueces · ~146 km · Must-see
• Mud Lake Number 4 · lake · Calhoun · ~1 km
• Operating Basins 1-5 Dam · lake · Calhoun · ~33 km
• Operating Basin Number 31 · lake · Calhoun · ~34 km
• Operating Basin Number 1 Levee · lake · Calhoun · ~39 km
• Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA · lake · Calhoun · ~41 km
• Salt Water Barrier and Diversion Dam · lake · Calhoun · ~46 km

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