Optimist Ponds

Optimist Ponds: 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 Optimist Ponds

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 Optimist Ponds — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 28.81989, -97.02361. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Optimist Ponds

• Coleto Creek Reservoir · lake · Goliad · ~23 km · Must-see
• Fannin Battleground State Historic Site · fort · Goliad · ~32 km · Must-see
• Green Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~47 km · Must-see
• Birthplace of General Zaragoza · museum · Goliad · ~50 km · Must-see
• Jackson County · fort · Jackson · ~51 km · Must-see
• Halfmoon Reef Light · beach · Calhoun · ~56 km · Must-see
• Mission Nuestra Senora del Rosario · fort · Goliad · ~56 km · Must-see
• Lake Texana · lake · Jackson · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lavaca Bay · beach · Calhoun · ~60 km · Must-see
• Agapito De Leon · fort · Victoria · ~2 km
• Don Martin De Leon · fort · Victoria · ~2 km
• Felix De Leon · fort · Victoria · ~2 km
• Dona Patricia De La Garza De Leon (1775-1849) · fort · Victoria · ~2 km
• Darwin M. Stapp · fort · Victoria · ~2 km
• Fernando De Leon · fort · Victoria · ~2 km
• Captain James P. January · fort · Victoria · ~2 km
• Evergreen Cemetery of Victoria · fort · Victoria · ~2 km
• Alexander Lowe House · fort · Victoria · ~2 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Optimist Ponds

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Optimist Ponds

• Coleto Creek Reservoir · lake · Goliad · ~23 km · Must-see
• Green Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~47 km · Must-see
• Lake Texana · lake · Jackson · ~59 km · Must-see
• Wood Lake Dam · lake · Gonzales · ~107 km · Must-see
• Lake Gonzales Dam · lake · Gonzales · ~119 km · Must-see
• Lake Corpus Christi · lake · Live Oak · ~144 km · Must-see
• Lake Corpus Christi State Park · lake · San Patricio · ~148 km · Must-see
• Meadow Lake · lake · Guadalupe · ~149 km · Must-see
• Salt Water Barrier and Diversion Dam · lake · Calhoun · ~47 km
• Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA · lake · Calhoun · ~50 km

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