Lost Lake

Lost 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 Lost 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 Lost Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.97984, -93.89456. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lost Lake

• Hindu Temple & Cultural Center of Iowa · temple · Dallas · ~25 km · Must-see
• Campanile · attraction · Story · ~26 km · Must-see
• High Trestle Trail · trek · Dallas · ~26 km · Must-see
• Farm House Museum · museum · Story · ~27 km · Must-see
• Reiman Gardens · sanctuary · Story · ~27 km · Must-see
• Big Creek State Park · sanctuary · Polk · ~27 km · Must-see
• Ioway Creek · lake · Story · ~28 km · Must-see
• Bandshell Park · park · Story · ~30 km · Must-see
• Big Creek Diversion Dam · lake · Polk · ~31 km · Must-see
• Original Raccoon River Valley Trail · trek · Dallas · ~31 km · Must-see
• Big Creek Schoolhouse · fort · Polk · ~34 km · Must-see
• Skunk River Greenbelt · sanctuary · Story · ~41 km · Must-see
• Saylorville Lake Project · lake · Polk · ~42 km · Must-see
• Brenton Arboretum · sanctuary · Dallas · ~45 km · Must-see
• Little Wall Lake County Park · lake · Hamilton · ~48 km · Must-see
• Anderson Goose Lake · lake · Hamilton · ~54 km · Must-see
• Brushy Creek State Preserve · sanctuary · Webster · ~56 km · Must-see
• Greek Orthodox Church of St. George · church · Polk · ~58 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Lost Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Lost Lake

• Ioway Creek · lake · Story · ~28 km · Must-see
• Big Creek Diversion Dam · lake · Polk · ~31 km · Must-see
• Saylorville Lake Project · lake · Polk · ~42 km · Must-see
• Little Wall Lake County Park · lake · Hamilton · ~48 km · Must-see
• Anderson Goose Lake · lake · Hamilton · ~54 km · Must-see
• Dale Maffitt Reservoir · lake · Dallas · ~66 km · Must-see
• Swan Lake State Park · lake · Carroll · ~99 km · Must-see
• Lake Ahquabi State Park · lake · Warren · ~101 km · Must-see
• Lake Red Rock · lake · Marion · ~111 km · Must-see
• Don Williams Lake Dam · lake · Boone · ~22 km

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