Heller Lake

Heller 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 Heller 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 Heller Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 29.53388, -96.44015. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Heller Lake

• Confederate Memorial Museum · fort · Colorado · ~27 km · Must-see
• 20th Century Technology Museum · museum · Wharton · ~50 km · Must-see
• Cedar Creek Dam · lake · Fayette · ~63 km · Must-see
• Monument Hill · fort · Fayette · ~72 km · Must-see
• South Point Church · church · Colorado · ~4 km
• Eagle Lake Municipal Park · lake · Colorado · ~14 km
• E. H. Henry Rosenwald School · fort · Colorado · ~15 km
• Prairie Edge Museum · museum · Colorado · ~15 km
• Alley Hill · viewpoint · Colorado · ~19 km
• Rockin Ranch Lake Dam · lake · Wharton · ~21 km
• Glasscock Lake Dam · lake · Colorado · ~21 km
• Alleyton · fort · Colorado · ~25 km
• Alleyton Cemetery · fort · Colorado · ~25 km
• Alleyton, C.S.A. · fort · Colorado · ~25 km
• Charles William Tait Home · fort · Colorado · ~26 km
• Benjamin Beason's Crossing of the Colorado River · fort · Colorado · ~26 km
• Beason's (Beeson's) Crossing · fort · Colorado · ~26 km
• Asa Townsend · fort · Colorado · ~27 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Heller Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Heller Lake

• Cedar Creek Dam · lake · Fayette · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lake Texana · lake · Jackson · ~88 km · Must-see
• Barker Reservoir · lake · Harris · ~93 km · Must-see
• Smithers Lake Dam · lake · Fort Bend · ~98 km · Must-see
• Barker Dam · lake · Harris · ~100 km · Must-see
• Addicks Reservoir · lake · Harris · ~105 km · Must-see
• Somerville Lake · lake · Burleson · ~110 km · Must-see
• Wood Lake Dam · lake · Gonzales · ~128 km · Must-see
• McGovern Lake · lake · Harris · ~129 km · Must-see
• Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflecting Pool · lake · Harris · ~129 km · Must-see

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