Salt Pond

Salt Pond: 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 Salt Pond

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 Salt Pond — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 28.38035, -96.92652. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Salt Pond

• Green Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~23 km · Must-see
• Aransas National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Calhoun · ~33 km · Must-see
• Goose Island State Park · park · Aransas · ~34 km · Must-see
• Halfmoon Reef Light · beach · Calhoun · ~52 km · Must-see
• Lavaca Bay · beach · Calhoun · ~56 km · Must-see
• Fannin Battleground State Historic Site · fort · Goliad · ~57 km · Must-see
• Matagorda Island lighthouse · fort · Calhoun · ~62 km · Must-see
• Coleto Creek Reservoir · lake · Goliad · ~62 km · Must-see
• Birthplace of General Zaragoza · museum · Goliad · ~67 km · Must-see
• Mission Nuestra Senora del Rosario · fort · Goliad · ~73 km · Must-see
• Lydia Ann Lighthouse · fort · Aransas · ~73 km · Must-see
• Burgentine Lake · lake · Aransas · ~15 km
• Burgentine Dam · lake · Aransas · ~16 km
• Salt Water Barrier and Diversion Dam · lake · Calhoun · ~18 km
• Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA · lake · Calhoun · ~21 km
• Operating Basin Number 1 Levee · lake · Calhoun · ~21 km
• Operating Basin Number 31 · lake · Calhoun · ~27 km
• Operating Basins 1-5 Dam · lake · Calhoun · ~28 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Salt Pond

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Salt Pond

• Green Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~23 km · Must-see
• Coleto Creek Reservoir · lake · Goliad · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lake Texana · lake · Jackson · ~87 km · Must-see
• Mustang Island · lake · Nueces · ~93 km · Must-see
• Oso Bay · lake · Nueces · ~108 km · Must-see
• Lake Corpus Christi State Park · lake · San Patricio · ~125 km · Must-see
• Lake Corpus Christi · lake · Live Oak · ~126 km · Must-see
• Burgentine Lake · lake · Aransas · ~15 km
• Burgentine Dam · lake · Aransas · ~16 km
• Salt Water Barrier and Diversion Dam · lake · Calhoun · ~18 km

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