Willow Lake

Willow 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 Willow 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 Willow Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 28.42538, -97.27371. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Willow Lake

• Birthplace of General Zaragoza · museum · Goliad · ~34 km · Must-see
• Fannin Battleground State Historic Site · fort · Goliad · ~37 km · Must-see
• Mission Nuestra Senora del Rosario · fort · Goliad · ~37 km · Must-see
• Coleto Creek Reservoir · lake · Goliad · ~47 km · Must-see
• Goose Island State Park · park · Aransas · ~52 km · Must-see
• Green Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~55 km · Must-see
• Colonel A.M. Hobby · fort · Refugio · ~16 km
• Church of Christ · church · Refugio · ~16 km
• Barefield School · fort · Refugio · ~17 km
• Blanconia (Old N2) Church · fort · Bee · ~17 km
• King's Men Monument · fort · Refugio · ~17 km
• Empresario James Power · fort · Refugio · ~18 km
• Refugio County · fort · Refugio · ~18 km
• Amon B. King · fort · Refugio · ~18 km
• Mission Nuestra Senora del Refugio Monument · fort · Refugio · ~18 km
• Carlos de la Garza · fort · Victoria · ~29 km
• Cristo Rey Cemetery · fort · Goliad · ~33 km
• Fannin Memorial Monument · fort · Goliad · ~33 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Willow Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Willow Lake

• Coleto Creek Reservoir · lake · Goliad · ~47 km · Must-see
• Green Lake · lake · Calhoun · ~55 km · Must-see
• Lake Corpus Christi · lake · Live Oak · ~88 km · Must-see
• Lake Corpus Christi State Park · lake · San Patricio · ~90 km · Must-see
• Mustang Island · lake · Nueces · ~97 km · Must-see
• Oso Bay · lake · Nueces · ~104 km · Must-see
• Lake Texana · lake · Jackson · ~111 km · Must-see
• Lake Findley · lake · Jim Wells · ~131 km · Must-see
• Choke Canyon Reservoir · lake · McMullen · ~133 km · Must-see
• Wood Lake Dam · lake · Gonzales · ~147 km · Must-see

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