Mud Lake

Mud 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 Mud 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 Mud Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 28.56972, -96.60831. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mud Lake

• Halfmoon Reef Light · beach · Calhoun · ~9 km · Must-see
• Lavaca Bay · beach · Calhoun · ~11 km · Must-see
• Green Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~29 km · Must-see
• Carancahua Bay · beach · Calhoun · ~30 km · Must-see
• Aransas National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Calhoun · ~38 km · Must-see
• Matagorda Island lighthouse · fort · Calhoun · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lake Texana · lake · Jackson · ~48 km · Must-see
• Tres Palacios Bay · beach · Matagorda · ~50 km · Must-see
• Jackson County · fort · Jackson · ~57 km · Must-see
• Chocolate Bay · beach · Calhoun · ~2 km
• Rene Robert Cavaelier de La Salle Monument · fort · Calhoun · ~3 km
• Dr. Edward Fred Knipling · fort · Calhoun · ~6 km
• Alice O. Wilkins School · fort · Calhoun · ~6 km
• Grace Episcopal Church · church · Calhoun · ~6 km
• Calhoun County Hurricanes · fort · Calhoun · ~6 km
• Calhoun County Participation in World War II · fort · Calhoun · ~6 km
• Civil War Torpedo Works · fort · Calhoun · ~7 km
• Alsatian Immigration Through Lavaca Bay · fort · Calhoun · ~7 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Mud Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Mud Lake

• Green Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lake Texana · lake · Jackson · ~48 km · Must-see
• Coleto Creek Reservoir · lake · Goliad · ~77 km · Must-see
• Mustang Island · lake · Nueces · ~132 km · Must-see
• Mud Lake Number 4 · lake · Calhoun · ~16 km
• Operating Basins 1-5 Dam · lake · Calhoun · ~20 km
• Operating Basin Number 31 · lake · Calhoun · ~22 km
• Operating Basin Number 1 Levee · lake · Calhoun · ~26 km
• Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA · lake · Calhoun · ~29 km
• Salt Water Barrier and Diversion Dam · lake · Calhoun · ~35 km

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