Red Jacket Impoundment

Red Jacket Impoundment: 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 Red Jacket Impoundment

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 Red Jacket Impoundment — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.63677, -82.10652. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Red Jacket Impoundment

• Horsepen Mountain · viewpoint · Logan · ~12 km · Must-see
• R. D. Bailey Lake · lake · Wyoming · ~35 km · Must-see
• Fishtrap Lake · lake · Pike · ~42 km · Must-see
• Fishtrap Lake · lake · Mingo · ~44 km · Must-see
• Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Wyoming · ~45 km · Must-see
• Breaks Interstate Park · sanctuary · Dickenson · ~54 km · Must-see
• John W Flannagan Dam · lake · Dickenson · ~62 km · Must-see
• Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~62 km · Must-see
• Dewey Lake · lake · Floyd · ~68 km · Must-see
• East Lynn Lake · lake · Wayne · ~70 km · Must-see
• Upper Mud River Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Lincoln · ~72 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Dickenson · ~74 km · Must-see
• West Virginia Mine Wars Museum · museum · Mingo · ~7 km
• Matewan Historic District · fort · Mingo · ~7 km
• Blue Spring Church · church · Pike · ~14 km
• Blackberry Mountain · viewpoint · Pike · ~14 km
• Glen Alum Mountain · viewpoint · Mingo · ~14 km
• Buffalo Mountain · viewpoint · Mingo · ~15 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Red Jacket Impoundment

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Red Jacket Impoundment

• R. D. Bailey Lake · lake · Wyoming · ~35 km · Must-see
• Fishtrap Lake · lake · Pike · ~42 km · Must-see
• Fishtrap Lake · lake · Mingo · ~44 km · Must-see
• John W Flannagan Dam · lake · Dickenson · ~62 km · Must-see
• Dewey Lake · lake · Floyd · ~68 km · Must-see
• East Lynn Lake · lake · Wayne · ~70 km · Must-see
• Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · McDowell · ~88 km · Must-see
• North Fork Pound Reservoir · lake · Letcher · ~92 km · Must-see
• Yatesville Lake · lake · Lawrence · ~93 km · Must-see
• Beech Fork Lake · lake · Wayne · ~97 km · Must-see

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