Crow Hole

Crow Hole: 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 Crow Hole

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 Crow Hole — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.10243, -90.35829. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Crow Hole

• Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~4 km · Must-see
• Anderson Lake State Conservation Area · lake · Fulton · ~22 km · Must-see
• Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area · sanctuary · Cass · ~31 km · Must-see
• Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak · sanctuary · Mason · ~32 km · Must-see
• Meredosia Island · lake · Cass · ~37 km · Must-see
• Ogden-Fettie Site · fort · Fulton · ~42 km · Must-see
• Rockwell Mound · fort · Mason · ~42 km · Must-see
• Dickson Mounds · fort · Fulton · ~43 km · Must-see
• Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Mason · ~54 km · Must-see
• Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Mason · ~55 km · Must-see
• Weinberg-King State Park · sanctuary · Schuyler · ~60 km · Must-see
• Lake Jacksonville Dam · lake · Morgan · ~62 km · Must-see
• Sand Ridge State Forest · sanctuary · Mason · ~65 km · Must-see
• Naples Mound 8 · fort · Pike · ~65 km · Must-see
• Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Fulton · ~68 km · Must-see
• Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery · church · Adams · ~70 km · Must-see
• Colonel Matthew Rogers Building · fort · Menard · ~70 km · Must-see
• Sangamon River State Natural Area · sanctuary · Sangamon · ~71 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Crow Hole

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Crow Hole

• Anderson Lake State Conservation Area · lake · Fulton · ~22 km · Must-see
• Meredosia Island · lake · Cass · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lake Jacksonville Dam · lake · Morgan · ~62 km · Must-see
• Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area · lake · Fulton · ~68 km · Must-see
• Canton Lake · lake · Fulton · ~76 km · Must-see
• Waverly Lake · lake · Morgan · ~78 km · Must-see
• Little Swan Lake · lake · Des Moines · ~81 km · Must-see
• Lake Springfield · lake · Sangamon · ~94 km · Must-see
• Pekin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area · lake · Tazewell · ~104 km · Must-see
• Lake Bracken · lake · Des Moines · ~105 km · Must-see

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